Documents and correspondence, 1955
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Contains:
- (fols. 1-4) letters from officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office replying to queries by Eirene White, MP, about opportunities for overseas education available to inhabitants of the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini); with related statistics, 9-11 Mar 1955
- (fol. 5) letter to Mabote requesting his views on the constitutional position in Basutoland (Lesotho) (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/92, folder 2, fols. 6-7), 6 May 1955
- (fols. 6-14) notes by Eirene White for a deputation to Douglas Dodds-Parker, U-S/S C.R., about Basutoland (Lesotho) affairs; with a covering letter from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke to members of the deputation, 19 Apr 1955
- (item 1) Mohlabani, Vol. 1, No. 6, published by the Maloti Information Bureau, Maseru, Basutoland (Lesotho) (annotated, 24 pp.), Jul 1955 (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/96, folder 1, fols. 107-109)
- (fols. 15-27) Commonwealth Relations Office Press Releases: a) containing the text of a reply by Lord Home, S/S C.R., to a Resolution passed by the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party about the position of Seretse Khama; b) about a deputation from the National Executive to the Secretary of State in the presence of the Resident Commissioner for Bechuanaland (Botswana); and c) summarising Cmd. 9580: White Paper on Economic and Social Services in the High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), 28 Jul-6 Oct 1955
- (item 2) Fighting Talk, Vol. 2, No. 10, a monthly journal for Democrats issues by the Fighting Talk Committee, Johannesburg, containing a marked article, 'The Threat of Incorporation to the Protectorates', by Dr H. Jowitt (15 pp.), Nov 1955.
Dates
- Creation: 1955
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/92, folder 3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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