Box 606761782
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1947-1959
folder
Comprises:
(fol. 1) copy of a telegram from the Secretary of State to Sir Henry M.M. Moore giving the text of a broadcast message for 24 Nov, the eve of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)'s assumption of full control of her internal affairs, 18 Nov 1947
(fol. 2) letter from Sir Cecil G. Syers, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, 10 Sep 1952
(fol. 3) ...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1947-1959
Papers on India for the Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions, [1912], 1931-1940
folder
Comprises:
(fol. 1) newspaper cutting about the work of Gandhi on an African farm in the Transvaal (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West), [1912]
(fols. 2-7) notes for Speakers (Labour Party): 'Mr Baldwin and Indian Policy', 20 Mar 1931
(fols. 8-13) notes for Speakers (Labour Party): 'Lancashire's Trade with India. Causes of the Decline', 29 May 1931
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Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
[1912], 1931-1940
Hong Kong, 1945-1951
folder
Comprises:
(item 1) 'Strategic Colonies and their Future: the problems of Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus', published by the Fabian Society with an introduction by Creech Jones, Oct 1945
(fol. 1) brief by W.J. Bigg on the building of a new airport for Hong Kong, 5 Jul 1948
(fol. 2) briefing of the Secretary of State for the forthcoming debate on the Colonial Office...
Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1945-1951
Burma (Myanmar), 1938-1939
folder
Comprises:
(fols. 1-4) Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions Memorandum No. 196 by David Freeman on 'Some Considerations on Land Reform in Burma', May 1938
(fol. 5) Manchester Guardian, letter to the Editor from W.J. Thexton, Director of James Rickwood and Co. Ltd., on 'Recent Riots in Burma, the Effect on Trade', 23 Jan 1939
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Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1938-1939
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1934-1939
folder
Comprises:
(item 1) 'The Case of R.E. Weeraman'; copies of court proceedings, evidence of witnesses, interrogatories answers, and appeals to the Supreme Court and the Secretary of State in a civil case, 1934-1938
(fol. 1) Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions Memorandum No. 161 by Sir D.B. Jayatilakat on 'The Ceylon Constitution, Proposals for Reform', Dec 1935
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Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1934-1939
Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1937-1939
folder
Comprises:
(fols. 1-92) letters sent to C.G. Ammon by Ceylon (Sri Lanka) civil servants who had been dismissed from their posts and whose cause he was supporting in the House of Commons; also, letters to Ammon from the India Office and the Colonial Office about this matter and some to and from Creech Jones, who appears to have taken over this cause from Ammon, 8 Sep 1937-22 May 1939
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Extents: 1 folder
Dates:
1937-1939
Asia, [1912], 1931-1959
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/26 (1-6)