‘ ; i Rhodesia of 1 may be the future course of events, the — —— or a SS ereactid members of the Conservative Party are oun many i
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least two members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet goes oe =. = ain Rhodesiae Mr. Maudling (deputy leader of the oe with interests ¢ the Dunlop Rubber Co. which has a tyre factory at eons — seo are of Associated Electrical Industries which has pe aetna L - ape epee Rhodesiae Mre Boyd-Carpenter ("Housing —, _ — oe ; is a director of London Country Freehold and ee ° St aaa nadieéed te owning 10,000 key flats in London has been expandaing
isb “via a wholly own subsidiary owns and manages offices and flats in Salisburye :
i interests in Tere are several other Tory MPs who are directors of nie grower om Rhodesia. Sir Je Eden (Bournemouth West) is a director of eri engineering group which owns South Wales Ltdey operating in — ar as Barlow (Middleton and Prestwich) is on the Calico Printers Associa oe Je a subsidiary, Cepea Rhodesia, Mr. A Costain (Folkeston & Hythe ) is deputy = man of Richard Costain..whose subsidiary, Richard Costain (Africa) Ltdey operate in Rhodesias Sir J» Lengfold Holt (Strewsdury) is on James North and Son..which is associated with James North (Rhodesia) Ltd. Mr. J.H. Osborn (Hallam, Sheffield) is on the Sheffield steel firm of Samuel Osborn and Co. which owns -Samuel Osborn (Rhodesia) Ltd. Sir G. Wills (Bridgwater) is on Williams and Williams (Reliance Holdings) which owns Reliance Metal Windows (Rhodesia) Ltd. Mr. John Smith, newly elected MP for the City is on the Ottoman Bank which is involved in Rhodesia. eehere are many influential Conservative peers who are on companies with interests in Rhodesiae Imperial Chemicals Industries has two ex-cabinet members on its board of directors = Viscount Amory, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Macmillan, and Viscount Chandos, who was Colonial Secretary under Churchill, ICI's associate company in Rhodesia is African Explosives and Chemical Industries (Rhodesia) »
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The Earl of Kilmuir, Home Secretary under Churchill, is chairman of Plessey Co. which has a subsidiary operating in Rhodesia. Another Conservative peer, Viscount Harcourt, has just joined the board of Plessey. Lord Seat who was deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Organisation from 1959-63 is chairman of National & Grindlay's Bank, one of three main British clearing banks involved in Rhodesia. With Aldington on National and Grindlays are .Lords Colgrain and Lloyd. - Aldington is also chairman of GEC which has a Rhodesian subsidiary; he is alse a $ director of John Brown and Co. which has a half-share in Rhodesia Alloys, With Aldington on John Brown is Lord Clitheroe, a former chaiman of the Conservative Party Organisation, who is also a director of Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga the Congo giante Also on John Brown is Conservative peer Lord Aberconwaye Earl de la Warr, who was Postmaster General in the Churchill Government, is on the Standard Bank which has 100 branches (out of a total of 1,100) in Rhodesia, On Standard also is Sir G, Harvie-Watt, former Tory MP. Mr. Paul =EVans , former Tory MP is on Barclays DCL which has 6% of its branches in Rhodesia. Viscount Watkinson, Minister of Defence under Macmillan, is managing director of Schweppes which has q subsidiary in Rhodesia, Also on Schweppes is Tory peer Lord Rockley. Viscount Eccles, Minister of Education under Macmillan, is on Courtaulds, which has subsidiaries in Rhodesiae Conservative peer Viscount Caldercote is on the board of English Electric which has interests in Rhodesia. Viscount Tenby, Home Secretary in Eden's cabinet, is on Associated Portland Cement which owns Salisbury Portland Cement Cos; Lord Errol of Hale, Minister of Power under Home, is on British Plaster Board (Holdings) which owns Allied Rhodesian Manufacturers. eeeLast but not least the Marquess of Salisbury himself has had close connections with Rhodesia in the past. From 1957-61 he was a director of British S.A. COs * From Labour Research, Dec., 1965. 1/3a n.n. 78. Blackfriars RA... london 2. 1.