CABINET PAPERS:

Complete classes from the CAB & PREM series in the Public Record Office

Series Three: CAB 128 & CAB 129 - Cabinet Conclusions and Cabinet Memoranda,

1945 and following

Part 7: The Heath Government - June 1970 - March 1974

Key Government Officials, 1964-1970

Heath Government, 1970-1974

Prime Minister
Edward Heath June 1970-March 1974

Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
William Whitelaw June 1970-March 1972
Robert Carr March 1972-November 1972
James Prior November 1972-March 1974

Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Secretary)
Reginald Maudling June 1970-July 1972
Robert Carr July 1972-March 1974

Lord Privy Seal
Earl Jellicoe June 1970- May 1973
Lord Windlesham June 1973- March 1974

Lord Chancellor
Lord Hailsham June 1970-March 1974

Chancellor of the Exchequer
Iain Macleod June 1970-July 1970
Anthony Barber July 1970-March 1974

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Sir Alec Douglas-Home June 1970-March 1974

Secretary of State for Defence
Lord Carrington June 1970-January 1974
Ian Gilmour January 1974-March 1974

Secretary of State for Scotland
Gordon Campbell June 1970-March 1974

Secretary of State for Social Services
Sir Keith Joseph June 1970-March 1974

Secretary of State for Education and Science
Margaret Thatcher June 1970-March 1974

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade
John Davies October 1970-November 1972
Peter Walker November 1972-March 1974

President of the Board of Trade
Michael Noble June 1970-October 1970

Secretary of State for the Environment
Peter Walker October 1970-November 1972
Geoffrey Rippon November 1972-March 1974

(The Department for the Environment was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15 October 1970)

Minister of Housing and Local Government
Peter Walker June 1970-October 1970
Minister for Public Works
Julian Amery June 1970-November 1972

Secretary of State for Employment
Antony Barber June 1970-July 1970
Robert Carr July 1970-April 1972
Maurice Macmillan April 1972-November 1973
William Whitelaw November 1973-March 1974

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw March 1972-November 1973
Francis Pym November 1973-March 1974

Secretary of State for Wales
Peter Thomas June 1970-March 1974

Secretary of State for Energy
Lord Carrington January 1974-March 1974

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Anthony Barber June 1970-July 1970
Geoffrey Rippon July 1970-November 1972
John Davies November 1972-March 1974

Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
James Prior June 1970-November 1972
Joseph Godber November 1972-March 1974

Minister for Housing and Construction
Julian Amery June 1970-November 1972
Paul Channon November 1972-March 1974

Minister of Overseas Development
Richard Wood June 1970-March 1974

(On 15 October 1970 this Ministry was brought under the Foreign andCommonwealth Office)

Minister of Technology
Geoffrey Rippon June 1970-July 1970
John Davies July 1970-October 1970

(In October 1970, Heath merged the Ministry of Technology with the Board of Trade to create the Department of Trade and Industry)

Minister of Transport
John Peyton June 1970-March 1974

(Transport responsibilities were subsumed within the Department of the Environment from 15 October 1970)

Minister of Trade and Consumer Affairs
Sir Geoffrey Howe November 1972-March 1974

Minister of State for the Arts
Viscount Eccles June 1970-November 1973
Norman St John-Stevas November 1973-March 1974

Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Joseph Godber June 1970-November 1972
Julian Amery November 1972-March 1974
Lady Tweedsmuir November 1972-March 1974
Minister of State, Scottish Office
Lady Tweedsmuir June 1970-November 1972

Minister for Energy
Patrick Jenkin January 1974-March 1974

Chief Secretary, Treasury
Patrick Jenkin June 1970-January 1974
Tom Boardman January 1974-March 1974

Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury and Chief Whip
Francis Pym June 1970-November 1973
Humphrey Atkins November 1973-March 1974

Attorney-General
Sir Peter Rawlinson June 1970-March 1974

Paymaster-General
Viscount Eccles June 1970-November 1973
Maurice Macmillan November 1973-March 1974

Solicitor-General
Sir Geoffrey Howe June 1970-November 1972
Sir Michael Havers November 1972-March 1974

United States Government

Richard M Nixon President (1969-1974)
Spiro T Agnew Vice-President (1969-1973)
Gerald R Ford Vice-President (1973-1974)
William P Rogers Secretary of State (1969-1973)
Henry A Kissinger Secretary of State (1973-1974)
Melvin R Laird Secretary of Defence (1969-1973)
Elliot L Richardson Secretary of Defence (1973)
James R Schlesinger Secretary of Defence (1973-1974)
John N Mitchell Attorney-General (1969-1972)
Richard G Kleindienst Attorney-General (1972-1973)
Elliot L Richardson Attorney-General (1973-1974)
William B Saxbe Attorney-General (1974-1975)
John N Irwin Under-Secretary of State (1969-1972)
John N Irwin Deputy Secretary of State (1972-1973)
Kenneth Rush Deputy Secretary of State (1973-1974)
Robert S Ingersoll Deputy Secretary of State (1974-1976)
Richard M Helms Director of the CIA (1966-1973)
James R Schlesinger Director of the CIA (1973)
William E Colby Director of the CIA (1973-1976)
David M Kennedy Secretary of the Treasury (1969-1970)
John B Connally Secretary of the Treasury (1970-1972)
George P Shultz Secretary of the Treasury (1972-1974)
William E Simon Secretary of the Treasury (1974)

Soviet Government

N V Podgovny Chairman of Praesidium (1965-1977)
A N Kosygin Premier (1964-1980)
Andrei Gromyko Foreign Minister (1957-1985)
Anatoly Dobrynin Ambassador to US (1962-1986)
V F Garbuzov Finance Minister (1960-1985)

French Government

Georges Pompidou President (1969-1974)
J Chaban-Delmas Prime Minister (1969-1972)
Pierre Messmer Prime Minister (1972-1974)
Maurice Schumann Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-1973)
André Bettencourt Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973)
Michel Jobert Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973-1974)
V Giscard d’Estaing Finance Minister (1969-1974)

West German Government

G Heinemann President (1969-1974)
Willy Brandt Chancellor (1969-1974)
Walter Scheel Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-1974)
Alex Möller Finance Minister (1969-1971)
Karl Schiller Finance Minister (1971-1972)
Helmut Schmidt Finance Minister (1972-1974)

Miscellaneous

U Thant UN Secretary-General (1961-1971)
Kurt Waldheim UN Secretary-General (1972-1981)
Manlio Brosio NATO Secretary-General (1964-1971)
Joseph Luns NATO Secretary-General (1971-1984)
Robert S McNamara President of the World Bank (1968-1981)

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