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- 1981-1985 (Creation)
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General file relating to oil company Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), which covers the period when ARCO sold the Observer to Lonrho. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports concerning: social occasions; the career of Robert Orville Anderson and his resignation from the Observer board; competitor papers; relations with trade unions; financial reports; trading forecasts; conditions of the proposed deal with Lonrho; the use of Norwegian paper; terms of employment in relation to the Lonrho takeover; plans for the future of the newspaper; the career of Thornton Bradshaw.
Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Robert Orville Anderson; Tiny Rowland; Thornton Bradshaw.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison
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Records relating to individual terms of employment may be closed in line with data protection regulations.
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- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Atlantic Richfield (1866-); oil company (Subject)
- Lonrho (1909-); international trading conglomerate (Subject)
- Anderson; Robert Orville (1917-2007); chairman of Atlantic Richfield (Subject)
- Rowland; Roland Walter (1917-1998); businessman (Subject)