Sir Alexander 'Alec' Douglas-Home, London, Apr 1964-Oct 1970

folder

Held at the Weston Library

Includes:

meetings
prospects for negotiated independence (Jul 1965)
resignation as Conservative leader
briefing Home on the unacceptability of the 'Tiger' terms to the Rhodesian Front (May 1967)
Home's visit to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) (1968)
passing messages between Home and Smith on aspects of terms for a settlement
sounding out Roy Welensky on the report of the 'Whaley' Commission (Apr-May 1968)
Horne/Smith talks (May 1968)
the Crawford passport affair
briefing Home on Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) opinion; weakness of opposition politics; outlook of Smith; 'Fearless'
Home's floating of an Anglo-Rhodesian Treaty as a solution (Jan 1969)
Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) unwillingness to believe in the advantages of settling with a Labour government (5 Apr 1969); republicanism; the 1969 constitution and referendum; and the mentality of the Third Boer War
passport matters
perceived difficulty of achieving a settlement with Smith (Oct 1969)
Banda's desire to see a Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) settlement; Portuguese imperial problems (Sep 1970).