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Material relating to Alastair Hetherington's work on a German newspaper as editorial controller in 1945 to 1946. He was posted to Hamburg by the British Army to work on the setting-up of Die Welt, a new, politically free newspaper for the British zone of Germany, starting September/October 1945.

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals from 1969-1976.

The conversations are with the following people:

Douglas Hurd, 5 November 1969

Willam Whitelaw, 20 January 1970

Michael Fraser, 10 March 1970
John Biffen, 24 March 1970

Notes of talk with Reginald Maudling, 28 May 1970
Notes of an off-the-record conversation with Douglas Hurd on Heath's staff, 29 May 1970 - CLOSED

Memorandum from F.T.R Giles to Hugo Young detailing discussion over lunch with Donald Maitland, 24 September 1970
Labour 'Post Mortem', 25 September 1970
Douglas Hurd, 29 September 1970

Robin Balniel, 4 November 1970
John Biffen, 12 November 1970
Lunch with MacDonnell ('MJB') 17 November 1970

'Off the record' with Lord Robens, 1 December 1970 - CLOSED

Notes on [Harold] Wilson memoirs, 31 March 1971

Notes on lunch with Reginald Maudling, 1 February 1972 - CLOSED

Douglas Hurd, 7 November 1973
Terry Pitt, 20 November 1973
Tony Benn, 30 November 1973

'BRW' (Conservative MP) 6 December 1973
Michael Wolff, 18 December 1973
Notes on Michael Wolff, 18 December 1973
Talk with Prime Minister, 20 December 1973 - CLOSED*

Copy of letter from Edward Heath to Joseph Gormley, concerning the restrictions on use of electricity in industry due to the world energy crisis, 23 January 1974
Len Murray, 24 January 1974
Memorandum from the Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, detailing a confidential conversation with James Prior, about 'The Crisis', 30 January 1974 - CLOSED

Memorandum from the Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, about Labour party opinion on the miner's strike, 7 February 1974
Notes taken from Richard Rose conversation, Feb-Mar 1974

Alexander Lyon, 24 May 1974

Lord Windlesham, 5 June 1974
Report from Foreign Office, 6 June 1974
Report from Cabinet Office, 6 June 1974
[Michael] Oakeshott, 6 June 1974
Memorandum from the Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, detailing a talk with George Thomson, 6 June 1974

[Lord] Hailsham, July 1974
Norman Atkinson, 10 July 1974
Shirley Williams, 12 July 1974

Perceptions of Roy Jenkins, 1 August 1974

'JL' [Labour MP] 30 November 1974

Memorandum from Ronald Butt, Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, to give a summary of lunch with Sir John Hunt, 5 December 1974
Memorandum from Ronald Butt, Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, to give a summary of lunch with Tony Benn, 5 December 1974
Comments to Bruce Page, about the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 6 December 1974
Chris Patten, 11 December 1974
Gwyn Morgan, 12 December 1974
Alexander Lyon, 13 December 1974
Memorandum from the Editor of the Sunday Times, to Hugo Young, concerning notes of a lunch with a 'non-political source', dated 'late' 1974

[Anthony]Crosland, 14 January 1975
Douglas Hurd, 22 January 1975

Transcript of conversation between Denys Scott, former vice-chairman of Lexington International, Michael Jones and Peter Dunn about the Barnet Campaign, 6 March 1975
Martin Wright, 12 March 1975

Ian Gilmour, 9 April 1975
David Marquand, 15 April 1975

Tom McCaffrey, 21 May 1975
Dipak Nandy, 22 May 1975

Joe Haines, 25 June 1975

[John] Lyttle, 10 September 1975

Harold Wilson, 29 October 1975

Lunch with Harold Wilson and Roy Thomson, 26 November 1975
Notes on Defence cuts, November 1975

Memorandum from Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, detailing a talk with Henry Kissinger at Claridges, 16 December 1975

Douglas Hurd, 18 January 1976 - CLOSED
Lord Robens, 22 January 1976
Letter from Edward Heath to Hugo Young, declining invitation to discuss events of 1973-74, 28 January 1976
'HE' notes, 29 January 1976

Letter from Edward Heath to Harold Evans, 11 February 1976
Michael Wolff, 12 February 1976

Letter from Nigel Lawson to Hugo Young, concerning published material written by Hugo, 12 March 1976

Jim Prior, 3 June 1976
John Biffen, 3 June 1976
Gordon Wilson, 3 June 1976
William Whitelaw, 9 June 1976
John Biffen, 17 June 1976

'JP' (Conservative MP) 21 July 1976
Conservations entitled 'Pound notes' with Edmund Dell, Shirley Williams, David Owen, Bill Rodgers, and Jack Straw, all commenting on economic policy 28-29 September 1976

Burke Trend, 14 October 1976

Notes sent to Hugo Young about immigration, 28 October 1976

David Owen, 18 November 1976

'Note on the Left from moderate Whitehall advisor', undated
Note to 'Peter' containing relevant statistics that he may wish to use, undated
Mick McGahey, undated
'DB', undated
R Darlington, undated
Harris, undated
[Lord] Merlyn, undated
K Spears, undated
Tam Dalyell, undated
Francis Pym, undated
Leon Brittan, undated
Notes on Hattersley and Benn, undated*
[Frank] Soskice, undated

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

General Election 1970
General Election(s) 1974
Harold Wilson and his leadership of the Labour Party
Edward Heath and his leadership of the Conservative Party
Government foreign policy
Government defence policy
Campaign for leader of the Conservative Party
World energy crisis
The economy
Political situation in Ireland
Europe
UK European referendum
Prevention of Terrorism Act
Immigration
South African Arms
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1977-78

The conversations are with the following people:

Tony Benn, 9 March 1977
Francis Pym, 15 March 1977
Roy Hattersley, 16 March 1977 - CLOSED*
Edward Heath, 16 March 1977
David Steel, 25 March 1977
Douglas Hurd, 30 March 1977

David Steel, 27 April 1977
Roy Hattersley, 28 April 1977 - CLOSED*
Jo Grimond, 28 April 1977
'JP' 28 April 1977

Memorandum containing typescript of conversation with David Owen, 13 May 1977 - CLOSED
'AL' 18 May 1977
Memorandum detailing off-the-record briefing by the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, 24 May 1977 - CLOSED

Joe Haines, 1 June 1977
Robert Armstrong, 2 June 1977
'RH' (Labour MP) 3 June 1977
[Lord] Hailsham, 10 June 1977
Chris Patten, 21 June 1977

Memorandum from Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, detailing lunch with Denis Healey and information given concerning the relationship between unemployment and inflation, 2 August 1977
Additional notes on Healey lunch, undated

'CP' Autumn 1977
Jim Prior, 13 September 1977
Chris Patten, 15 September 1977
Baron Hayhoe, 15 September 1977
Tony Benn, 20 September 1977

Robert Jackson, 5 November 1977
Roy Hattersley, 8 November 1977 - CLOSED*
Memorandum from Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, detailing lunch conversation with Shirley Williams, 9 November 1977
Memorandum from Harold Evans, Editor of the Sunday Times to Hugo Young, detailing a 'private' talk with the Prime Minister on 15 November 1977, 17 November 1977
Jim Prior, 22 November 1977
Richard Holme, 22 November 1977

Eric Varley, 7 December 1977
[John] Lyttle, 14 December 1977
Chris Patten, 15 December 1977

Notes of meeting between F Giles and Margaret Thatcher, New Years Day 1978
Harold Lever, 5 January 1978

Notes from Michael Jones to Hugo Young about the opinion of Margaret Thatcher and her party towards immigration, 3 February 1978
Roy Hattersley, 28 February 1978 - CLOSED*

'PT lunch' 14 March 1978

Margaret Bain, 18 April 1978

John Biffen, May 1978

Geoffrey Howe, 20 June 1978
Tony Benn, 28 June 1978

David Steel, 21 July 1978

John Harris, 10 August 1978

Roy Hattersley, 8 September 1978 - CLOSED*
David Stephen, 20 September 1978

David Steel, 18 October 1978
Tony Benn, 18 October 1978
Roy Hattersley, 19 October 1978 - CLOSED*

'KS' 7 November 1978
John Biffen, 16 November 1978

Douglas Hurd, 14 December 1978

Comment by Hugo Young entitled 'Shuffle misgivings' discussing the members and structure of the Callaghan cabinet, undated

[Bill] Rodgers, undated

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

James Callaghan and his leadership of the Labour party
Future policies and direction of the Labour party
Members and structure of the Callaghan cabinet
Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
The economy
The forthcoming general election
The Liberal party
Europe
Immigration
Prison services
Creator: DS/UK/122

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

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1980.

The conversations are with the following people:

Jim Prior, 2 January 1980
Chris Patten, 3 January 1980
Notes on Downing Street reception, 17 January 1980
Bill Rodgers, 18 January 1980
Francis Pym, 22 January 1980

Chris Patten, 'early' February 1980
Barney Hayhoe, 5 February 1980
David Steel, 26 February 1980

Ian Gilmour, 7 March 1980
David Owen, 20 March 1980
Jim Prior, 27 March 1980
David Howell, 28 March 1980

Ian Gilmour, 26 April 1980
'Thoughts on the economy' after lunches with Kenneth Baker and Chris Beauman, 30 April 1980

Roy Hattersley, 7 May 1980*

David Marquand, 3 June 1980
Bill Rodgers, 4 June 1980
Chris Patten, 5 June 1980
David Owen, 6 June 1980
Shirley Williams, 6 June 1980

Jim Prior, 15 July 1980
John Hoskyns, 26 July 1980

Bernard Donoughue, 3 September 1980
Jim Prior, 18 September 1980
Janet Young, 23 September 1980

John Biffen, 8 October 1980
Chris Patten, 8 October 1980
Peter Walker, 17 October 1980

Ian Gilmour, 5 November 1980
Jim Prior, with attached newspaper cutting from The Times about interest rates, 8 November 1980
Typescript of extract from speech by Enoch Powell about inflation, 14 November 1980
John Biffen, 14 November 1980
Francis Pym, with attached newspaper cutting from Financial Times about Geoffrey Howe and the economy, 18 November 1980
'PC' 20 November 1980
David Steel, 25 November 1980

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
The economy
Government defence policy
James Callaghan and his leadership of the Labour party
The Liberal party
British Steel workers strike
Europe
Political situation in Iran
Creator: DS/UK/122

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

2Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1986.

The conversations are with the following people:

Jim Prior, 5 January 1986
Barney Hayhoe, 5 January 1986
Keith Hampson, 5 January 1986
John Biffen, 12 January 1986
Keith Hampson, 12 January 1986
Douglas Hurd, 14 January 1986
Chris Patten, 26 January 1986
John Biffen, 26 January 1986
'BI' 27 January 1986
William Whitelaw, 28 January 1986

Ian Gilmour, 2 February 1986
Francis Pym, 2 February 1986
Michael Mates, 2 February 1986
Simon Jenkins, 6 February 1986
John Cunningham, 19 February 1986
Bernard Ingham, 20 February 1986*
William Waldegrave, 24 February 1986
Chris Patten, 25 February 1986

Geoffrey Howe, 11 March 1986
David Steel, 19 March 1986

Roy Hattersley, 10 April 1986*

Norman St John Stevas, 13 May 1986
Francis Pym, 20 May 1986
David Howell, 21 May 1986

John Burgh, 2 June 1986
Ian Gilmour, 25 June 1986

[John] Wakeham, 1 July 1986
Kenneth Baker, 14 July 1986
Peter Shore, 15 July 1986
Peter Middleton, 21 July 1986*
Patricia Hewitt, 23 July 1986
Bob Worcester, 23 July 1986
William Waldegrave, 29 July 1986

Bernard Donoughue, 28 August 1986

Tim Bell, 8 September 1986*

Cecil Parkinson, 9 October 1986*

Chris Patten, 9 November 1986
John Biffen, 10 November 1986
Article from The Listener Magazine about 'The art of dressing as a prime minister', 20 November 1986
Peter Middleton, 26 November 1986*

William Waldegrave, 10 December 1986

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Government education policy
Forthcoming general election
The Westland affair and subsequent resignations
The SDP-Liberal Alliance
Europe
Political situation in Ireland
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1988.

The conversations are with the following people:

David Cornwell, 27 January 1988*

Jonathan Aitken, 1 February 1988
Cecil Parkinson, 1 February 1988*
'CP' 14 February 1988
Alistair MacAlpine, 24 February 1988
Geoffrey Howe, 26 February 1988

Brian Griffiths, 13 April 1988*

Elie Kedourie, 20 April 1988
John Smith, 26 April 1988
'AG' 26 April 1988

Colin Morris, 3 May 1988
Bryan Gould, 11 May 1988
'Essence of Griffiths' 15 May 1988
Letter from Jonathan Aitken to Hugo Young, to send information about peers, 18 May 1988
Christopher Tugendhat, 21 May 1988
Neil Kinnock, 24 May 1988
Alan Beith, 24 May 1988

Paddy Ashdown, 7 June 1988
Brian Griffiths, 14 June 1988*
Frank Cooper, 22 June 1988

Michael Heseltine, 6 July 1988
Brian Griffiths, 19 July 1988*

Michael Shea, 3 August 1988

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
Paddy Ashdown and his leadership of the Liberal Democrats
Conservative party policy
Government Education policy
Reflections on General Election 1987
Gorbachev and Soviet relations
Europe
Politics in South Africa
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1989.

The conversations are with the following people:

Christopher Tugendhat, 21 May 1989
Chris Patten, 22 May 1989

William Waldegrave, 5 June 1989

John Major, 4 July 1989*

[William] Waldegrave and [Geoffrey] Howe, 3 September 1989

Roger Tomkys, 17 October 1989
Margaret Thatcher, 29 October 1989
Chris Patten, 29 October 1989

[Roy]Hattersley, 2 November 1989
John Smith, 14 November 1989
Middle Temple dinner, 23 November 1989
Richard Ryder, 4 December 1989

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
The Economy
Labour party policy
Europe
Creator: DS/UK/122

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political conversations and informal interviews held with individuals in 1990.

The conversations are with the following people:

[R Cork] 2 January 1990
Neil Kinnock, 18 January 1990
'JC' 'early January' 1990

Bernard Ingham, 26 February 1990*

Michael Heseltine, 13 March 1990
Brian Griffiths, 14 March 1990*
Douglas Hurd, 29 March 1990

Cecil Parkinson, 14 May 1990*

Gordon Brown, 6 June 1990
Roger Tomkys, 7 June 1990
Geoffrey Howe, 12 June 1990
Chris Patten, 25 June 1990

[Helmut] Kohl, 30 August 1990

Roger Tomkys, 10 September 1990
Michael Howard, 18 September 1990

Chris Patten, 7 October 1990
Douglas Hurd, 8 October 1990

Alan Clark, 4 November 1990
Michael Mates, 4 November 1990
'CFP' 24 November 1990

Notes on the resignation of Margaret Thatcher, 4 December 1990

Notes, undated

Significant subjects covered in conversation discussions include:

Margaret Thatcher and her leadership of the Conservative party
Resignation of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister
Neil Kinnock and his leadership of the Labour party
The forthcoming General Election
Government foreign policy
The economy
The Poll Tax
Europe
Iraq invasion of Kuwait
Hong Kong
South Africa
Creator: DS/UK/122