William 'Willie' Thyne, Lochend Works, Edinburgh, and Bulawayo, Feb 1960-Nov 1963

folder

Held at the Weston Library

Includes:

proposals for a Scottish group of Friends of the Federation, participants, organisation, and intention
attitudes of the Church of Scotland and countering them
meetings and discussions with visitors from the Federation
political and constitutional developments (1961)
violence in Angola
the European Economic Community
Kaunda, 'non-violence', and violence in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) referendum campaign
Congo/Katanga
divorce of press and government from British public opinion
secession of Nyasaland (Malawi) and the paradox of its unwanted inclusion in the Federation
text of G.A.M. Lewanika's address to the Royal Commonwealth Society, Edinburgh (17 Jan 1962).