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Papers of Jock Haston, including records of the revolutionary Communist Party and other Trotskyist groupsU DJH

Communist League (British Section - International Left Opposition Bolshevik - Leninists)U DJH/1

Bolshevik - Leninists (mainly Militant Group)U DJH/2

Militant Labour LeagueU DJH/3

Marxist LeagueU DJH/4

Marxist GroupU DJH/5

Revolutionary Workers LeagueU DJH/6

Socialist Workers GroupU DJH/7

Revolutionary Socialist Party, EdinburghU DJH/8

Revolutionary Socialist Party, DublinU DJH/9

Militant Workers Federation, GlasgowU DJH/10

Building Workers Campaign CommitteeU DJH/11

Colonial Marxist League (Trotskyist)U DJH/12

Revolutionary Socialist LeagueU DJH/13

Workers International LeagueU DJH/14

Revolutionary Communist PartyU DJH/15

Internal bulletins and related papersU DJH/15/A

Other material circulated to membersU DJH/15/B

Papers concerning the arrests of Roy Tearse, Heaton Lee and Ann Keen following the Tyneside apprentices strikeU DJH/15/B/1

C. C. [Central Committee] reportU DJH/15/B/2

Political letter issued by the Political Bureau: 'The recent attack against our organisation, the arrest . . . together with the introduction of Regulation 1A(a)'U DJH/15/B/3

Statement to members from the Political Bureau: 'Dear Comrades, The Trial is over . . .'U DJH/15/B/4

P. B. [Political Bureau?] statement to members. Perspective of the party work on the A.L.L.V.D.C. [Anti - Labour Laws Victims Defence Committee]U DJH/15/B/5

'Electoral policy. The prospect of the ending of the war . . .' adopted by the Central CommitteeU DJH/15/B/6

Opposition minority position at the Central Committee, July 1944, to the Political Bureau resolution. 'Second front and the tasks of the working class' (mid - June 'Socialist Appeal' 1944), by A. CooperU DJH/15/B/7

Central Committee report issued by the General Secretary [for the meeting held 10 and 11 November 1944]U DJH/15/B/8

National question - rough draft for C. C. [Central Committee] members only. Problems posed by Hitler's victories.U DJH/15/B/9

Resolution on the National Question in Europe. Issued from the Central Committee, 11 November 1944. For discussion in the partyU DJH/15/B/10

ResolutionsU DJH/15/B/11

South Wales organiser's report. Two basic industries dominate ...; North East organiser's report; Scottish organiser's report; Yorkshire organiser's reportU DJH/15/B/12

P. B. [Political Bureau?] statement to members. 'We have now reached a stage in the war...limited United Front...possible...Councils of Action...'U DJH/15/B/13

'On the expulsion of Alan Christianson', from the P. B. [Political Bureau?]U DJH/15/B/14

'To the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party'U DJH/15/B/15

Papers about Neath By-electionU DJH/15/B/16

Ts. 'A reply to the statement of J. G. by J.L.R.' [concerning activity within the Norwood Labour Party]U DJH/15/B/17

Ts. 'Independent Labour Party faction and affiliation to the Labour Party' [Revolutionary Communist Party attitude towards this possibility]U DJH/15/B/18

Ts. 'European revolution and the British working class. The sixth year of the second Imperialist war...'U DJH/15/B/19

Ts. 'The transitional programme and redundancy', by Fred Emmett and G. Healy; [and other items on redundancy]U DJH/15/B/20

Ts. For discussion at the Central Committee - rough draft. 'The sixth year of the Second World War opens...'U DJH/15/B/21

Report of Central Committee, 17th and 18th March 1945 and Draft Resolution: The C. C. [Central Committee] declares [on redundancy]U DJH/15/B/22

Copy of Communist Party of Great Britain Executive Committee: Political letter to all members: 'The Communist Party and the Crimea Conference'.U DJH/15/B/23

Revolutionary Communist Party. For the information of members: copy of letter from Peck, Italy about the February International bulletin and related material; correspondence with Spanish Group; and 'Italians'U DJH/15/B/24

Ts. No. 4 of the 21 conditions [sic] of admittance of Parties into the Communist International, adopted by the 2nd Congress of the C. I. ['Propaganda and agitation amongst the forces', by Leo]U DJH/15/B/25

Copy of letter from the Left Faction, Glasgow 6 June 1945. The Secretary, Revolutionary Communist Party: 'Dear Comrade', [Militant Miner, P.P.A., preparing Conference stencils]U DJH/15/B/26

Main resolution to be discussed at Annual Conference of the Revolutionary Communist Party, 1945 August Bank Holiday. Part 1. The changed relationship of forces in EuropeU DJH/15/B/27

Ts. The perspective in Britain. Part 2. Issued to the membership for discussionU DJH/15/B/28

Ts. 1945 Conference Discussion. Entry and the revolutionary party; P. B. [Political Bureau?] reply to discussionU DJH/15/B/29

Left Fraction statement to conference [maintains its view that the Revolutionary Communist Party continues the tradition of the Workers International League]U DJH/15/B/30

ResolutionsU DJH/15/B/31

Open letter to the membership. 'The following resolution...' [concerning withdrawal of an alleged statement], from W.D., T.M., J.L.R.U DJH/15/B/32

P. B. [Political Bureau?] statement on the municipal electionsU DJH/15/B/33

Circular to members of the Revolutionary Communist Party. A reply to the letter of the Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party to members of the Left Fraction, from the Left Fraction, 22 August 1945, and covering letter [typed] signed T. M. Secy, August 1945U DJH/15/B/34

To the C. C. [Central Committee] of the Revolutionary Communist Party. 'Dear Comrades, I wish to put . . . [proposal to occupy factories to resist closure and redundancies]', by 'P'U DJH/15/B/35

P. B. [Political Bureau?] statement on The question of P. Frank. 'In his open letter...'U DJH/15/B/36

Ts. To all C. C. [Central Committee] members. 'Dear Comrades, Arising out of a report on the Docks Strike...'U DJH/15/B/37

Ts. To all members of the Revolutionary Communist Party. 'The P. B. [Political Bureau?] has published a bulletin attacking me...from P. F.'U DJH/15/B/38

For discussion at the Central Committee, 1 and 2 December 1945. Draft resolution on the proposed fusion of the Socialist Workers Party with the W. P. (U.S.A. [United States of America]). From the Political BureauU DJH/15/B/39

Ts. 'The 1945 congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party - a reply to comrades Goffe and Healy', by Paul DixonU DJH/15/B/40

Ts. 'The Revolutionary Communist Party and the dockers' struggle', submitted by the Liverpool District CommitteeU DJH/15/B/41

Ts. 'The crisis in the Communist Party and the tasks of our party', issued by the P. B. [Political Bureau?]U DJH/15/B/42

Copies of letters to Mr Clement Attlee, Prime Minister; Sir Hartley Shawcross, Attorney - General; and the Russian Prosecutor, Nuremberg trial, concerning the Nuremberg trial, from the Secretary, Revolutionary Communist PartyU DJH/15/B/43

Ts. carbon copy. 'The eruption of bureaucratic imperialism', by Daniel LoganU DJH/15/B/44

Ts. 'On the limitation of the discussion on entry', from M. Lee, Organising SecretaryU DJH/15/B/45

Report submitted for international discussion, approved by the European Secretariat: The new imperialist 'peace' and the building up of the parties of the Fourth InternationalU DJH/15/B/46

Ts. 'For discussion at the Central Committee: On the question of the countries occupied by the Red Army' (2 copies, annotated)U DJH/15/B/47

Ts. Fascism revival - a statement by the Political BureauU DJH/15/B/48

Minority statement to the Central Committee of 9, 10 February 1946, by G. H., J.E.G., H. F.; and replyU DJH/15/B/49

'Dear comrade' [duplicated letter concerning restrictions placed on 'La verite', organ of the P.C.I.] from Jock HastonU DJH/15/B/50

'Internal Bulletin', Socialist Workers Party (New York) vol. 8, no. 3. With annotations and typed additionsU DJH/15/B/51

Report of the National Council meeting, held on 6 April 1946U DJH/15/B/52

Papers on the Nuremberg and Moscow trialsU DJH/15/B/53

Copy of letter sent to the I. S., and replyU DJH/15/B/54

Papers on the French referendumU DJH/15/B/55

Correspondence with the Socialist Workers Party on the Nuremberg trial: From the Revolutionary Communist Party to the S.W.P., 23 December 1946 [i.e. 1945]U DJH/15/B/56

Model resolutions: on atomic secrets; and on wages and cost of livingU DJH/15/B/57

Duplicated letter on headed paper. 'Dear comrade, We know that you are very busy...', concerning arrests in Egypt and new suppressive legislation [superscribed: 'sent to left M.P.s. Basis for resolution'] and severe measures for the suppression of subversive theories: new articles added to the Penal CodeU DJH/15/B/58

Papers on RussiaU DJH/15/B/59

'The turn to mass work'; I.E.C. resolution on the tactic of the Revolutionary Communist Party toward the Labour Party; and 'The turn to mass work; clarifying amendments to minority resolution'U DJH/15/B/60

Ts. 'The present situation in France', by Harry RatnerU DJH/15/B/61

Letter to the editorial board of 'Socialist Appeal', by Rose Carson, and replyU DJH/15/B/62

Draft model resolution on the 40 hour week; on the closed shop; [etc.]U DJH/15/B/63

Discussion material relating to the 'Militant' and work in the Labour PartyU DJH/15/B/64

To all branch secretaries. 'Dear Comrade. The football ticket scheme...' [fund raising]U DJH/15/B/65

Papers circulated to membersU DJH/15/B/66

Labour Party Conference report, by D. O.U DJH/15/B/67

Report on the Fourth International movement in India, by D. G.U DJH/15/B/68

Emergency resolution on the fuel crisisU DJH/15/B/69

Ts. 'This year's Municipal Elections confirm once more the powerful hold...', by A.A.R. [Superscribed: The municipal elections 1946].U DJH/15/B/70

'Comrades: A member of the Sheffield Branch, Comrade William (Bill ) Cleminson...'U DJH/15/B/71

Ts. Appeal to socialists and trade unionists. 'A member of the Revolutionary Communist Party Comrade William (Bill) Cleminson . . .'U DJH/15/B/72

Ts. 'Fraternise with the German P.O.W.'s [Prisoners of War] Comrades, the Government has now amended the regulations...and German Workers' relief fund [food parcels to Europe]'U DJH/15/B/73

Ts. 'Appraisal of struggle in the past period', by R. B., and replyU DJH/15/B/74

Ts. From the International Secretariat to the C. C. [Central Committee] of the Revolutionary Communist Party. 'A turn towards the Labour Party masses is becoming ever more urgent'U DJH/15/B/75

Report of Central Committee meetingU DJH/15/B/76

Open letter to all Communist Party members - for an Internationalist and Communist partyU DJH/15/B/77

Engineering Fraction. Minutes of meeting and Resolution by Standard Telephones Shop Stewards CommitteeU DJH/15/B/78

Ts. L.D.C. [London District Committee?] minutesU DJH/15/B/79

Statement by Natalia Trotsky, G. Munis and Benjamin Peret: The Fourth International in dangerU DJH/15/B/80

StatementsU DJH/15/B/81

Revolutionary Communist Party: circular for information. At the recent I.E.C. [investigation of alleged victimisation of minority members in Liverpool and Newcastle]U DJH/15/B/82

Revolutionary Communist Party circular to members [correspondence between the P. B. [Political Bureau?] and the I. S. concerning the possibility of a minority split]U DJH/15/B/83

Ts. Proposed solution for the crisis in the Revolutionary Communist Party (2 versions)U DJH/15/B/84

'Against the anti-semitic activity of the fascists'- a directive from the Political BureauU DJH/15/B/85

Ts. To the International Executive Committee [conflict concerning alleged undermining of majority leadership of Revolutionary Communist Party, by I. S. support of minority] from Majority Central CommitteeU DJH/15/B/86

Ts. To the I.E.C.- an appeal [from majority of the Central Committee, opposing the re-opening of a discussion on unification in Britain, closed in 1944]U DJH/15/B/87

Reply to Comrade Haston: 'Certain reflections are now necessary', from Pablo [possibility of a 'split' from the International]U DJH/15/B/88

Papers regarding the I.E.C.U DJH/15/B/89

Ts. 'The road to social change', National Council of Labour CollegesU DJH/15/B/90

Papers on the Adrema strikeU DJH/15/B/91

Ts. To all branches: 'Dear comrades' [food parcels to Germany] from H. ChaseU DJH/15/B/92

ResolutionsU DJH/15/B/93

Resolution and draft thesesU DJH/15/B/94

Papers on StalinismU DJH/15/B/95

Ts. 'The Russian question', by the Irish Section.U DJH/15/B/96

AEU Fraction minutes no. 4U DJH/15/B/97

Letter from CzechoslovakiaU DJH/15/B/98

Motion on the Colonial question, presented by the Minority of the Colonial CommissionU DJH/15/B/99

LettersU DJH/15/B/100

Central Committee documentsU DJH/15/B/101

Statements and lettersU DJH/15/B/102

Papers on StalinismU DJH/15/B/103

ResolutionsU DJH/15/B/104

Ts. To branch secretaries [conference representation, and arrangements]U DJH/15/B/105

Papers on the British sectionsU DJH/15/B/106

Ts. 'The I. S. and eastern Europe', by W. HunterU DJH/15/B/107

Papers by Frank WardU DJH/15/B/108

Papers on Tony Cliff's theory of state capitalismU DJH/15/B/109

E. C. statement on the conduct of J. D., for N. C. members onlyU DJH/15/B/110

Ts. open letter. 'Dear Comrades, It is now 15 to 16 years since I broke with Stalinism...' from Jock HastonU DJH/15/B/111

Ts. 'On the class nature of the "people's democracies"'U DJH/15/B/112

Ts. 'The Left and the Labour Government'U DJH/15/B/113

Minutes of the Central CommitteeU DJH/15/C

Miscellaneous periodicalsU DJH/15/D

Broadsheets etc.U DJH/15/E

Correspondence and miscellaneous papersU DJH/15/F

Foreign countriesU DJH/15/G

Savoy Hotel CaseU DJH/15/H

Nuremberg TrialsU DJH/15/I

Natalia TrotskyU DJH/15/J

Movements in the United States of AmericaU DJH/16

Fourth International: General and internationalU DJH/17

Trotsky Defence CommitteeU DJH/18

Anti - Labour Laws Victims Defence CommitteeU DJH/19

Education and the National Council of Labour CollegesU DJH/20

CLR JamesU DJH/21

Anti - fascismU DJH/22

Independent Labour PartyU DJH/23

Labour PartyU DJH/24

Communist Party of Great Britain, and communismU DJH/25

IndustryU DJH/26

Africa/Racial discriminationU DJH/27

AutomationU DJH/28

Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians, 10th Weekend SchoolU DJH/29

Miscellaneous parties and groupsU DJH/30

MiscellaneousU DJH/31