Correspondence and papers concerning the establishment of a regular Strategy Meeting, and the direction of future strategy, c.1978-Jul 1981
File
CCO 20/25/26
Correspondents include:-
- Corp, Lester D, Director, Finance & Resources Department, Conservative Central Office
- Howarth, Alan, Chief of Staff to Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft
- Howell, David MP, Secretary of State for Energy
- Thorneycroft, Lord, Party Chairman
Includes:-
- Paper, 'Summer Campaign '78: A scheme prepared by D.M. Smith, Local Government Organisation Department, ND [1978]
- Memorandum, 'Planning for the Future', Lester D. Corp, 25/05/1979
- Note concerning the composition of the Strategy Meeting, ND [c Oct 1979]
- Paper, 'A Strategy Paper by Lord Thorneycroft', Oct 1979
- Annotated paper by Saatchi & Saatchi Garland-Compton Ltd, 'Initial Thoughts towards success in 1984', 22/11/1979
- Paper, 'Unemployment: Outlook for the Rest of this Parliament', Peter Lilley, Conservative Research Department, ND [c.1979]
- Paper, 'Strategy. A Draft Paper by Lord Thorneycroft', 15/06/1981
- Paper, 'Local Government Finance', ND [c.1981]
Dates
- Creation: c.1978-Jul 1981
Extent
1 file
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Closed.
Shelfmark
CCO 20/25/26
Biographical / Historical
[In October 1979, Mrs Thatcher instructed Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft to arrange meetings on a regular basis to coordinate Party strategy with that of the Government's. Membership of the Committee initially consisted of:-
- Mrs Thatcher
- Leader of the House, Norman St John-Stevas
- Chief Whip, Michael Jopling
- Paymaster General, Angus Maude
- Party Chairman, Lord Thorneycroft
- Deputy Party Chairman, Alistair McAlpine
- Vice-Chairman (Local Government), Sir Frank Marshall
- Director of the Conservative Research Department, Alan Howarth
- Head of the Policy Unit at No. 10, John Hoskyns
- Keith Britto of the Conservative Research Department acted as Secretary ]
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