Message to CRC Journal (race relations) | Margaret Thatcher Foundation

Document type:	Speeches, interviews, etc.
Source:	CRC Journal, June 1976
Journalist:	Kailash Puri, CRC Journal, reporting
Editorial comments:	Item listed at beginning of month of publication. CRC Journal was produced by the Community Relations Commission. MT’s words are reproduced in full. They were accompanied by a brief note to the effect that the Conservative Party was coming to recognise the electoral importance of the Asian vote.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	104
Themes:	Conservative Party (organization), Race, immigration, nationality

MT reported as having told Punjabi writer Kailash Puri: “The Conservative Party believes that good race relations are of immense importance, that all citizens are equal before the law, and that there should be no discrimination. We are trying to have more and more contact with immigrant communities so that we shall know one another as individuals and friends.”