Minerals and Mining, 1950-1954
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-18) correspondence between Creech Jones and I.C. Chopra, legal adviser to Dr J.T. Williamson of the Williamson Diamond Mines, Tanganyika (Tanzania), about Chopra's relations with the Colonial Office over the question of Williamson's freedom to sell diamonds on the open market after the expiry of his agreement with the Diamond Corporation, 1950-1951
- (fols. 19-21) two letters from A.H Poynton, Colonial Office to Creech Jones about the Colonial Office's policy regarding the Williamson Diamond Mines, Jun 1951
- (fols. 23-31) letter from Chopra to Creech Jones, with notes on his meeting with Oliver Lyttelton to discuss the maintenance of the Colonial Office's policy of limiting the right to prospect for diamonds in Tanganyika (Tanzania) to Dr Williamson, 30 Dec 1952
- (fols. 32-34) two letters from James Meade, New York, to Creech Jones suggesting that he take over the distribution of indigenous mined diamonds in the Gold Coast (Ghana) if the rumoured scheme suggested by a syndicate of Americans and English diamond merchants did not materialise, 8 Jan-17 Feb 1954
- (fols. 35-36) letter from Poynton to Creech Jones about the African diamond mining industry in the Gold Coast (Ghana), 5 Feb 1954
- (fols. 37-38) notes on diamond mining in the Gold Coast (Ghana), n.d.
- (fols. 39-40) letter from Chopra to Creech Jones and his wife about the Williamson Diamond Mine, the Kikuyu in Tanganyika (Tanzania), and Meade, 6 Feb 1954
- (fol. 41) photostat of the Tanganyika Standard article on Chopra's retirement from Tanganyika (Tanzania), n.d.
- (fol. 42) East Africa and Rhodesia, article on 'Mining Development in Tanganyika, Mines Department review for 1953', 8 Apr 1954.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1954
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/46, folder 3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk