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Further Defence and security general correspondence, 1959-1962

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Includes:

  1. evaluation of the effects of the closure of the Congo Pedicle [road] (1960)
  2. agenda and summary of a meeting of the Federal Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence, and the Chiefs of Staff (13 Jul 1960) regarding staff talks in the United Kingdom (on the reinforcement of the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) for internal security purposes)
  3. record of a meeting between Caldicott, Federal Minister of Defence, and Watkinson, United Kingdom Minister of Defence (London, 2 Aug 1961) to discuss Aden, Kenya, dealings with South Africa, and the Portuguese colonies
  4. programmes for visits from the Commander-in-Chief, Middle East (1961), the Commandant-General of the South African Defence Force (Grobbelaar), and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Hull) (both 1962).

Comprises:

  1. folder 2 (60 fols.) Jun-Dec 1959
  2. folder 3 (79 fols.) Jan-Dec 1960
  3. folder 4 (64 fols.) Jan-Dec 1961
  4. folder 5 (65 fols.) Jan-Dec 1962.

Dates

  • Creation: 1959-1962

Extent

4 folders

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Welensky Papers 233/2-5

Related Materials

See MSS. Welensky Papers 238/4 and 607/1 for reports by the Director of the Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau formerly in MSS. Welensky Papers 232/3.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
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