| Summary: | File of minutes, papers and memorandum relating to meetings of the SDP National Committee; some with MS annotations by David Owen; includes correspondence between David Owen and Neville Sandelson discussing Neville Sandelson's public encouragement to voters to vote Conservative rather than for the SDP/Liberal Alliance in order to defeat Labour, and his opposition to Alliance proposals for a hung Parliament, Nov 1986-Apr 1987; letters to David Owen from Shirley Williams concerning arrangements to discuss proposals of union with the Liberal Party, Jun 1987; various papers concerning the negotiations with the Liberals over merger, including the Electoral Reform Society Report of the enquiry into the conduct of the ballot on `future relations between the SDP and the Liberal Party', Aug 1987; the SDP President's motion on negotiations with the Liberal Party for the Sheffield Council for Social Democracy, Nov 1987; drafts of constitution for the merged party; drafts of National Committee resolution on negotiations with the Liberals, 14 Dec 1987 - many have MS annotations by David Owen; etc |
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