Original 1952 Document European Socialist Party Foundation Memorandum

     

Original 1952 Memorandum on the Foundation of a European Socialist Party

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Original 1952 letter with a Memorandum on the Foundation of a European Socialist Party drafted by Peter Bünemann of St. Antony’s College Oxford. The letter is addressed to Radomir Turajlić and signed by Bünemann, inviting Mr. Turajlić to participate in the discussion about the seven basic principles of the Party.

The draft forms the basis for the discussion taking place at St. Antony’s College Oxford on 21st October 1952. The main goal of the discussion is the formation of a European Federal State / the United States of Europe.

The document consists of 8 introductory points of the memorandum and 4 appendices: a draft plan of a European Socialist Party, the conception of the party, the conception of the united states of Europe, and a list of those to whom the memorandum was sent.

Among the convened ladies and gentlemen are the following:

  1. Max Beloff , Corpus Christi
  2. Alan Louis Charles Bullock , New College
  3. Sir Frederick William Dampier Deakin , St. Antony’s
  4. Agnes Headlam-Morley , St. Hugh’s
  5. Denis Winston Healey , Balliol
  6. James Bysse Joll , St. Antony’s
  7. Francis Aungier Pakenham , Chirst Church
  8. Christopher Seton-Watson , Oriel
  9. George Hugh Nicolas Seton-Watson , London University
  10. Alan John Percivale Taylor , Magdalen
  11. D. J. Wenden, Wadham
  12. Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett , St. Antony’s
  13. D. A. Antippa, St. Peter’s Hall
  14. Harold Blakemore , University College London
  15. R. J. P. Bünemann, St. Antony’s
  16. Louis Boschan, Veterinary Surgeon
  17. P. L. G. Chevalier, Trinity
  18. Father Dominique de Grunne
  19. Pierre Fontaney, St. Antony’s
  20. L. W. Hilbert, Emmanuel, Cambridge
  21. Count Julian Huven, Lincoln
  22. M. J. Jordan, St. Antony’s
  23. Horst Kroninger, Gottingen
  24. J. M. R. Le Breton, St. Antony’s
  25. J. F. Marstrander, Wadham
  26. Andre Raymond, St. Antony’s
  27. John Regaard, University College London
  28. C. G. Rosberg, St. Antony’s
  29. F. G. U. Rossi-Landi , New College
  30. G. M. Sauvage, St. Antony’s
  31. W. C. G. Schmittenner, Brasenose
  32. Maurice Shock, St. Antony’s
  33. Adrian Smith, Brasenose
  34. D. M. Stoneham, Brasenose
  35. Sergei Vasilievich Utechin , New College
  36. J. M. von Wright, Wadham
  37. Radomir Turajlić, Queens

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Dimensions: 33 x 20 cm (Memorandum), 25 x 20 (letter); pp. 9

Condition: Signs of folding, wrinkles and smaller tear on the left edge of the letter, some words bolded with wooden pencil.

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