General correspondence, 1958-1962

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report on Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) exercises and operations, situation reports of the Aden detachment (1958), and operations in Nyasaland (Malawi) (Feb-Mar 1959)
assessment of aircraft types and purchase of aircraft
the potential for using helicopters in the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) (1958)
visit of Ward, Secretary of State for Air (Apr 1959)
notes on relations with Central Africa Airways and recruitment
programme for the visit of the (UK) Chief of the Air Staff (1960)
briefing on equipping the Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) with Hawker Hunter IX aircraft and assessment of the financial implications, and note of a meeting between the Federal High Commissioner in London and the United Kingdom Minister of Defence (3 Oct 1961)
memorandum by the Chief of the Air Staff on combining civil and military aviation under one ministry
intelligence briefing on the situation in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) (Nov 1962).

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MSS. Welensky Papers 235/5-7

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