East Africa I, 1944-1953

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Memoranda and other papers, classified under eight headings.

'East Africa - general':

(fols. 1-4) 'Notes on East Africa' [by Rita Hinden?] referring to many aspects of life in East Africa, Mar 1948
(fols. 5-10) 'The fifth report from the Select Committee on Estimates - Session 1947/8: Expatriation pay in the Colonial Service' - typed notes prepared by the FCB; with a typed extract from Hansard, 21 Jul 1928, Col. 395, of a question by R. Sorensen, MP, to A. Creech Jones, S/S Col., about the Report of the Commission on East African civil services 1947/8 (Colonial No. 223), and a typed FCB comment on the report, 19-21 Jul 1948.

'East Africa - political':

(fols. 11-15) 'Closer Union in East Africa' by Rita Hinden, Jun 1944
(fols. 16-17) typed note, 'The East African Governors' Conference', 9 Nov 1946
(fols. 18-20) 'Science in the Colonial Empire, with special reference to the position of science and medicine in East and Central Africa', an account of addresses by Sir Ian Heilbron, FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) and Prof. B.A. McSwiney, FRS, to the Executive of an unidentified society, headed 'Parliamentary and Scientific Committee', n.d.
(fol. 21) cyclostyled copy of a Resolution passed by the Executive Committee of the East African Indian National Congress (EAINC) concerning unity within the Indian community, 30 Dec 1947
(fols. 22-25) duplicate of fols. 1-4, Mar 1948
(item 1) 'East Africa - Address by the members of the delegation of the Empire Parliamentary Association to East Africa at a meeting of the Colonial Affairs Study Group of the Empire Parliamentary Association on 6 May 1928.' Issued for private circulation, pp. 27, 1948
(fols. 26-27) 'Joint Efforts in East Africa - High Commission's First Report': Comments on the report issued by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID), 27 Jul 1949
(fol. 28) cyclostyled report of resolutions passed at a special session of the East African Indian National Congress (EAINC), Nairobi, concerning separate religious electorates for the Indian community, 26-27 Jan 1952
(fols. 29-30) cyclostyled memorandum from Granville Roberts, representing the Kenya Government, addressed 'to Editors', concerning a background statement about the announcement of a Royal Commission on East African land problems, 24 Sep 1952
(item 2) cyclostyled confidential anonymous memorandum on events leading up to, and the objects of, East African Inter-Territorial Organisation, pp. 52 (see also MSS Brit. Emp. 129, folder 6, correspondence between Hilda Selwyn-Clarke and Edgar Love, Los Angeles, about Labour and Conservative policies for East Africa, n.d.

'East Africa - labour':

(fol. 31) cutting from an unidentified journal of a review by Kumar Goshal, writer, of a Report by major G. St. J. Orde Browne, Labour Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 'Labour Conditions in East Africa', [1946]
(item 3) cyclostyled Report by the Colonial Labour Advisory Committee on 'Labour Conditions in East Africa', by Orde Brown, pp. 6, May 1948
(fol. 32) FCB cyclostyled comments headed 'Labour in East Africa' deriving from the Annual Reports, 1951, of the Labour Departments of Kenya, Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania) and Uganda, 15 Dec 1952
(fols. 33-35) 'East Africa - social subjects, development': cuttings [from a Colonial Office Information Department publication?] 'Technical Education in East Africa' and 'Road and Rail Development in East Africa', 15 Apr and 11 Nov 1947.

'East Africa - land and industry':

(item 4) 'Recommendations submitted to H.M. Government on land, education, and interterritorial organisation, by Mbiyu Koinange for and on behalf of the Kenyan African Union', pp. 5, 24 Jun 1947
(fols. 36-42) duplicate of fols. 1-4, with 'Some causes for discontent in Uganda' prepared by the FCB, Mar 1948
(item 5) 'Water supplies in East Africa - effects of Colonial Development and Welfare funds', prepared by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID), pp. 2, 13 Jan 1949
(item 6) review by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID) of 'Report on Tobacco' by S.S. Murray, Commissioner for Nyasaland (Malawi), pp. 5, 15 Jun 1949
(fols. 43-52) series of fact sheets on communications in British East Africa prepared by the Central Office of Information with covering circulars, 8 Sep 1949
(item 7) review by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID) of the Report of the East African Rice Mission 1949 (Colonial No. 246), pp. 5, 21 Dec 1949
(item 8) 'Land and Population in East Africa', Colonial No. 290, concerning the appointment of the Royal Commission, pp. 33, 1952.

'East Africa - financial, fiscal':

(fols. 53-54) memorandum on United Kingdom Trade with British East Africa in 1938, 1946, and 1947 issued by the Statistics Division, Board of Trade, [1948]
(item 9) statement issued by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID) about discussions in London of finance for expansion of East African Railways and Harbours, pp. 5, 20 Mar 1952.

'East Africa - social':

(item 10) report of the East African Institute of Social Research Conference on the present-day position of lower chiefs, Jun 1952, pp. 73, 1952
(items 11-12) memorandum for private circulation concerning establishing a non-governmental East African Development Trust and related projects (pp. 14), with Working Paper No. 1 'Proposal for a Newspaper training project in East Africa' by Legum, pp. 9, Apr 1953
(fol. 55) letter from Colin Legum, World Veterans Federation, covering items 11 and 12 above, 15 Apr 1953.

'East Africa - Co-operative Movement':

(item 13) 'The Co-operative movement in Uganda and Kenya': memorandum prepared by Fenner Brockway for the Co-operative Parliamentary Group, pp. 5, 26 Feb 1953.