Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 'Bobbety', 5th Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield House, Herts., etc, Jan-Dec 1964
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Held at the Weston Library
Includes:
- Field's dilemma; justification of recent policy by Home
- East African mutinies, Zanzibar coup, and Chinese and Soviet penetration
- US attitudes to Portugal and South Africa
- Field's visit to London; prospect and reality (Feb 1964)
- Sandys: a 'white man in the woodpile' (3 Mar 1964)
- Field's failure to grasp his opportunity in 1963, his negotiations with Home, discontent in his party, and ejection from office
- ability and character of Smith (4 May 1964); criticism of 'hatchet man' Sandys, his antagonistic interactions with others, and his interferences between Rhodesia House and Downing Street
- Salisbury's meeting with Home (4 May 1964)
- Roy Welensky 's contacts with Whitehead regarding political link up and on what platform (11 May 1964); links with Field
- Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) attendance at Commonwealth Prime 'Ministers' meetings; future of Commonwealth
- conduct of Liquidating Agency (Jun-Aug 1964), civil service pensions, etc.
- return to politics to forestall the Unilateral Declaration of Independence
- changing American attitudes to Tshombe (Aug 1964)
- Salisbury, Colyton, Dupont discussion and advice (1 Aug 1964)
- passing Roy Welensky's confidential assessment of the situation to Home, by-passing Sandys (5 Sep 1964)
- Salisbury unable to forgive thus unable to support Conservative election campaign
- assessment of the Smith/Home talks, accord, and the consequences for Roy Welensky and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) (Sep 1964) - undermining whole basis of government since 1923
- Arundel by-election campaign
- testing African opinion, chiefs, and tribalism
- British South Africa Company's royalties and future of the copper mines in Zambia
- dismissal of Major-General Anderson
- strains in the Rhodesia Party
- affairs in the Congo
- resale price maintenance
- desirable and probable outcome of the British general election
- forwarding intelligence reports [by B.M. de Quehen] to Salisbury
- [several letters from Roy Welensky to Salisbury wanting, Jun-Sep 1964].
Dates
- Creation: Jan-Dec 1964
Extent
92 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Welensky Papers 770/3
Repository Details
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