Abstract
This witness seminar on the history of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) was held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, on 5 June 1996. The participants were Sir Alec Cairncross (Head of the Government Economic Service), Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (Chancellor of the Exchequer October 1964 to November 1967, Home Secretary November 1967 to June 1970), Fred Catherwood (Chief Industrial Adviser, DEA), Tom Caulcott (Private Secretary to George Brown), Lord Croham (formerly Douglas Allen, Deputy Under Secretary of State, DEA 1964–66, Permanent Secretary of State, DEA 1966–68), Edmund Dell (Undersecretary of State, DEA August 1967 to April 1968), Sir Ronald McIntosh (Assistant Under Secretary of State, DEA), Dame Anne Mueller (Principal, DEA), Lord Roll (formerly Eric Roll, Permanent Under Secretary of State, DEA 1964–66). It was chaired by Peter Jay. Christopher Clifford, Nuffield College, Oxford, prepared a background paper.
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