Correspondence and papers concerning the immigration and resettlement of UK passport-holding Asians expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin, and the electoral implications of immigration policy more widely, Aug 1972-Jul 1973
File
CCO 20/66/20
Correspondents include:-
- Bellairs, Charles, Conservative Research Department
- Butcher, MJC, Uganda Resettlement Board
- Carr, Robert, Home Secretary
- Deedes, William (Bill), Conservative MP for Ashford
- Douglas, James, Director, Conservative Research Department
- Fraser, Sir Michael, Deputy Party Chairman
- Hanson, Denis, Conservative councillor, Burnley, Lancashire
- Hudson, ML, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Hurd, Douglas, Political Secretary to PM Edward Heath
- Joynes, Col. CPA, Conservative Research Department
- Loudon, James, Personal Assistant to Party Chairman Lord Carrington
- Madel, David, Conservative MP for South Bedfordshire
- Martin, Major Jack, Chairman, West Bromwich East Conservative Association
- Mitchell, David, Organisation Department, Conservative Central Office
- Patten, Chris, Private Secretary to Party Chairman Lord Carrington
- Pym, Francis, Chief Whip
- Webster, Sir Richard, Director of Organisation, Conservative Central Office
- Wilkinson, John, Conservative MP for Bradford West
Subjects include:-
- Ugandan Asians and problems associated with resettlement camps in the UK, Nov 1972
- Potential Asian immigration from Kenya and Tanzania, Nov 1972
- Difficulties faced by the Uganda Resettlement Board, Nov 1972
- Anti-immigration vote at the Rochdale by-election, Nov 1972
- Operation of new immigration rules from Jan 1973
- Impact of immigration on the West Bromwich by-election, 24/05/1973
- The Pakistan Bill and voting position of Pakistani nationals resident in the UK, July 1973
- Voluntary repatriation of Commonwealth immigrants, Aug 1973
Includes:-
- Transcript of speech by PM Edward Heath at the opening session of the World Assembly of Youth 8th Assembly, Owen's Park, Manchester, 21/08/1972
- Copy of reply from PM Edward Heath to a Conservative MP concerning Ugandan Asian immigration, adapted for use as a template, Aug 1972
- Conservative Research Department brief, 'British Asians in Uganda and Elsewhere', 24/08/1972 [Author: JATD/JW]
- Conservative Central Office press release concerning speech by Sir Peter Rawlinson, Attorney-General on the citizenship of the Ugandan Asians, Epsom, 30/08/1972
- Transcript of BBC 1 broadcast by Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas Home concerning the plight of Ugandan Asians, 31/08/1972
- Speaking notes for Ministers, 'The Ugandan Asians', prepared by the Office of the Lord President of the Council, 31/08/1972
- Copy of Party publication, Talking Point (No. 787), 'British Asians Expelled from Uganda', 04/09/1972
- Statement by Home Secretary Robert Carr, 'United Kingdom Passport Holders in Uganda', 08/09/1972
- Template reply to letters received about Ugandan Asian immigration, drafted by the Conservative Research Department and the Foreign Office and approved by Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Sep 1972
- Conservative Research Department brief, 'Immigration', 09/08/1972 [Author: CPAJ/JW]
- Note on the British Campaign to Stop Immigration, by David Mitchell, Conservative Central Office, 29/01/1973 [Jim Merrick, National Chairman of the BCSI was a former Branch chairman and Bradford City Councillor who resigned the Whip in 1968]
- Conservative Central Office press release, 'Immigration – the EEC – Commonwealth Citizens – The Facts', 17/11/1972
- Newspapers cutting from the (Bradford) Telegraph and Argus concerning the Pakistan Bill, 02/07/1973
- Home Office press release concerning guidance for police on illegal immigrants, 23/07/1973
Dates
- Creation: Aug 1972-Jul 1973
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Closed.
Shelfmark
CCO 20/66/20
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk