Northern Rhodesia (Zambia): Land and mineral rights and the Kariba Dam, 1953-1963

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 1681/244

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folder 1 (fols. 1-81) enquiries by the African Bureau into land problems, treaties between the chiefs and Britain, and mineral rights in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia): memoranda, statements, and correspondence, 1953-1955
folder 2 (fols. 1-35, item 1 only) Rhodesian Selection Trust: correspondence and related papers, 1955-1963
folder 3 (fols. 1-42, items 1 and 2) Investigations into mineral rights in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) by the Africa Bureau, Creech Jones, and others at the request of the African National Council; as well as correspondence with J.P.S. Lake of Potel, Tattersall, and Lake, solicitors, concerning a legal opinion, 1956-1958
folder 4 (fols. 1-23) Creech Jones and the Kariba Dam: correspondence, notes, a petition from the African National Congress to the Queen with a draft by the Anti-Slavery Society, and newspaper cuttings, 1955-1956.

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MSS. Afr. s. 1681/244

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