'John Connell' (John Henry Robertson), London: journalism and current affairs, May 1961-Dec 1963

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Includes:

official thinking in London
embarrassing information on Macleod's involvement in the British financing of the Kenyan African Democratic Union
the European Economic Community and the destruction of the Commonwealth
US official displeasure with Roy Welensky
bias of the BBC
the Kuwait crisis
release of Kenyatta
intimidation in Nyasaland (Malawi) and the passive stance of the government
the character of Kaunda
Katanga, Tshombe, and the United Nations
federation in East Africa and the future of the European in Kenya
the reopening of the Northern Rhodesian Constitution
Hammarskjöld
Ghana
press campaign against Roy Welensky
leaks from London
Butler's appointment
the secession of Nyasaland (Malawi)
Butler's visit to the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) (1963)
pressure on Roy Welensky to concentrate on gaining independence for Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Field's negotiations
Butler's performance in destroying the Federation
Profumo
Butler's ambitions and the succession to Macmillan
the Victoria Falls Conference
producing 4000 Days
Roy Welensky's epitaph for Macmillan and his government (5 Jul 1963)
copy letter from Connell to Margery Perham
record of conversation between Connell and General Henry Alexander, late Chief of the Defence Staff, Ghana (2 Oct 1961)
press cuttings and articles for The Sphere (published/unpublished) by Connell.