D709 3/14/2/1 - File of outgoing letters: `1982' - Jan 1982-Jan 1983

File of copies of significant outgoing letters sent by David Owen in 1982 to various correspondents; includes MS list summarising subject matter of letters at front of file, which include: one member one vote debate; seat negotiations; SDP split on Employment Bill; dangers of merger; joint SDP/Liber...

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Summary:File of copies of significant outgoing letters sent by David Owen in 1982 to various correspondents; includes MS list summarising subject matter of letters at front of file, which include: one member one vote debate; seat negotiations; SDP split on Employment Bill; dangers of merger; joint SDP/Liberal Alliance motion on Trident; leadership of the Alliance; Inflation tax; letter to Michael Foot on freedom of Plymouth; letters to Margaret Thatcher on Falklands, cruise missiles, dual key etc; 'look out speech' to Young Social Democrats; SDP Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament group; the Sick Children's Trust; BBC coverage of the SDP; letter to trustees on accepting chairmanship of Finance Committee; letter to Roy Jenkins re deputy leadership; the Ruth Levitt amendment; National Committee elections; direct contact of David Owen with SDP HQ staff; `No early use' group; the Alliance shadow cabinet; the ICIHI; use of the term `Alliance' on literature.
Date:Jan 1982-Jan 1983
Reference Number:D709 3/14/2/1