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Colombo Plan: reports and memoranda, 1952-1961

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  1. (fols. 1-6) typed notes by Marjorie Nicholson on a speech by Kolarz to an I.B. [International Bureau] Conference on Communism, 8 Nov 1952
  2. (fols. 7-12) shorthand notes about plantations, 1952
  3. (items 1-13) Central Office of Information Reference Division Memoranda concerning the Colombo Plan and economic development in South and Southeast Asia, 10 Nov 1952-Sep 1957
  4. (item 14) Progress in Asia: the Colombo plan in action: booklet by D.G. Bridson, BBC, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), pp. 36, 1953
  5. (fols. 13-14) two cuttings from the International Labour Office (ILO) News Supplement: (1) concerning the establishment of an Asian Co-operative Field Mission at Lahore, Pakistan; '(2) 'The ILO and Asia' by Jef Rens, Deputy Director-General, ILO and Secretary-General of the Asian Regional Conference, Jan-Nov 1953
  6. (fol. 15) page from Hansard with an Oral Answer by Lyttelton, S/S Col., to a question by Ian Winterbottom concerning electoral laws in China, 10 Jun 1953
  7. (items 15-16) East and West: Journal of the British-Asian Socialist Fellowship, Autumn 1953 and Winter 1953-1954, with notes in Hilda Selwyn-Clarke's hand about the Malaya Emergency, 1953-1954
  8. (fols. 16-17) 'Broadsheets on Britain' No. 36: 'Meeting Asia's challenge' published by the Central Office of Information, Feb 1954
  9. (item 17) 'The 'United front' in Asian communist tactics': pamphlet by the US Department of State, pp. 7, Jun 1954
  10. (items 18-20) Socialist Asia, Vol. II, Numbers 2-5 and 8, Jun-Dec 1954
  11. (items 21-23) Anti-Colonial Bureau Newsletter Numbers 1 and 2, published by the Asian Socialist Conference; with a circular letter from the Conference to Member Parties reporting on a fact-finding mission to Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) and Malaya (Malaysia), Jun-1 Sep 1954
  12. (item 24) 'The Colombo Plan': report by the Council for Technical Co-operation in South and Southeast Asia, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), pp. 28, Jul 1954
  13. (item 25) 'Controlling Human Numbers': Planning, Vol. XX, No. 367, issued by Political and Economic Planning, London, pp. 149-171, 12 Jul 1954
  14. (item 26) Commonwealth Relations Office announcement of the appointment of H.R. Mills, as UK Scientific Adviser in South and Southeast Asia under the Technical Co-operation scheme of the Colombo Plan, with a short biographical note, pp. 2, 14 Oct 1954
  15. (item 27) 'Our foreign policies in Asia': text of an address by John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State, before the Foreign Policy Association, New York: Press release No. 86, pp. 11, 16 Feb 1955
  16. (item 28) 'Questions and Answers on the Manila Pact and the Pacific Charter': pamphlet published by the US Department of State, pp. 8, Feb 1955
  17. (item 29) India Quarterly, pp. 344-354: 'The dual nationality of the Chinese in South-East Asia', by Victor Purcell, Cambridge University, Oct-Dec 1955
  18. (item 30) 'Independence and the Student': report of the International Student Conference Delegation to Southeast Asia, pp. 80, 1955-1956
  19. (items 31-37) Central Office of Information Fact Sheets on the Colombo Plan, Numbers 1-7, Jan 1956
  20. (fol. 18) Ministry of Labour and National Service circular No. 5 concerning the arrival in Britain of the Colombo Plan's 1000th trainee, 30 Feb 1956
  21. (item 38) 'SEATO': First Annual report of the Council representatives, issued by the US Department of State, pp. 27, Mar 1956
  22. (fols. 19-21) United Nations Special Release concerning the work of the UN Economic Commission to Asia and the Far East, 9 Aug-1 Oct 1956
  23. (item 39) report of the technical meeting on home economics for South and East Asia, held in Tokyo, 5-12 Oct 1956, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, pp. 32, 1957
  24. (item 40) 'The Colombo Plan: Britain's Part': report on the first ten years, prepared by the Central Office of Information, pp. 32, [1961]
  25. (fols. 22-25) typed draft headed 'Pamphlet on Asia', n.d.

Dates

  • Creation: 1952-1961

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/149, folder 1

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