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

Correspondence with newspapers and news agencies; lists of local contacts; itineraries and travel reports relating to Derek Ingram's (Gemini editor), promotional visits to Iran, Thailand, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan and European countries, including The Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Greece, Italy and Cyprus, 1969-1972.

Individuals featured include: Ronald Reagan, Leonid Brezhnev, Jimmy Carter, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Colonel Gaddafi, Mikhail Gorbachev, George HW Bush, John Major, Michael Foot, Margaret Thatcher, Chairman Mao, Richard Nixon.

Subjects and events featured include: Russia, Israel, the Third World, Iran, Europe, South Africa, oil resources, the standard of living, the arms industry, the death penalty, nuclear arms.

Cartoon depicts President Ahmadinejad of Iran as the Easter Bunny with a basket of eggs standing on top of the 'moral high groud' He is saying 'Happy Easter Imperialist Pig' to Tony Blair who is being dragged down into the 'Gulf Swamp' by an anvil tied to his neck.

This idea book is dated 29 January-10 October 1980 and features ideas on Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Carter, Denis Healey, James Callaghan, Tony Benn, the Middle East, Israel, the Europe Economic Community, Russia, Poland, Iran, sanctions, interest rates, trade union issues, and other aspects of domestic politics.

This idea book is dated 14 October 1980-15 April 1981 and features ideas on Michael Foot, Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Denis Healey, Leonid Brezhnev, Iran, Europe, trade union disputes, the budget, unemployment, national security, and other aspects of domestic politics.

Photographs selected from the Gemini Photograph Library related to Iran.
GP768 Shah of Iran playing golf with Queen
GP769 The Shah and family on the Peacock Throne
GP770 Shah, Queen and children

Research material relating to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the subsequent conflict between the Khomeini regime and the People's Mujahedin Organisation and the National Council of Resistance. Further material relates to the Iran-Iraq War, 1980.

Material includes: printed publications; maps of Iran; copies of newspapers and newspaper clippings from various French, British, American and Iranian newspapers, including the Guardian, Le Monde, the International Herald Tribune and Iran Liberation; typescript press releases from the Observer, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Kingdom, Iran Press Service, United Kingdom's Department of Trade, United States International Communication Agency, United States Information Agency, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Subjects covered include: the Baha'i religion and religious oppression; events leading up to and during the Iran-Iraq War; economy of Iran; the Iran hostage crisis, where 52 Americans were held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran; Iranian exiles describing their experiences; the activities of Iranian embassies and attempts to eliminate Khomeini's opponents in Europe and the US; Iran's prison system; and the activities of American officials and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Majority of material is in English, but there is also material in French and Persian.

Photographs selected from the Gemini Photograph Library related to Kurdistan.
GP767 Gemini news correspondent Qamar Hasnain with the Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani and his son Idris.

Individuals featured include: Moshe Dayan, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Richard Nixon, Leonid Brezhnev, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, Michael Foot, George HW Bush, John Major, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Yassir Arafat.

Subjects and events featured include: Israel, Palestine, Egypt, the Yom Kippur War, Iran, the West Bank, the Lebanon, Suez Canal, Gulf War, oil resources and supply, arms industry, United Nations, European Economic Community.