Emergency: correspondence and messages exchanged between the Federal Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, the Governor and the Chief Secretary of Nyasaland (Malawi), the United Kingdom High Commissioner, and the High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in Salisbury (Harare), and others, 1959-1960

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Secret Registry file CX 27/11; External Affairs file 81/21/B. Includes:

Nyasaland (Malawi) affairs, the detention of Banda and his supporters, agitation for their release
copies of letters written from prison (Gwelo gaol) by Banda and others
memoranda by the Nyasaland Intelligence Committee on the release of detainees
report by the Chief Secretary (Footman) of his meeting with Banda
record of meetings between the Federal cabinet and the Secretary of State (Salisbury (Harare), 20-22 Feb 1960)
press reportage of the release of Banda from detention and his subsequent visits to London and the USA, with related correspondence and memoranda
extracts from statements taken at Khami Prison, Bulawayo, concerning the 'murder' plot (242/1 fol. 5).

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MSS. Welensky Papers 242/1-3

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