Text of a speech by Richard Hastie-Smith, Deputy Under Secretary (Civilian Management), Ministry of Defence, given at the Institute of Personnel Management, on new approaches to personnel management in the Ministry of Defence. 35pp.
Text of a lecture by Cooper given at a dinner at the Joint Services Staff College, Shrivenham, comparing working life in the public and private sectors. 9pp.
Text of a speech by Liddell Hart to the Cambridge Union Society, which was debating the motion 'that the frontier of this country is neither the Channel nor the Rhine but the Pacific'
Text of a speech by Cooper given at the European Business Forum seminar on 'Business in Central and Eastern Europe', on the post Cold War development of relationships between western bankers and emergent market economies. 10pp.
Draft text of a speech by Cooper on innovation and improvisation in defence, particularly the funding of technological changes. Includes document discussing the defence non-pay relative price effect (RPE). Typescript with manuscript annotations. 21pp.
Text of a speech by Cooper given at the Ministry of Defence Sub-branch of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, on responsibility and liability within Accountancy departments. 12pp.
Text of a lecture by Cooper given at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, on European defence capability. With notes on the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). 7pp.
Text of a speech by Cooper given at the Ministry of Defence Sub-branch of the Institute of Cost and Management, on improving efficiency and reducing costs at the Ministry of Defence. 20pp.
Text of a speech by the Deputy Under Secretary (Policy) (Procurement Executive), Ministry of Defence, given at the 50th Jubilee Conference of the Institute of Public Purchasing and Supply, on the changing pattern of defence procurement. 16pp.
Text of a lecture by Cooper given to Russian officers at the University of Coventry, on civilian expertise in defence, security and military affairs. 23pp.
Text of a speech by Cooper given at St George's House, Windsor, on the surrender of individual liberty in the interest of the common good, including discussion of civil liberty in Northern Ireland. Also manuscript research notes and programme of the seminar. 3 versions. 46pp.