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Correspondence and committee papers concerning the gathering and presentation of evidence to the Royal Commission; with a list of members of the FCB East Africa group (also referred to as the East Africa Sub-Committee and the Kenya (Sub-) Committee) inside the front of the file. Those named are: John Dugdale, MP; Lord Faringdon; C.W.W. Greenidge; Rita Hinden; John Hynd, MP; A. Creech Jones; Marjorie Nicholson; Sir Leslie Plummer, MP; Hilda Selwyn-Clarke; and Eirene White, MP

  1. (fols. 1-5) envelopes addressed to Creech Jones, Dugdale, Hynd, Plummer, and Eirene White, n.d.
  2. (fols. 6-7) minutes of the 7th meeting, 1952, of the FCB Advisory Committee on 29 Oct 1952, recording a decision to establish a sub-committee, chaired by Creech Jones, to prepare evidence for the Royal Commission (two copies), 1952
  3. (item 1) 'East African land problems - appointment of Chairman of the Royal Commission' (Sir Hugh Dow): Colonial Office Information Department (COID) press release, which includes an extract from Sir Philip Mitchell's dispatch No. 193, 16 Nov 1951, 31 Oct 1952
  4. (fols. 8-9) summary of the first meeting of the East African sub-committee on 6 Nov 1952 and announcement of the second on 27 Nov 1952 (two copies), [Nov 1952]
  5. (fols. 10-16) committee papers pinned together and headed 'Complete set' and 'spares'. Further copies of each are described elsewhere in the file: (fols. 10, 15) summary of first meeting (see fols. 8-9 above); (fols. 11-12) preparatory paper on economic development (see fols. 43-62); (fols. 13, 16) preparatory paper on Labour, 20 Nov 1952 (see fols. 32-42); (fol. 14) notice dated 10 Mar 1953 of a meeting on 19 Mar 1953 (see fols. 354-362), Nov 1952-10 Mar 1953.

(fols. 17-31) committee papers pinned together, all marked 'File Copy', Nov 1952-29 Jan 1953. Further copies of most of them are elsewhere in the file:

  1. (fol. 17) summary of first sub-committee meetings (see fols. 8-9 above)
  2. (fol. 18) preparatory paper on labour 20 Nov 1952 (see fols. 32-42)
  3. (fol. 19) notice from Marjorie Nicholson of meeting on 15 Dec 1952 covering fol. 20
  4. (fols. 20-21) 'Preliminary paper on Co-operatives - three points for discussion', 12 Dec 1952 (see fols. 74-111)
  5. (fol. 22) 'Labour in East Africa': extracts from 1951 Annual Reports of the Labour Departments of Kenya, Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), and Uganda, 15 Dec 1952 (see fols. 112-133)
  6. (fol. 23) 'Labour in East Africa', 15 Dec 1952
  7. (fol. 24) 'Co-operatives in East Africa', 12 Jan 1953 (see fols. 141-165)
  8. (fols. 25-26) 'Preparatory paper on economic development' (see fols. 43-62)
  9. (fol. 27) 'Preparatory paper on Marketing Boards and Crop funds' (see fols. 139-140)
  10. (fol. 28) notice of a sub-committee meeting on 28 Jan 1953
  11. (fols. 29-31) 'Agricultural marketing in East Africa', 29 Jan 1953 (see fols. 187-240).

Continues:

  1. (fols. 32-42) 'East African Evidence - preparatory paper on Labour': seven points for study by the sub-committee (11 copies), 20 Nov 1952
  2. (fols. 43-62) 'Preparatory paper on economic development'. There are nine copies of the first page, listing principal exports and outlining the position of co-operatives in the East African Territories; and eleven copies of pages 2 and 3, summarising conditions of marketing, labour, land use, industrial development, and education, n.d.
  3. (fols. 63-69) minutes of the 8th Meeting, 1952, of the Advisory Committee on 26 Nov 1952 (seven copies), 1952
  4. (fol. 70) note in short-hand under heading 'Future Colonial Policy' about a meeting on this date, 27 Nov 1952
  5. (fols. 71-73) cyclostyled letter from Marjorie Nicholson about a meeting of the East African Evidence Sub-Committee on 15 Dec 1952 (three copies), 12 Dec 1952
  6. (fols. 73-111) 'East African Evidence - Preliminary Paper on Co-operatives' referring to three points for discussion. There are sixteen complete copies, of which the first two are annotated, with five additional copies of p. 1. Attached is an extract from the Report of the Royal Commission on Co-operatives (Canada) 1945, p. 199, 12 Dec 1952
  7. (fols. 112-133) 'Labour in East Africa' - extracts from the Annual Reports 1951 of the Labour Departments of Kenya, Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania), and Uganda, 22 copies, 15 Dec 1952
  8. (fols. 134-136) letters (identical) from Marjorie Nicholson to Walter Hood and Fred Dalley requesting comments on a preliminary draft of evidence on labour questions for submission to the East African Royal Commission, with Dalley's reply, 17 Dec 1952-11 Jan 1953
  9. (fols. 137-138) letter from Marjorie Nicholson to Charles Smith, Civil Service Clerical Association, asking for a short paper on civil service negotiating machinery regarding the East African territories; with extracts from Hansard, 16 Jul 1952, Column 153, and 9 Jul 1952, Columns 89-90: Questions to O. Lyttelton by H. Hynd on this topic, 24 Dec 1952
  10. (fols. 139-140) FCB, typed, annotated 'East African Evidence - preparatory paper on Marketing Boards and Crop Funds' (two copies), n.d.
  11. (fols. 141-165) 'East African Group - Co-operatives in East Africa' (25 copies), 12 Jan 1953
  12. (item 2) 'East African Land problems: Membership of Royal Commission completed', pp. 2 issued by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID), 17 Jan 1953
  13. (fols. 166-174) agenda for a FCB Advisory Committee meeting on 28 Jan 1953 (five copies) and the Secretary's report signal by Marjorie Nicholson (four copies), 20 Jan 1953
  14. (fols. 175-186) notice and minutes of meetings of the sub-committee on the East African Royal Commission, signed by Marjorie Nicholson (12 copies), 20 Jan 1953
  15. (fols. 187-240) 'East African Group: Agricultural Marketing in East Africa' (25 complete copies), five copies of pp. 1-2 only, and one copy of p. 4 only
  16. (fols. 241-244) 'Notes on documents sent to Eirene White - 1. The Co-operative movement in Kenya; 2. African Land Utilisation and Settlement Report 1945-50; 3. Central Province Annual Report 1952', n.d.
  17. (fols. 245-247) 'Note for Marjorie about Creech and East African Evidence' concerning plans for submission of the evidence to the Royal Commission; with a skeleton plan for the final submission, signed by Marjorie Nicholson (further copies fols. 302-353), 29 Jan-10 Mar 1953
  18. (fol. 248) letter from Marjorie Nicholson to Margaret Digby, Horace Plunkett Foundation, asking her to comment on the second paper on Co-operatives, 29 Jan 1953
  19. (fols. 249-252) correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson and W.P. Watkins, Director, International Co-operative Alliance, concerning the second FCB paper on Co-operatives, and a short statement by him on a possible Co-operative credit Institute for Kenya, 29 Jan-25 Mar 1953.

(fols. 253-271) correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson and the following persons about the FCB's draft paper on marketing in East Africa, to be presented as evidence to the Royal Commission, 2 Feb-27 Jul 1953:

  1. (fols. 253-257) Victor Collins, UK Farmer
  2. (fols. 258-262) Jack Blitz
  3. (fols. 263-264) professor Arthur Lewis, Manchester University
  4. (fols. 265-267) J. Lamont, Deputy General Secretary, National Farmers' Union
  5. (fols. 268-270) E.G. Gooch, President, National Union of Agricultural Workers (with comments on the FCB paper on labour).

Continues:

  1. (fol. 272) 'The East African Royal Commission' - announcement by the Colonial Office Information Department (COID) of the Commission's intention to visit East Africa, 5 Feb 1953
  2. (fols. 273-290) 'Kenya Land Policy' - cyclostyled memorandum by Creech Jones, pp. 2 (nine copies), Feb 1953
  3. (fols. 291-294) 'Kenya Land Policy' by Creech Jones with a skeleton plan by Marjorie Nicholson for final presentation of evidence to the Royal Commission, Feb-10 Mar 1953
  4. (fols. 295-301) Marjorie Nicholson's skeleton plan for final presentation of evidence, with a notice (see fols. 354-362) of a meeting of the Sub-Committee on the East African Royal Commission on 19 Mar 1953, covering copies of the paper on Agricultural Marketing in East Africa, 29 Jan 1953, (see fols. 187-240) and of Creech Jones's paper 'Kenya Land Policy' Feb 1953 (see fols. 273-290), 10 Mar 1953
  5. (fols. 302-353) Marjorie Nicholson's skeleton plan for final presentation of evidence to the Royal Commission: there are two complete copies, 23 copies of pp. 1-2, and 25 copies of pp. 3-4, 10 Mar 1953
  6. (fols. 354-362) notice of a meeting of the FCB sub-committee on the East African Royal Commission, on 19 Mar 1953 (nine copies), 10 Mar 1953
  7. (fols. 363-364) two letters from Marjorie Nicholson to Lord Faringdon about (1) an unnamed paper for consideration by the Kenya Committee; (2) Creech Jones's paper on Kenya land policy; and (3) (covering final pieces of Kenya evidence) Labour Party Executive's consideration of a grant for the FCB, 16 Mar-10 Jul 1953
  8. (fol. 365) agenda of a meeting of the subcommittee on 1 Apr 1953, and summary of the previous meeting on 19 Mar 1953, at which subjects discussed were (1) the paper on marketing boards in East Africa; (2) export taxes in East Africa, especially Kenya; (3) statutory body to provide short-term credit in Kenya; and (4) Creech Jones's paper on Kenya land, 26 Mar 1953
  9. (fols. 366-368) three circular letters (one with Eirene [White]'s name added), to cover the final draft statement on Kenya, 9 Jul 1953
  10. (fols. 369-381) correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson and Creech Jones about the final form of the memorandum, its submission to the Royal Commission, and its conversion by the FCB into a pamphlet. There are two typed copies of Creech Jones's section on land. On the second is written 'Comments on final draft sent by A. Creech Jones 20/7/53', 10-16 Jul 1953
  11. (fol. 382) circular letter from Marjorie Nicholson's secretary to cover the final draft of evidence, 27 Jul 1953
  12. (fol. 283) letter from Marjorie Nicholson to the Secretary of the Royal Commission on land and population in East Africa, covering the FCB memorandum, 27 Jul 1953
  13. (fol. 284) letter from E.G. Farmer, Commonwealth Officer, Labour Party to Marjorie Nicholson acknowledging receipt of the final draft of evidence, 28 Jul 1953
  14. (items 3-5) three copies of the memorandum 'Royal Commission on Land and Population in East Africa - Memorandum submitted by the Fabian Colonial Bureau', pp. 12, Jul 1953.

Dates

  • Creation: 1952-1953

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/112, folder 1

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