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- 24 January 1985 - 2 December 1985 (Creation)
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Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1985.
The conversations are with the following people:
Bob Worcester, 24 January 1985
[Helmut] Schmidt, 6 February 1985
Robin Renwick, 26 February 1985
[P Crossman] 1 June 1985
Robin Cook, 4 June 1985
Tony Benn, 7 June 1985
Letter from Dave Nicholson, a lecturer in Industrial studies, to Hugo Young, to comment on his writing, 11 June 1985
Anthony Lester, 14 June 1985
Neil Kinnock, 25 June 1985
Margaret Thatcher, 7 July 1985
David Owen, 2 September 1985
Francis Pym, 25 September 1985
Malcolm Rifkind, 28 October 1985
Transcript of television interview by Miriam Stoppard with Margaret Thatcher, November 1985
Douglas Hurd, 2 December 1985
Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:
Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Government foreign policy
Soviet relations
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour Party
Labour party policy
The SDP-Liberal Alliance
Europe
European convention on human rights
Creator: DS/UK/122
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- Worcester; Robert Milton; Professor; chair, MORI (Subject)
- Schmidt; Helmut H W (1918-); politician (Subject)
- Renwick; Sir; Robin William (1937-); Baron Renwick of Clifton; civil servant and political adviser (Subject)
- Cook; Robert Finlayson (1946-2005); politician (Subject)
- Benn; Anthony Neil Wedgwood (1925-2014); politician (Subject)
- Lester; Anthony Paul (1936-2020); Baron Lester of Herne Hill; politician (Subject)
- Kinnock; Neil Gordon (1942-); politician (Subject)
- Thatcher; Margaret Hilda Roberts (1925-2013); Baroness; politician (Subject)
- Owen; David Anthony Llewellyn (1938-); Baron Owen; statesman (Subject)
- Pym; Lord; Francis Leslie (1922-2008); Baron of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire; politician (Subject)
- Rifkind; Malcolm Leslie (1946-); lawyer and politician (Subject)
- Stoppard; Miriam (1937-); physician, writer and broadcaster (Subject)
- Hurd; Douglas Richard (1930 -); politician (Subject)