File 18 - Conversations 1992

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Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1992.

The conversations are with the following people:

John Gummer, 9 January 1992
Chris Patten, 28 January 1992
Paddy Ashdown, 30 January 1992
[J Eideman] and notes from interview with John Major in 1991, 31 January 1992*

Robin Cook, 12 February 1992
David Owen, 14 February 1992
Douglas Hurd, 19 February 1992

Jack Straw, 3 March 1992
Douglas Hurd, 12 March 1992

Douglas Hurd, 5 April 1992
Douglas Hurd, 20 April 1992

'CP' 10 May 1992
Roy Hattersley, 13 May 1992*
Chris Patten, 21 May 1992
Tristan Garel Jones, 22 May 1992

Tony Blair, 1 June 1992*
Sir Peter Kemp, 2 June 1992
Douglas Hurd, 8 June 1992
George Robertson, 24 June 1992
Peter Hain, 24 June 1992
Bill Cash, 25 June 1992
'JB' 30 June 1992

Gareth Williams, 2 July 1992
Garrick AGM, 6 July 1992
Richard Ryder, 7 July 1992*

David Gilmour,10 September 1992

Tristan Garel Jones,1 October 1992
'CFP' 3 October 1992
Richard Ryder, 3 October 1992
David Madel, 18 October 1992
Bill Cash, 18 October 1992
Tristan Garel Jones, 18 October 1992
Tony Blair, 20 October 1992
'JB' 20 October 1992
John Biffen, 22 October 1992
John Biffen, 25 October 1992
Jack Cunningham, 25 October 1992
Terence Higgins, 25 October 1992
William Waldegrave, 27 October 1992

Douglas Hurd, 3 November 1992
Malcolm Rifkind, 26 November 1992

Maurice Kogan, 7 December 1992

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

General Election 1992
John Major and his leadership of the Conservative party*
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
The campaign for a new leader of the Labour party
John Smith and his leadership of the Labour party
Paddy Ashdown and his leadership of the Liberal Democrats
Reform of the judiciary and legal system
The Maastricht Treaty
Europe
Hong Kong
Creator: DS/UK/122

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