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Documents and cuttings regarding the 'Transfer Issue':

  1. (items 1-2) memorandum prepared by the Parliamentary Committee for studying the position of the South African Protectorates (7 pp., two printed copies), Aug 1934
  2. (item 3) Manchester Guardian: reprint of two articles by Lord Lugard on South Africa and the Protectorates, 27-28 May 1935
  3. (item 4) printed statement by Tshekedi Khama: 'A Reply to the Propaganda for the Incorporation of the Bechuanaland Protectorates Within the Union', annotated by Sir John Harris and others (8 pp.), [c. 1938?]
  4. (fols. 1-10) letter from Harris to members of the Anti-Slavery Society about his visit to South Africa and the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), with extracts from letters written during his visit, 19 Jun-12 Sep 1938
  5. (fols. 11-18) memorandum prepared by the Anti-Slavery Society on the South African Protectorates and the Union; and a related FCB memorandum (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/91, folder 1, fols. 1-23), 17 May 1944
  6. (fols. 19-53 and item 5) 'The Case for Bechuanaland', by Tshekedi Khama and D.M. Buchanan: cyclostyled version, and printed copy with annexed letters from Z.K. Matthews, A.B. Xuma, D.D.T. Jabavu, and R.T. Bokwe, 29 Apr 1946
  7. (fols. 54-60) letter from the High Commissioner, Sir Evelyn Baring, to the Batswana Chiefs about points in their memorandum of 29 Apr 1946, with a reply from Tshekedi Khama and Buchanan. (Copies sent to the Bureau with a covering letter from Tshekedi), 3 Jul-29 Aug 1946
  8. (fols. 61-62) extracts from Hansard: Answers to Questions put by F.W. Skinnard, K. Younger, and F. Byers to the Under-Secretary of State for the Dominions about the refusal to permit Tshekedi Khama to visit Great Britain and express his views, and about the future of the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), 8 Jul 1946
  9. (fols. 63-68) account of Interview between the High Commissioner, the Hereros, and Tshekedi Khama, attached to a translation of a letter from N. Hoveka (17 Jun 1946) and to a statement by the South African Institute of Race Relations (26 Aug 1946), (copies), 20 Sep 1946
  10. (fols. 69-70) letter [from the Bureau] to the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, recommending that control of the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini) be transferred from the Dominions Office to the Colonial Office, 18 Dec 1946
  11. (fols. 71-89) correspondence with Tshekedi Khama about the transfer issue. Also includes discussion of his difficulty in securing a passage to Britain; the possibility of publishing a memorandum by him; action by the Bureau through Parliamentary Questions and representations to the Dominions Office; with related annexures, including telegrams from Tshekedi to the Bureau and a copy of his letter to the High Commissioner about the South West African (Namibian) peoples, 12 Jul-29 Oct 1948
  12. (fols. 90-102) text of a lecture on the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini) given by John Parker, MP (two copies). Also includes copies of an associated paper by Greenidge, 'The Case Against the Transfer of the South African Protectorates to the Union', and of an earlier memorandum by Greenidge (see MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/91, folder 3, fols. 11-18), 24 Jul 1949
  13. (fols. 103-106) notes for the use of a Joint Deputation from the Anti-Slavery Society, the Fabian Colonial Bureau and the Friends' Native Races Protection Committee to the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations about the proposed transfer of the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini). Includes a covering letter from Greenidge to Rita Hinden. Also, a notice of a related meeting called by the Native Races Committee, 11 Nov-1 Dec 1949
  14. (fols. 107-117) article for Picture Post on the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini) and South Africa's policy, 28 Nov 1949
  15. (fols. 118-121) South Africa House Public Relations Office Paper No. 13: 'The British High Commission Territories in Southern Africa - the Question of their Transfer to the Union Government'. This is the text of a talk on the BBC Home Service by H.V. Hodson, Assistant Editor of the Sunday Times, 23 Dec 1949
  16. (fols. 122-123) covering letter from the National Association of Labour Student Organisations enclosing a memorandum on the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini) and the transfer issue, 14 Feb 1950
  17. (fol. 124) extract from Hansard: Written Answer to a question by Parker about pre-war negotiations between Britain and South Africa over the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), 27 Apr 1950.

Documents and cuttings regarding 'Bechuanaland: Education and Development':

  1. (fols. 125-143) correspondence with Tshekedi Khama about educational needs in Bechuanaland (Botswana), with a related memorandum. Also includes a memorandum on the territory's development, 5 Feb-4 Apr 1947
  2. (fols. 144-146) extract from Hansard: Written Answer to a question by Sorensen about educational, social, and medical development in the territory, 23 Mar 1950.

Documents and cuttings regarding 'Bechuanaland: The Succession Issue':

  1. (fols. 147-156) resolutions, letters, and memoranda circulated by the Seretse Khama Fighting Committee the African league and the Oxford University West African Students' Club about the exile of Seretse Khama; and a Colonial Office Information Sheet about a deputation from the Fighting Committee to the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relation Office, 9-19 Mar 1950
  2. (fols. 157-163) minutes of FCB Advisory Committee meeting about action to be taken concerning Seretse Khama, and discussions between Sorensen and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations; also, a report on an FCB deputation to the Commonwealth Relations Office (two copies, one emended), 14-21 Mar [1950]
  3. (fols. 164-173) cuttings from British and Colonial newspapers about Seretse's exile, Mar-Apr 1950
  4. (fols. 174-181 and item 6) Cmd. 7913: Bechuanaland Protectorate - Succession to the Chieftainship of the Bamangwato Tribe (8 pp.); and a related Colonial Office Press Release (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/91, folder 4, fols. 10-14), 22 Mar 1950
  5. (fol. 182) draft letter [from the FCB?] to the press about the exile of Seretse Khama, n.d.
  6. (fols. 183-184) Commonwealth Relations Office Information Sheet concerning a Resolution by the African Advisory Council censuring the Bamangwato for failing to send a representative to meet the Commissioner at their Kgotla. Also concerns talks between Seretse Khama and the Secretary of State, 29 Jun-13 Dec 1950.

Documents and cuttings regarding Swaziland (Eswatini) (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/91, folder 3, fols. 215-244, MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/92, folder 4, fols. 76-86, 108-116 and item 1):

  1. (fols. 185-194) agenda and minutes of Anti-Slavery Society Committee meeting, including related correspondence with the Secretary of State for the Dominions about a petition from Paramount Chief Sobhuza protesting against changes in the constitution of Swaziland, and drawing attention to the inadequacy of the land available to the Swazi people, 5 Mar-after 15 Jun 1942
  2. (fols. 195-196) letters from Greenidge to Capt. G.B. Gray and to H.N. Tait, Dominions Office, about the Swaziland (Eswatini) question, 24 Feb 1944.

Documents and cuttings related to Basutoland (Lesotho): Prosecutions for Ritual Murder (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/91, folder 4, fols. 6-9):

  1. (fols. 197-198) letter from the Sons and Daughters of Basutoland Association, Johannesburg, to the High Commissioner about prosecutions for ritual murder in the Basutoland High Court, Sep 1948
  2. (fols. 199-209) petition from the Basutoland (Lesotho) Chiefs to the King, includes a covering letter from the Paramount Chief requesting that Michael Scott forward the petition; acknowledgement from Buckingham Palace; and related correspondence between Esther Muirhead, Rita Hinden, and Parker, 15 Sep-11 Nov 1948
  3. (fols. 210-212) notes on Ritual Murder in Basutoland (Lesotho), and copy of remarks about perjury made by Justice E.M. de Beer during the 1946 Session of the Basutoland High Court, 22 Nov 1948
  4. (fols. 213-214) extracts from Hansard: Replies by Philip Noel Baker, S/S C.R., to Questions by Sir Richard Acland, Skinnard, and Parker about the ritual murder trials, 3 Mar-21 Jul 1949.

Documents and cuttings regarding 'The High Commission Territories: development policy':

  1. (fols. 215-217) extracts from Colonial Office Press Releases about development in Swaziland (Eswatini) and the establishment of an African Advisory Board in Basutoland (Lesotho), 1944
  2. (fols. 218-227) comments by Ethel M. Binyon on the 1946 Annual Report on Basutoland (Lesotho), with related statistics and a letter from Mrs Binyon (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/38, folder 3), 1946-5 Feb 1948
  3. (fols. 228-231) Population details of Basutoland (Lesotho), Bechuanaland (Botswana), and Swaziland (Eswatini) from the 1947 Annual Report, after 1947
  4. (fols. 232-242) extracts from Hansard: Questions by Parker on the development of the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), in particular Basutoland (Lesotho), 4 Mar 1948-31 Mar 1949
  5. (fols. 243-244) Contains [Commonwealth Relations Office?] Information Sheets about Colonial Development Corporation Activities in Swaziland (Eswatini), 2 Sep 1949-22 Jun 1950.

Documents and cuttings regarding 'High Commission Territories: general':

  1. (fols. 245-246) letter from Lord Cranborne, S/S Dominions, to Creech Jones about the pay of African soldiers in relation to that of possible recruits from the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini). Includes a Dominions Office Press Release about the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps, 4 Jan [1941]-20 Jan 1942
  2. (fols. 247-249) letter from P.V. Emrys-Evans, U-S/S Dominions, to Sorensen returning a telegram from Roland Starkey, General Manager of the Havelock Asbestos Mines, Swaziland (Eswatini), about recent disturbances and measures taken by the Administration, 11 Apr-1 May 1944
  3. (item 7) Bechuanaland Protectorate European Advisory Council Proclamation No. 4, amended according to Proclamations No. 7 (1948) and No. 54 (1950), (8 pp.), 25 Jul 1947
  4. (fols. 250-251) letter from a Mosotho correspondent in Johannesburg to the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society about Basutoland (Lesotho) matters, including economic development, incorporation in the Union, and officials of South African origin in the territory, 12 Oct 1949
  5. (fols. 252-253) portion of letter from [J.]O. Ntlamelle containing statistics of unemployed Basotho graduates and of employment scales for European and African teachers at the Basutoland High School. Also includes an extract from a letter from Dr Maema, a Mosotho, about difficulties encountered in establishment a practice in the territory; with a note by Hilda Selwyn-Clarke about a related Question, n.d.
  6. (fols. 254-256) 'Milk for Africa' an article by Gordon Muirhead on a UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) feeding scheme, with a note by the author, 17 Feb-28 Mar 1950
  7. (fols. 257-258) World Dominion: 'Hope in South Africa', an article by R.K. Orchard contrasting the positions of Africans in the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini) and in the Union of South Africa, Mar/Apr 1950.

Dates

  • Creation: 1934-1950

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/91, folder 3

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