File containing three inner files of papers relating to the 1987 General Election, including:

• inner file (no label) of general papers relating to the election, particularly on the issue of national defence and nuclear weapon policy; including copy of David Owen's letter to Margaret Thatcher calling for a redress of claim made in Conservative Party manifesto that the SDP/Liberal Alliance policy on nuclear disarmament was basically the same as the Labour policy, with Margaret Thatcher's letter of reply, 20 May 1987; copies of press releases of statements made by Conservative Party MPs on the SDP/Liberal Alliance defence policy; transcripts/extracts of speeches and statements by David Owen on Alliance defence policy; also contains copies of standard election briefing letters sent by David Owen to SDP candidates
• inner file: `Polling' including copies of analyses of results of polls on the Alliance election campaign prepared by Sarah Horack; memoranda concerning telephone polling; letter from president of SDP Students, Andrew Hartley and paper prepared by Alec McGivan on changing the image of the campaign
• inner file: `PPBs/PEBs': containing scripts of SDP/Liberal Alliance, Labour Party and Conservative Party election television and radio broadcasts; with some correspondence/memoranda

Originally part of reference filing system. Several duplicates have been extracted (c.39 items)