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Conservative Party: Baker conversation record (meeting with backbench group on Community Charge) ["confusion ... as to what should be done, but ... they all felt very strongly that something should be done"] [released Mar 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/6/4/9 part 1 f11
Editorial comments:

Listed by date of meeting. Whittingdale's covernote precedes Baker's minute. Read all documents from the 1989 release of MT's party and personal papers.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 11pp
Themes: Community charge (“poll tax”), Elections & electoral system, Conservative Party (organization)