James Callaghan

James Callaghan     (politician)
Born	Leonard James Callaghan 27 March 1912 Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Died	26 March 2005 (Age 92) Ringmer, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Nationality	UK
Parents	James Callaghan Charlotte Cundy
Children	• Margaret • Julie Michael
Spouse	Audrey Moulton
Member of	Königswinter/Speakers
Party	Labour
Attended the 12th Bilderberg in 1963. Later picked as head of the UK labour party. PM for 3 years in the late 1970s  UK/Prime Minister  In office 5 April 1976 - 4 May 1979 Preceded by Harold Wilson Succeeded by Margaret Thatcher  Leader of the Labour Party In office 5 April 1976 - 10 November 1980 Deputy Michael Foot, Denis Healey Preceded by Harold Wilson Succeeded by Michael Foot  Father of the House  In office 9 June 1983 - 11 June 1987  UK/Leader of the Opposition  In office 4 May 1979 - 10 November 1980 Preceded by Margaret Thatcher Succeeded by Michael Foot  Foreign Secretary In office 5 March 1974 - 5 April 1976 Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home  Shadow Foreign Secretary  In office 19 April 1972 - 28 February 1974 Preceded by Denis Healey  Shadow Secretary of State for Employment In office 19 October 1971 - 19 April 1972 Preceded by Barbara Castle  Shadow Home Secretary  In office 19 June 1970 - 19 October 1971 Succeeded by Shirley Williams  Home Secretary  In office 30 November 1967 - 19 June 1970 Succeeded by Reginald Maudling  Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 16 October 1964 - 30 November 1967 Preceded by Reginald Maudling Succeeded by Roy Jenkins  Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 2 November 1961 - 16 October 1964 Preceded by Harold Wilson Succeeded by Reginald Maudling  Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty In office 2 March 1950 - 25 October 1951  Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport In office 7 October 1947 - 2 March 1950  Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth In office 26 July 1945 - 11 June 1987

James Callaghan was Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979.

Bilderberg

As is standard for a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Callaghan attended the Bilderberg group before being elected leader of his political party (in 1963).

Uranium from Namibia

"... nevertheless, in keeping with the spirit of these (UN) resolutions, we have decided to give no further promotional support for trade with Namibia..."

James Callaghan, Foreign Secretary, House of Commons, December 1974

The Rossing File awaits the answer to this question:

Why was it that Mr Callaghan as Foreign Secretary, following talks with representatives of SWAPO in Lusaka during January 1975, gave a false impression to members of the Labour Cabinet that Namibia's "sole authentic representative" had no objection to the Rössing Uranium Mine contracts being continued?

Records of that discussion confirm that the SWAPO representatives present gave no such indication.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1963	29 March 1963	31 March 1963	France Cannes Hotel Martinez	The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Lockerbie Bombing and my Reinstatement in HM Diplomatic Service	letter	29 January 1997	Patrick Haseldine	Former diplomat Patrick Haseldine writes to former Prime Minister James Callaghan
Document:Reinstatement in HM Diplomatic Service	Letter	6 January 1997	Patrick Haseldine	A plea for reinstatement in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by "Thatcher's Whitehall Critic"
Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uranium	pamphlet	1980	Alun Roberts	Scandal in the 1970s and 1980s of collusion by successive British governments with the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto to import yellowcake from the Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia (illegally occupied by apartheid South Africa) in defiance of international law, and leading to the targeting of UN Commissioner for Namibia Bernt Carlsson on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.

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