Record

StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number GAITSKELL/C/284
TitleCorrespondence with John Diamond
Date1956-1959
DescriptionMainly about the publication of the weekly journal 'Forward' by Socialist Publications Ltd., the XYZ Club and the Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund (90 docs, of which 24 are Diamond letters to Gaitskell) 1956-1959
Other correspondence included:
Gaitskell copy letters to Douglas Jay and Lewis Cohen 1956
Gaitskell, Colonel Steven Hardie and Diamond (6) 1956
Exchange between Diamond and Lord Rothschild Jun 1956
Copy letters from Diamond to Lord Nathan, Alfred Robens and J.Campbell (NUR) Jun 1956
Gaitskell, Diamond and Tom Williamson (NUGMW) (6) Jun 1956
George Thomson to Gaitskell Jul 1956
Gaitskell, Lord Nathan and Diamond (3) Aug 1956
Gaitskell and Sir Hartley Shawcross, including a copy of his letter to 'Forward' (7) Oct 1956
Exchange between Gaitskell and Sara Barker, LP National Agent Nov 1956
Exchange between Gaitskell and Francis Williams Nov 1959
Enclosures:
'Prospectus' of 'Forward' - draft by Diamond, annotated by Gaitskell, and final copies (duplicates) 1956
Minutes of meetings of The Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund, 26 Jan 1956, and Socialist Publications Ltd (3) Jan-Jul 1956
'Fabian Journal', containing an article by Diamond 'Ending Tax Avoidance' Nov 1956.
Extent1 folder
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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