With two items. Comprises: (fols. 1-2) note on the Mandate by Oldham, n.d. (item 1) reference to decisions and discussions of the Council and the Permanent Mandates Commission regarding the question of sovereignty over Mandated Territories, their international status, and their financial and administrative autonomy, etc. (CPM Sessions I-IX) 51 fols., n.d. (fol. 3)...

1 item only: Future Policy in Regard to East Africa. Cmd. 2904.

With one item. Comprises: (fol. 1) cutting from The Times on 'Future of Kenya. Lord Delamere's views on Federation', 5 Dec 1928 (fols. 2-3) extract from East Africa quoting articles written by Sir Percival Phillips for The Daily Mail entitled 'A Journalist looks at Kenya', 13 Dec 1928 (fol....

Comprises: (fols. 1-4) letter from Oldham to Amery about the circumstances needing to be taken into account before appointing a successor to Sir John Chancellor in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Oldham's own qualms, with acknowledgements, 31 May-7 Jun 1928 (fols. 5-6) notes on the travelling arrangements for the Commission, n.d. (fols. 7-9) Oldham's correspondence with...

With one unfoliated item. Comprises: (fols. 1-6) report by John W. Arthur of the Church of Scotland Mission to the Kikuyu, commenting on the Kenya Missionary Council's minutes on the Government's White papers on Closer Union and Native Administration in order to provide some guidance to those of the Church of Scotland Mission about to give evidence to the Joint Select Committee; with an acknowledgement...

About: the opinion in Kenya concerning the grant of responsible government Delamere as a political leader Grigg as Governor the general ignorance as to the true aims objects and principles of administration in Africa the likelihood of many settlers leaving the country when their children reach school age and thus having...

Prefaced by a bibliography; paper prepared for discussion at a meeting of the Kenya Missionary Council.

They also discuss: (fols. 32-33) Oldham's draft letters to the press (fol. 34) a letter sent by Coupland to Tom Jones for the Prime Minister (fols. 34-38) a meeting of the Ralegh Club, action by the Colonial Office, the need for a Joint Select Committee, and Oldham's lobbying of the Prime Minister and Archbishop Davidson about it (fol. 38) supplying...

They discuss: (fols. 44-46) Oldham's views on what the work of the Commission should cover and the Labour Party's hostility towards it (fols. 47-84) Oldham's draft outline of the Report, which Sir John Chancellor had volunteered to read, Hilton Young's version and the difference of opinion between the two, the opinions and actions of Amery, Dutton, Cameron, and Grigg, Oldham's campaign...

About the way in which the Commission could best conduct its inquiries, Oldham's preparatory memorandum on 'The Political Problem', drafted before the Commission's Report, contributions to the Report and drafts by Oldham, Schuster, and Mant, also Feetham's objection to the term 'Dominion government' employed in it.