Command Papers and other printed matter, 1951-1957

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Held at the Weston Library

Command papers:

(item 1) Cmd. 8233. Report of Conference on Closer Association, London, Mar 1951, Jun 1951
(item 2) Cmd. 8573. Draft Federal Scheme, Jun 1952
(item 3) Cmd. 8671. Draft Federal Scheme: Report of the Judicial Commission, Oct 1952
(item 4) Cmd. 8672. Draft Federal Scheme: Report of the Fiscal Commission, Oct 1952
(item 5) draft Federal Scheme: Report of the Civil Service Preparatory Commission, Oct 1952
(item 6) Cmd. 8753. Report by the Conference on Federation, Feb 1953
(items 7 and 8) Cmd. 8754. The Federal Scheme (two copies), Feb 1953
(item 9) Cmd. 298. Constitution Amendment Bill, 1957, Nov 1957

Other printed matter:

(items 10-12) pamphlets published by the London Committee of the United Central Africa Association: 'The only way to Partnership between the Races' (two copies) and 'A Test of African Opinion', Jun-Aug 1952
(item 13) 'African Challenge - the Fallacy of Federation', by A. Creech Jones, published by the Africa Bureau (pp. 36), Sep 1952
(item 14) 'A Petition to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II against Federation, made by Chiefs and Citizens of Nyasaland', with a postscript by Creech Jones, published as a pamphlet by the Africa Bureau (pp. 20), 1953
(items 15 and 16) Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation Act, 1953: Bill and 'Chapter 30', 1953
(item 17) 'The Rhodesias & Nyasaland: An Economic Survey', issued by Barclays Bank DCO [Dominion, Colonial and Overseas], 1956
(items 18 and 19) Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Numbers 43 and 47, 5 and 11 Mar 1957
(item 20) Chatham House Memorandum - The Franchise in Rhodesia and Nyasaland ... by E.M. Clegg (pp. 17). Enclosed is a covering letter to Hilda Selwyn-Clarke
(item 21) Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Report on a visit by a Parliamentary Delegation (Leader, Richard Wood, MP) (pp. 36 and map), Sep 1957
(item 22) 'Central Africa and the British Parliament - Background to the Constitution Amendment Bill, 1957', pamphlet issued by the Africa Bureau, annotated by Betts (pp. 16), n.d.
(item 23) Citizenship of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and British Nationality Bill, 1957: draft bill, n.d.