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Media: Alison minute for Wicks (ministers to appear on TV-AM) [list of ministers regarded as having special skill in presentation] [released 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: THCR 2/6/3/127 f8
Editorial comments: The original Alsion minute following the conversation with Jeffrey Archer is undated, but must fall between 2 and 12 September (when the new cabinet was formed and first met respectively). An unsigned note attached to a copy of this correspondence and dated 4 Nov 1985 in THCR 2/6/3/128 part 2 f3 reads: “Bernard Ingham, Nigel Wicks and Michael Alison discussed the attached. The Prime Minister is not keen to proceed with this at present. Keep on file in case anything comes up again. ”
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Conservative Party (organization), Labour Party & socialism, Media