Correspondence between Rita Hinden, Marjorie Nicholson, and Dr Hastings Banda, practising as a medical doctor in England, chiefly concerning the Nyasaland African Congress, of which he was official representative in Britain (fol. 22); with references to African representation (fols. 16-20, 27, 63) and the Nyasaland (Malawi) Convention of Associations (fols. 46-58). Banda's letters also include: frequent...

Content also includes single letters from the FCB to Julius Silverman, MP, and from Reginald Sorensen, MP, to Marjorie Nicholson; copies of Questions put by Sorensen and Emrys-Roberts on Sedition and Deportation Ordinances; and a cutting from Reynolds News about the case.

Content includes three copies of a letter dated 26 Jun 1944 from Oliver Stanley, S/S Colonies, to Ben Riley, MP.

Broadcast by the BBC on the Far Eastern Network, 13 Jun 1947.

Contains: (fols. 287-289) letter from Bertram Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak, to G.H. Hall, S/S Colonies (fols. 296-297) copy of a letter from Brooke to the Observer (fols. 298-299) copy of a petition from Sarawak school teachers to Brooke requesting that the Brookes continue as Rajahs of Sarawak, and that it should not become a British...

Correspondence between Brian Cartland, Assistant District Officer, Nigeria, and the FCB about the drafting of the Nigerian Minerals Bill (fols. 26-31). He gives a detailed account of background and developments.

Unsigned article entitled 'Groundnuts and the Kingdom of God' issued by the Church Missionary Society, concerning the Overseas Food Corporation's plan for the development of barren land in East Africa by implementing a groundnut scheme.

Correspondence with Mrs Hilda Selwyn-Clarke, wife of Dr P.S. Selwyn-Clarke, and Honorary Secretary, China Campaign Committee, concerning Hong Kong; with a draft of an article by her, 'A plea for Hong Kong', (Empire, Vol. 9, No. 1, May-Jun 1946), (fols. 100-104), and extracts and memoranda concerning post-war conditions and reorganisation.

Topics include criticisms of Dr Kofi Busia, proposals for a book on the Government of the British Colonies, the formation of an FCB General Purposes Sub-Committee, and a letter from the FCB to the Prime Minister, C.R. Attlee, and the Dominions Secretary, concerning the South African proposal to incorporate South West Africa (Namibia) into the Union (fol. 135).

Also includes an invitation to the Pan-African Congress Press Conference in London on 26 Oct 1945 to meet Dr W.E.B. Du Bois, with an extract from Who's Who concerning Du Bois.