John Gollan

1. Johnstone, Monty, "Gollan, John (1911–1977)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, September 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2022. (subscription required)
2. Pearce, Brian (19 March 1960). Hogsbjerg, Christian (ed.). "Constant Reader". Marxists Internet Archive .
3. Stevenson, Graham (18 December 2005). "Compendium of Communist Biography". p. F to I by surname. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. He went on to be successively editor of the Young Communist League's newspaper Challenge in 1932 and General Secretary of the League in 1935.
4. Beckett, Francis (23 May 2011). "Gordon McLennan obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 March 2025.

External links

• John Gollan Archive Marxists Internet Archive

John Gollan
6th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain
In office 13 May 1956 –11 March 1975

Party political offices
Preceded by Wally Tapsell?	National Secretary of the Young Communist League 1935 - 1940	Succeeded by Ted Willis
Preceded by Jock McBain	Secretary of the Scottish District of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1941 - 1947	Succeeded by Bill Lauchlan
Position recreated	Assistant General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1947 - 1949	Succeeded by George Matthews
Preceded by Mick Bennett	National Organiser of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1954 - 1956	Succeeded by Bill Lauchlan
Preceded by Harry Pollitt	General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain 1956 - 1975	Succeeded by Gordon McLennan