(Sir) Albert E.P. 'Robbie' Robinson, Salisbury (Harare), Oct 1953-Nov 1960

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Includes:

social and business matters
current affairs
Federal Party matters
aircraft for Central African Airways
1957 constitutional talks
fusion of the Federal Party with the United Rhodesia Party
unsuitability of the Westminster model in a multi-racial community and preparation for the 1960 constitutional review
franchise questions
the 1958 Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) cabinet crisis
impressions of Uganda, India, and the Far East (1958/1959)
Japanese commercial investments
report on activities of the 'Monckton' Commission in London - Prain's evidence, Beadle's views, etc.
appointment as Federal High Commissioner in London
Dominion Party politics and possible effect on Whitehead
integration of schools would lose Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) elections
Robinson's 'Memorandum on political trends in the Federation' (21 Jun 1954).

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MSS. Welensky Papers 663/1

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