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- 1964-1973 (Creation)
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2 folders, 1 labelled 'CPU Annual General Meeting', containing correspondence and papers relating to the Commonwealth Press Union's annual conferences, attended by LP Scott. Members (and correspondents) include the Lord Astor of Hever as President, Gavin Astor as Chairman of Council, Lord Thomson as Vice-Chairman of Council and Harry Brittain as founder.
Folder 1 contains correspondence and papers relating to the annual conferences held by the Commonwealth Press Union, for the years 1970-77, and includes financial statements; agendas; reports on conferences held, and subjects discussed, and documents relating to the election of members (all incomplete).
Folder 2 contains comprehensive minutes of meetings (confidential) held by the council, October 1964 - May 1973. Arranged chronologically.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
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- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Commonwealth Press Union (1909-2008); trade union (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Gavin (1918-1984); 2nd Baron Astor of Hever; newspaper proprietor (Subject)
- Brittain; Sir; Henry Ernest (1873-1974); knight; journalist and politician (Subject)
- Scott; Laurence Prestwich (1909-1983); chairman of the Manchester Guardian & Evening News Ltd (Subject)
- Thomson; Roy Herbert (1894-1976); 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet; newspaper proprietor (Subject)
- Guardian Media Group plc (1907-); newspaper proprietor (Subject)