Personal correspondence with Government House and papers including reports by Russell to Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, 30 Sep 1955-26 Apr 1957

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Fols. 1-92: Subjects covered include:

Ashanti nationalism and disorders;
Sir Frederick Bourne's visit (fols. 5-6)
State Council (Ashanti) (Amendment) Ordinance 1955 and Ashanti protests against it;
appointments of Judges (fol. 31);
revision of electoral registers (fols. 32-33);
General Election 1956;
Ghana Independence Bill;
lawlessness in Cyprus (fols. 84-87), notes probably by George E. Sinclair, Deputy Governor of Cyprus;
Table Allowance for the Chief Regional Officer, Ashanti (fols. 90-92) - two letters from Russell to the Establishment Secretary and to the Secretary to the Prime Minister, Accra.

Dates

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MSS. Afr. s. 1111, box 5, file 2

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