Disarmament Campaign (II): Correspondence and papers, Jun-Dec 1981; Mar 1982

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CCO 20/37/3

Correspondents include:-

Blaker, Peter, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Cowell, Tim, Assistant Director (Youth), Conservative Central Office
Craine, Peter, Ministry of Defence
Garner, Sir Anthony, Director of Organisation and Community Affairs, Conservative Central Office
Howarth, Alan, Director, Conservative Research Department
Hurd, Douglas, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Johnson, David, Chairman, Wessex Area Young Conservatives, and National Secretary, Youth for Multilateral Disarmament
Lamport, Stephen MJ, Private Secretary to Douglas Hurd, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oxenbury, Shirley, Chairman's Office, Conservative Central Office
Parkinson, Cecil, Conservative Party Chairman
Shipley, Peter, Conservative Research Department
Thatcher, Margaret, Prime Minister

Subjects include:-

Design and circulation of anti-CND publicity material, in conjunction with the British Atlantic Committee
Guidance for Conservative MPs on the Government's position on disarmament and the nuclear deterrent
Measures taken to counter the CND campaign
Reports on CND demonstrations

Includes:-

Notes of meetings concerning CND:-

Minutes of meeting chaired by Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft, 16/06/1981
Minutes of meeting chaired by Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft, 28/06/1981
Minutes of meeting chaired by Party Chairman Cecil Parkinson, 27/10/1981
Notes of the first meeting of the anti-CND coordinating group, chaired by Peter Blaker MP on 05/11/1981, by Peter Shipley, 06/11/1981

Anti-CND leaflets:-

Conservative Central Office:-

Youth for Multilateral Disarmament:-

Ministry of Defence:-

Further anti-CND leaflets:-

Conservative Research Department briefing pack, 'Deterrence and Disarmament', May 1981
Note concerning the Party's attitude to the World Disarmament Campaign, ND [c.1981]
Paper, 'The Debate on Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament - Notes for Guidance by Mr Peter Blaker MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, ND [c.1981; 7pp]
Guidance notes for Conservative MPs invited to address CND meetings concerning disarmament, 'Meetings about the Nuclear Deterrent and Disarmament', Sep 1981 [6pp]
Conservative Central Office press release containing extracts from speeches by Peter Blaker MP concerning CND, 08/09/1981
Lists of Conservative Parliamentary Candidates and local activists prepared to act as anti-CND speakers, ND [1981]
Guidance notes for Conservative MPs, 'The Nuclear Deterrent and Disarmament', by Peter Blaker MP, Nov 1981 [6pp]
Ministry of Defence literature pack, The United Kingdom Trident Programme, with introduction by John Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, Mar 1982

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