Jack Thomson, Selection Trust, London, Jul 1958-Mar 1960

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Includes:

Rhodesia and Nyasaland Committee (Chairman)
Federal visitors to London
Todd, politics, and elections (1958)
economic affairs
copper, the Copperbelt, and industrial relations
Northern Rhodesian (Zambian) constitutional changes, the 1960 review of the Federal constitution, and the Federal elections
urging the organisation of a Federal public relations campaign (1959-1960)
the 'Devlin' Commission, its report, debate, the Federation, British politics, and the 1959 British elections
hope of independence for the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) in the Federal field
atmosphere in Nyasaland (Malawi) (Sep 1959)
sponsorship of scholarships for African students from the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) in Britain
successful visits of G.A.M. Lewanika to Britain and the USA
the 'Monckton' Commission
popular suspicion of Rhodesian Selection Trust within the Federation
memoranda by Thomson on constitutional affairs and alternative linkages of the states of Central Africa.

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MSS. Welensky Papers 675/9

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