D 709 2/14/2/4 - Original Cartoon: Tell Dr Owen we are refusing to de code any more Foreign Office Messages! - [1979]
DO gesturing from a window of the Foreign Office to two civil servant pickets. One holds a board which reads Civil Servants Strike and the other holds a card which reads Official Picket.
The frame board of the cartoon is signed by Paul Lever (worked in DO's Private Office), George Walden (...
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| Physical Description: | 1 item (oversized) |
| Physical Facet: | Black ink on board |
| Dimensions: | [image] 270 |
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| Summary: | DO gesturing from a window of the Foreign Office to two civil servant pickets. One holds a board which reads Civil Servants Strike and the other holds a card which reads Official Picket. The frame board of the cartoon is signed by Paul Lever (worked in DO's Private Office), George Walden (Foreign Office Principal Private Secretary from 1978), Stephen Wells, Maureen Howley and Maggie [Smart] (DO's private secretary) - presumably a gift from those who working for DO during his time as Foreign Secretary. Cartoon was framed 25 Feb 1979. See Harris, Kenneth. David Owen Personally Speaking to Kenneth Harris. London : Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1987, chapter 7, p. 134. |
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| Date: | [1979] |
| Reference Number: | D 709 2/14/2/4 |