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1 folder containing correspondence and papers relating to the printing of the Guardian Weekly in both the British Zone and the American Zone (and, from 1948, the French Zone) of Germany.

Included are a small handwritten diary of LP Scott's visit to Germany in April 1947, including many anecdotal observations and comments on the state of the country, post-war; correspondence with of Ewald Schmidt di Simoni, publisher of Die Ziet newspaper, regarding his company's licence to distribute the Guardian in Germany; correspondence with the Control Office for Germany and Austria, regarding allowing the Guardian access to a bank account in Hamburg, for administering the printing of the paper, and the problems encountered with selling it for 'probably worthless' German marks; letter from the Control Office, praising the Guardian's efforts to 'infuse democratic thought and practice into Germany', despite their monetary loss; correspondence with the chief of the PRISC division of the Control Commission for Germany (British Element), regarding increasing their exportation of newsprint (thereby alleviating the situation in Germany, brought about by paper rationing) and also, printing directly in Hamburg, May 1947; correspondence with the Board of Trade, and the Foreign Office on the same; correspondence with the afore-mentioned Schmidt di Simoni regarding the charges incurred through importing paper into Germany, and the currency reform law of 1948 (from reichsmarks to deutschmarks); document titled 'Third Regulation for the New Military Order, Responsibilities of members of the United Nations (undated); correspondence with Schmidt di Simoni regarding the affect that the Currency Reform Law has had on printing the Guardian in Germany, and the consequent decision to print in England once more, and export copies to Germany, February 1950; correspondence regarding Schmidt di Simoni's discreditation, subsequent to the aforesaid Currency Reform Act, February 1951.
Correspondents from the Manchester Guardian include J Midgley, TCF Prittie, JRL Anderson, W Lascelles and AP Wadsworth.

Some correspondence in German typescript.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Three folders, titled 'Publishers Policy, General 1947-64', 'Publishers Policy, Educational Weekly Project 1958' and 'Publishers Policy, Survey of Industry 1951-58'.

Folder titled 'Publishers Policy, General 1947-64' includes correspondence, predominantly with readers, on newspaper policy. Subjects include joint publishing venture proposals with Reynolds News, and Ernest Kay of John O' London's, Literary Periodicals Ltd, amongst others (all rejected), and correspondence with Lord Frederick Burnham on the printing of the Sunday Telegraph, for one day only, at the Guardian's Cross Street premises in Manchester, on 26 March 1961.

Folder titled 'Publishers Policy, Educational Weekly Project 1958', contains correspondence and papers on the proposed publishing of a weekly education paper. Documents include an assessment of current provision (predominately the Times Educational Supplement), and discussion between LP Scott and both Alastair Hetherington and Kenneth Searle, on the same; documents relating to the costing of the project, and projected revenue; a typed memorandum by Scott, commenting on the proposal, dated 21 April 1958; projected revenue figures drawn up by WJ Lascelles, and a letter giving circulation details of the main educational supplements currently published (including Teachers' World), provided by the London Press Exchange Ltd and sent to the same; second report on the project, by Scott, dated 30 April 1958, and appendix added by Searle, in May of that same year; report on survey conducted amongst the Chief Education Officers, on current provision, and their thoughts on the project (undated) and a revised assessment of the project, leading to it's ultimate rejection, dated May 1958.

Folder titled 'Publishers Policy - Survey of Industry 1951-58' contains correspondence and papers relating to the Survey of Industry, published annually, by the Guardian, for these years. Correspondents include Scott, AP Wadsworth, J Anderson, Richard Fry, W MacMillan, HG Milner, W Lascelles, H Roscoe and R Grey, all of the Guardian.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott