Heath: Robert Armstrong note (“Events leading to the resignation of Mr Heath’s Administration on 4 March 1974”)

Document type:	archive
Document kind:	Memorandum
Venue:	Cabinet Office
Source:	PREM16/231
Journalist:	-
Editorial comments:	The Armstrong memorandum was originally filed with papers on the fall of Heath in PREM 15/2069, but was missing when the documents were released in January 2005. It was finally located and opened following a FOI request by the Margaret Thatcher Foundation.
Importance ranking:	Key
Word count:	21pp
Themes:	Executive, Executive (appointments), British constitution (general discussions), Monarchy, Parliament, Conservative Party (organisation), Liberal and Social Demoratic Parties, Labour Party and Socialism, Leadership