Piece 3 - General Correspondence

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UGA A/A44/14/3

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General Correspondence

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  • 1989-1998 (creation)

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File of letters between Kevin Boyle and others regarding activities and interests of Charter 88, including mail-outs of news from Charter 88 sent to all members, including Boyle, letters between Boyle and Hilary Sheard, Charter 88 regarding C88 Seminar Series on Issues of Constitutional Reform at which Boyle was a speaker (19 - 20 Jul 1989); Letter from Josephine King, Executive Director, C88, to Boyle asking Boyle to stand as part of panel of speakers on behalf of Charter 88 (28 Nov 1989); draft letter with annotation by Boyle to be sent and is addressed to 34 Heads of Government and outlining concerns of Charter 88 (n.d.); Letter from Charter 88 with annotation by Boyle and addressed to 'Mrs Thatcher' (Margaret) outlining concerns of the group (n.d.); Copy of letter written by Boyle and sent to Josephine King of C88 outlining key people in civil service and in Government departments that the group should make contact with (n.d.); Copy letter from John Osmond to Josephine King and Anthony Barnett, Directors of C88 updating on recent C88 conference in Wales (12 Jan 1990), with MS notes by Boyle on reverse; Copy letter from C88 to the Rt Hon Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, writing to follow up on commitments by Thatcher to commit to the principles as outlined in the Helsinki Process on Human Rights (28 Sep 1990); Letter of response from Peter Lloyd, the Home Office, on behalf of Prime Minister Thatcher and outlining focus on rights (6 Nov 1990); Letter from Jane Powell, Citizens Enquiry, to Stuart Weir of Democratic Audit, asking to speak with Weir and Boyle regarding crossover interested between C88 and Democratic Audit (25 Aug 1992); letters between Boyle, Andrew Puddephatt, Director of C88 and Prof. Ivor Crowe, Vice-Chancellor, Essex University, regarding the deposit of the Charter 88 Archives at the Sloman Library, University of Essex. (Sep - Oct 1988)

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      24/02/2014
      24/07/2025

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