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- 9 May 1979 - 5 December 1979 (Creation)
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Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1979. Also includes notebook which contains some brief information from conversations in early 1980.
The conversations are with the following people:
Sir Willam Pile discusses Margaret Thatcher, 9 May 1979
Notes on 'Thatcher Style', undated
Andrew Rowe, 13 September 1979
[Pratap] Chitnis, 26 September 1979
Mark Carlisle, 26 September 1979
Roy Hattersley, 28 September 1979 - CLOSED*
'AL' 25 October 1979
Haydon Phillips, 30 October 1979
Bill Rodgers, 8 November 1979
Willie Whitelaw, 27 November 1979
Margaret Thatcher to press gallery, 5 December 1979
Leon Brittan, 5 December 1979
Note book containing the following information - CLOSED*:
Notes from Tory party conference in Blackpool, 10 October 1979
'Ideas' 15 January 1980
Conservation with 'AR' 17 January 1980
Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:
General Election 1979
Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Analysis of the new Conservative government
Proposed Conservative policies for the first term
Government foreign policy
James Callaghan and his leadership of the Labour party
Europe
Creator: DS/UK/122
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- Pile; Sir; William Dennis (1919-1997); civil servant (Subject)
- Thatcher; Margaret Hilda Roberts (1925-2013); Baroness; politician (Subject)
- Rowe; Andrew John Bernard (1935-); politician (Subject)
- Chitnis; Pratap Chidamber (1936-2013); Baron of Ryedale; civil servant (Subject)
- Carlisle; Mark (1929-2005); Baron Carlisle of Bucklow; politician (Subject)
- Hattersley; Roy Sydney George (1932-2026); politician and writer (Subject)
- Phillips; Haydon; civil servant (Subject)
- Rodgers; William Thomas (1928 -); Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank; politician (Subject)
- Whitelaw; William Stephen Ian (1918-1999); Viscount; politician (Subject)
- Brittan; Leon (1939-2015); Baron Brittan of Spennithorne; politician (Subject)
- Callaghan; Leonard James (1912-2005); Baron Callaghan of Cardiff; statesman and former PM of Britain 1976-9 (Subject)