Sir Robert C.S. 'Bob' Stanley, London, Mar 1964-Dec 1972

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Anglo-Rhodesian affairs
Roy Welensky's return to politics to stop the Unilateral Declaration of Independence
thirteen years of Conservative misrule and thoughts on Wilson (Aug 1964)
Roy Welensky's realisation that he was fighting an impossible battle to save the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) (Oct 1964)
troubles in Malawi
reasons for hardening European attitudes in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
the support for a Unilateral Declaration of Independence; futility of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence
the Commonwealth, the Falkland Islands (Cosmo Haskard), and death throes of empire (Apr 1968)
playing politics with sanctions
folly of the 1969 Constitution; inevitable long-term failure of Rhodesian Front policies (Apr-Jul 1969)
obstinacy versus reality in the Heath government (Dec 1970)
the ways of the modern world.

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MSS. Welensky Papers 773/5

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