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Correspondence, memos and other documents relating to the Observer Scotland.

Concerns a variety of topics including questionnaire summary findings, personnel, editorial costs, closure of Observer Scotland and ceasing of paper as separate publication, financial constraints, letters from readers, research and market survey on readers, and circulation figures.

Correspondents include: Donald Trelford, Nick Morrell, Ian Bell, Jackie McGlone, Callum Macrae, Alex Salmond, Julia Braybrook, Tim Westbrook, Jeremy Hunt, Iain Forbes, Arnold Kemp, Robin Lustig, George Rosie, and John Crawford.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

Documentation relating to the Fayed libel action against the Observer and the House of Lords investigation into Lonrho.

Includes House of Commons official report from Parliamentary Debates dated 18 June 1986; Lonrho report to the Department of Trade and Industry inspectors into the acquisition of House of Fraser by the Fayed brothers; House of Commons report on 'complaint concerning the alleged action of The Guardian newspaper in representing that a letter sent by it to the Ritz Hotel, Paris, was sent in the name of a member of this house'; statement by Roger Harrison to the press; various news releases and press notices from Lonrho and other sources; report to Lord Young from Tiny Rowland; report by Tiny Rowland entitled 'The Sultan and I by Mohamed Fayed'; historical appreciation of Tiny Rowland by Francesca Pollard; transcript of interview between Dr. Marwan and Mohamed Fayed; article transcripts; Lonrho newsletters sent to House of Fraser staff; estimate of valuation of the private and commercial resources of the Fayed family; transcript of interview between an Observer representative and Muhammed Salih Al Al-Zariouni; and a copy of the Department of Trade and Industry report into House of Fraser Holdings plc by Henry Brooke, QC and Hugh Aldous, FCA.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford