File 2 - Correspondence, notes and reports relating to the Guardian and Guardian weekly

1 file

Various papers, mainly relating to the Guardian, collected by John Perkin in his position as editor of the Guardian Weekly, including:

Statement made by L P Scott at a meeting with the 'P. & K. T. F.' on 6 December 1966 concerning the financial situation of the Guardian and reductions in the cost of printing.

Memorandums and reports to Guardian staff on London printing plans (May 1961), who does what' in Guardian editorial administration (September 1964), motor accidents (July 1981), the 1983/84 NUJ house agreement (April 1982) and employee benefits (November 1983).

Notes concerning printing options for the Guardian Weekly (February 1963)

Correspondence between John Perkin and the editor's office concerning the Guardian front page from 5 November 1956 'Soviet Tanks Crush Resistance', with a note from Alastair [Hetherington] about the front page, August 1997.

The file also contains a copy of The Monopolies Commission report on the proposed transfer of The Times Newspaper and The Sunday Times Newspaper to a newspaper proprietor, December 1966 and an unsigned copy of Perkin's memoir (see JSP/1)

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