Box 606755841
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Defence Policy, 1955-1963
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Welensky Papers 234
The Federal Prime Minister held the External Affairs portfolio throughout and that of Defence until Jun 1959. The Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau (FISB) came under the Prime Minister. Its activities on the internal front and the use of Federal military forces to support territorial governments in the maintenance of law and order overlap. Likewise, immigration and deportation, strikes, and industrial unrest attracted the attention of the FISB. In the realms of external affairs, the...
Extents: 13 folders
Dates:
1955-1963
Memorandum on suggested changes to the higher organisation of the defence forces, Jun 1962
folder
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates:
Jun 1962
Memorandum and policy statements concerning the security of electricity supplies and minutes of the inaugural meeting (26 Jun) of the Inter-Governmental Committee (of officials) for the Security of Supplies in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Jun-Jul 1962
folder
Extents: 22 Leaves
Dates:
Jun-Jul 1962
Report of the inter-territorial security meeting (27 May 1955); notes regarding defence estimates and questions asked about them, May 1955-[1957]
folder
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates:
May 1955-[1957]
Defence reorganisation: memoranda on a new structure for the Ministry of Defence, formation of a Joint Intelligence Committee, and reactivation of the war council to coordinate defence and intelligence activities, Jan 1958-Apr 1959
folder
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates:
Jan 1958-Apr 1959
'ATO/AMSA' papers: memoranda by Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau (FISB) and others on the strategic situation in Africa and the defence of Africa south of the Sahara (against the communist threat); a defensive security pact for Africa [African Treaty Organisation]; defence pacts with other African states; quadripartite talks between the Federation, the Union, the United Kingdom, and Portugal, Mar 1958-Dec 1959
folder
Includes drafts of letters to the British authorities; defence briefing for the Federal Prime Minister's visit to London (Nov 1958) and reports by officials of discussions in London.
Extents: 53 Leaves
Dates:
Mar 1958-Dec 1959
Memoranda and correspondence concerning the protection of key points within the Federation; minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Federal Key Points Committee (24 Sep 1958); report by Parry (Secretary for External Affairs) on the (Congo) pedicle road negotiations, Aug 1958-Jan 1961
folder
Extents: 26 Leaves
Dates:
Aug 1958-Jan 1961
Record of meeting (16 Feb 1959) to discuss the forthcoming visit of Lieutenant-General Sir William Oliver - defence, propaganda, and economic assistance - with subsequent correspondence with the Secretaries of State regarding closer security liaison, Feb-May 1959
folder
Extents: 19 Leaves
Dates:
Feb-May 1959
Minutes of the Defence Council, with surveys of the internal security situation and details of lessons learnt as a result of the Nyasaland Emergency, Apr-Dec 1959
folder
Extents: 51 Leaves
Dates:
Apr-Dec 1959
Memoranda concerning the military position (manpower and equipment), the security of airfields, and the visit of the Secretary for Defence to South Africa, Jan-Feb 1961
folder
Extents: 13 Leaves
Dates:
Jan-Feb 1961
Reports by the Secretary for Defence and the Chiefs of Staff on the defence implications of a possible break-up of the Federation (Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi) (forwarded to the First Secretary of State for his consideration) and of a possible break-up of the two Rhodesias (Zambia and Zimbabwe) subsequent to Nyasaland (Malawi)'s secession (forwarded to the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)), with related correspondence, May 1962-Apr 1963
folder
Extents: 32 Leaves
Dates:
May 1962-Apr 1963
Statement of the powers of the Federal Government in relation to internal security, Jul 1959
folder
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
Jul 1959