(1) Aden 188 557 189 566 190 570 191 571 192 574 193 575 194 578 195 580 196 582
197 Valedictory letter: purposes, policy and 584
proposals regarding future of Aden Colony and its relationship with Federation, + Minutes by I Watt, C A Kirkman, E Melville, Sir J Martin, Sir H Poynton & Lord Perth [Extract] 3 Sept
1960 Sir W Luce
to E Melville (CO)
Memo, future policy for Aden Colony and Protectorate
14 Aug 1959 Mr Lennox-Boyd
for Cabinet Colonial Policy Committee
Letter, future policy in Aden 13 May
1959 Mr Lennox-Boyd
to Sir W Luce
Minute, response to Sir W Luce’s comments on Mr Amery’s opinions 27 Apr
1959 Mr Amery
to Mr Lennox-Boyd
Minute, ‘Long-term policy in Aden’ 10 Mar
1959 Mr Amery
Minutes, policy for Aden Colony and Protectorate
22 Dec 1958 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minute, possibility of keeping Aden Colony and the proposed federation apart, + Minute by W L Gorell Barnes 8 Dec
1958 Mr Amery (CO)
to W L Gorell Barnes
Minutes, policy for Aden Protectorate 19 June
1958 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Letter (reply), future policy 14 Apr
1958 W L Gorell Barnes
to Sir W Luce
Letters, future policy for Aden Colony and Protectorate [Extract] 27–28
Mar 1958 Sir W Luce (Aden)
to W L Gorell Barnes (CO)
Conclusions, discouragement of appli- cation for Commonwealth membership by Somali Republic
2 June 1960 Cabinet meeting
CC 34(60)5
Minutes, constitutional development in Somaliland
27 Apr 1960 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Conclusions, independence and the future of the Somaliland Protectorate
5 Apr 1960 Cabinet meeting
CC 24(60)5
Minutes, policy in the Somaliland Protectorate
22 Dec 1958 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minutes, military and political impli- cations of proposed policy in Somaliland and Aden
16 Dec 1958 COS Committee meeting
198 596 199 598 200 606 201 611 202 614 203 616 204 623 205 625 206 627 207 629 208 630 209 632 210 636 211 637 212 639
213 22 Apr Minute, Aden and Yemen 641
1964 J O Wright
to Sir A Douglas-Home
Minute, Aden, the Yemen, and Middle East policy
8 Apr 1964 J O Wright (PM’s Office)
to Sir A Douglas-Home
Minutes, proposed constitutional changes 26 Feb
1964 Cabinet Defence and
Oversea Policy Committee meeting
Conclusions, constitutional status of Aden
5 Dec 1963 Cabinet meeting
CM 9(63)2
Brief, ‘Aden: future policy’, + Minutes by Mr Sandys
7 June 1963 CO departmental paper
for S of S
Record of a meeting with governor on defence facilities: possibility of sovereign base areas
21 Oct 1962 CO paper
Tel (no 325), explanation of HMG’s policy on Aden 16 Aug 1962 FO circular to overseas represent- atives
Conclusions, negotiations for merger between Aden Colony and Aden Federation 1 Aug
1962 Cabinet meeting
CC 52(62)1
Minutes, ‘Constitutional development in Aden’
16 Feb 1962 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minutes, draft Cabinet paper 8–10 Dec
1961 J C Morgan & I Watt
(CO)
CO submission to new S of S on future policy and immediate problems, +
Minutes by I Watt, H T Bourdillon & Sir
J Martin [Extract]
20 Oct 1961 I Watt (CO)
for Mr Maudling
Conclusions, course of constitutional development in Aden
30 May 1961 Cabinet meeting
CC 29(61)8
Minutes, future constitutional develop- ment in Aden
5 May 1961 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Memo, constitutional development in Aden
3 May 1961 Mr Macleod
for Cabinet Colonial Policy Committee
Despatch (no 399), tactics and method of obtaining long-term objectives in Aden, + Minutes by I Watt, E Melville, Sir J Martin & Mr Fraser [Extract] 3 Mar
1961 Sir C Johnston (Aden)
to Mr Macleod
Memo, ‘Constitutional development in Aden’
27 Oct 1960 Mr Macleod
for Cabinet Defence Committee
214 643 215 644 (2) Cyprus 216 646 217 649 218 652 219 653 220 656 221 659 222 662 223 664 224 665 225 667 226 668 227 670 228 672 229 673 230 675
231 24 May Letter, comments on the approved plan 676
1958 Sir H Foot
to Mr Lennox-Boyd
Conclusions, revised policy statement on Cyprus
15 May 1958 Cabinet meeting
CC 43(58)4
Conclusions, various possible plans for settlement of the Cyprus problem 13 May
1958 Cabinet meeting
CC 42(58)2
Memo (letter to Mr Lennox-Boyd), future policy
14 Apr 1958 Sir H Foot (Cyprus)
for Cabinet Colonial Policy Committee
Conclusions, proposed policy of unitary self-determination outside bases 1 Apr
1958 Cabinet meeting
CC 28(58)3
Minutes, further continuation of dis- cussion on future policy
28 Mar 1958 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minutes, continuation of discussion on future policy
21 Mar 1958 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minutes, future policy 13 Mar
1958 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Letter, need for a constructive plan for Cyprus
3 Mar 1958 Sir H Foot (Cyprus)
to Sir R Allen (Athens)
Conclusions, draft parliamentary state- ment on Cyprus policy
6 Jan 1958 Cabinet meeting
CC 4(58)2
Joint Cabinet memo, allegations of breaches of European Human Rights Convention by government in Cyprus 4 Nov
1957 Mr Selwyn Lloyd (FO) &
Lord Perth (CO)
Conclusions, new approach to the problem of Cyprus
11 July 1957 Cabinet meeting
CC 51(57)6
Cabinet memo, a fresh initiative on Cyprus
9 July 1957 Mr Macmillan
Minutes, future policy for Cyprus 20 June
1957 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minutes, future policy for Cyprus 29 May
1957 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Conclusions, revised draft of parlia- mentary statement on Cyprus
28 Mar 1957 Cabinet meeting
CC 25(57)4
Letter about surrender of sovereignty, +
Minutes by Sir H Poynton and Mr Fisher
5 May 1964 Sir K Trevaskis (Aden)
to Sir J Martin (FO)
Minute, need to get to grips with the problem of Aden and the Yemen 5 May
1964 Sir A Douglas-Home
to Mr Butler (FO)
232 677 233 679 234 680 235 683 236 684 237 687 238 689 239 690 240 692 241 692 (3) Malta 242 693 243 694 244 696 245 697 246 701
247 17 Feb Minutes, constitutional changes 703
1961 Cabinet Defence
Committee meeting
Minute, defence interests in Malta and the report of the Constitutional Commission 8 Feb 1961 Mr Macleod to Mr Watkinson (MoD)
Minutes, dilemmas of attempting to restore elective government to Malta [26] Sept
–30 Oct 1959 N B J Huijsman, J O
Moreton & E Melville (CO)
Minute, record of meeting with Mr Mintoff about Maltese demand for independence
25 Nov 1958 Mr Lennox-Boyd
to Mr Macmillan
Conclusions, negotiations about future constitutional and economic development in Malta
29 May 1957 Cabinet meeting
CC 43(57)9
Conclusions, Malta: future policy 6 May
1957 Cabinet meeting
CC 38(57)7
Minute, is partition the only solution? 27 Dec
1963 Sir A Douglas-Home
Conclusions, membership of the Commonwealth
28 July 1960 Cabinet meeting
CC 47(60)6
Conclusions, negotiations and provision of general aid
30 June 1960 Cabinet meeting
CC 38(60)3
Conclusions, report on the course of negotiations with Cypriot representatives 26 Jan
1960 Cabinet meeting
CC 3(60)2
Minutes, assessing the handling of Archbishop Makarios
4–8 June 1959 J D Higham, Sir J Martin,
Mr Amery & Lord Perth (CO)
Conclusions, the agreement reached between Greek and Turkish prime ministers
13 Feb 1959 Cabinet meeting
CC 9(59)1
Letter, timing of the approach to a ‘final settlement’
6 Feb 1959 Sir H Foot
to J D Higham (CO)
Conclusions, future policy 8 Sept
1958 Cabinet meeting
CC 69(58)2
CO record of discussion [Extract] 6 Sept
1958 Meeting with Sir H Foot
at Chequers
Conclusions, Mr Macmillan’s report of discussions with Greek and Turkish prime ministers
12 Aug 1958 Cabinet meeting
CC 67(58)5
248 705 249 707 250 708 251 709 252 711 253 712 254 714 255 716
(4) East and South-East Asia
256 718 257 721 258 723 259 724 260 727 261 728
262 Letter about Greater Malaysia scheme 730
and the problem of the Borneo territories 16 Sept
1961 Lord Selkirk
to Mr Macleod
Letter about prospects for Greater Malaysia scheme
24 Aug 1961 Lord Selkirk (Singapore)
to Mr Macleod
Letter, Eden Hall Singapore conference of regional governors: South-East Asian issues
17 Mar 1960 Mr Macmillan
to Lord Selkirk (South- East Asia)
Briefs for Mr Macleod’s meeting with Sir R Black (Hong Kong): current problems
in Hong Kong [Extract]
23–24 Nov 1959 J C Burgh & Lord Perth
(CO)
Brief, views on Hong Kong expressed at talks between Prince Philip and the prime minister
29 June 1959 J Chadwick (CRO)
to Lord Home
Letter, Commonwealth membership for Federation of Malaya 2 Aug 1957 H J B Lintott (CRO) to Sir P Liesching (South Africa)
Conclusions, proposed constitution for Singapore
4 Mar 1957 Cabinet meeting
CC 15(57)3
Conclusions, deadlock on discussions on independence
7 July 1964 Cabinet meeting
CM 35(64)5
Ministerial exchanges on Maltese inde- pendence
4–25 June 1964 Lord Perth, Mr Sandys,
Lord Boyd & Sir A Douglas-Home
Minutes on independence for Malta 21 Jan
–17 Apr 1964 Mr Selwyn Lloyd, Sir A
Douglas-Home & Mr Thorneycroft (MoD)
Conclusions, Maltese independence 4 July
1963 Cabinet meeting
CC 44(63)5
Memo, ‘The effects of the new defence policy on Malta’
5 Feb 1962 Mr Maudling
for Cabinet Defence Committee
Minute, commenting on Lord Perth’s views on defence issues
18 Jan 1962 Mr Macmillan
to Lord Perth
Conclusions, approval for parliamentary statement on constitutional changes 7 Mar
1961 Cabinet meeting
CC 11(61)4
Conclusions, report of Sir H Blood’s Commission on constitutional changes 28 Feb
1961 Cabinet meeting
CC 10(61)5
263 735 264 738 265 741 266 741 267 742 268 743 269 744 270 745 271 748
(5) The West Indies Federation
272 749
273 752
274 753
275 755
276 762
277 Minute, fixing a date for West Indian 766
independence, + Minutes by Mr Amery, Sir H Poynton, W B L Monson & G W Jamieson
31 July 1959 Lord Home
to Mr Lennox-Boyd
Minutes, future of Federation, following Mr Manley’s statement on Jamaica 12–13
June 1959 G W Jamieson & P J
Kitcatt (CO)
Draft statement for use by Mr Lennox- Boyd, + Minutes by G W Jamieson, P Rogers & Sir J Macpherson
9 May 1959 CO paper
Minutes, future policy in West Indies [Extract] 8 Dec 1958 –15 Feb 1959 P Rogers, G W Jamieson
& Mr Amery (CO)
Minute, dominion status for the West Indies
5 Nov 1958 Mr Lennox-Boyd
to Lord Home (CRO)
Letter, grants-in-aid to federal govern- ment of West Indies [Extract] 25 Sept
1957 P Rogers (CO)
to A D Peck (Treasury)
Conclusions, Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia
23 Jan 1964 Cabinet meeting
CM 6(64)3
Despatch, Indonesian confrontation and future British defence commitments
[Extract] 11 Dec
1963 Lord Head (Malaysia)
to Mr Sandys
Letter, reflections on the position after negotiation of the Malaysia agreement 5 Aug
1963 Mr Macmillan
to Lord Selkirk
Minute, the problem if ‘Malaysia’ cannot be formed as a whole ab initio
24 June 1963 Lord Home (FO)
to Mr Sandys
Brief for prime minister’s talks with Lord Selkirk about political situation in South-East Asia and future defence of Malaysia
23 Apr 1963 Sir B Trend (Cabinet
Office)
for Mr Macmillan
Minute, ministerial responsibility for Greater Malaysia
26 Mar 1962 Mr Macmillan
to Mr Sandys
Conclusions, project for Greater Malaysia 16 Nov
1961 Cabinet meeting
CC 63(61)6
Minutes, Greater Malaysia 25 Oct
1961 Cabinet Defence
Committee meeting
Memo, Greater Malaysia 24 Oct
1961 Mr Amery (Air)
for Cabinet Defence Committee
278 772 279 774 280 776 281 779 282 781 283 782 284 785 285 787 286 787 287 789 288 791 (6) Other territories 289 793 290 796 291 797
292 Minute, a formula for pace of consti- 800
tutional advance in Fiji 12 July
1960 Sir H Poynton (CO)
Tel (no 117), constitutional development for St Helena, + Minutes by C G Eastwood, Sir H Poynton & Lord Perth 6 July
1960 CO (for S of S)
to St Helena
Minute, constitutional future of Gibraltar
1 June 1960 N B J Huijsman (CO)
Letter, long-term future of the Seychelles, + Minute by J H Robertson 10 Mar
1958 Mr J K R Thorpe (Seychelles)
to Sir J Macpherson (CO)
Minutes, possible federation of ‘the Eight’
11 Apr 1962 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Brief on the federation of ‘the Eight’ 10 Apr
1962 L B Walsh Atkins (CRO)
for Mr Sandys
Minutes, future developments in the West Indies
2 Feb 1962 Cabinet Colonial Policy
Committee meeting
Minute about British interests in the West Indies
22 Nov 1961 Lord Perth
to Mr Maudling
Conclusions, implications of referendum in Jamaica on withdrawal from the Federation
28 Sept 1961 Cabinet meeting
CC 52(61)4
Minute, West Indies constitutional conference, + Minute by Mr Selwyn Lloyd (Exchequer)
7 June 1961 Mr Macleod
to Mr Macmillan
Minute, the result of the West Indies inter-governmental conference
30 May 1961 Mr Macleod
to Mr Macmillan
Letter, assessment of present position and future prospects, + Minutes by G W Jamieson, P Rogers, Sir H Poynton, Mr Amery & Mr Macleod [Extract] 13 Jan
1960 P Rogers
to Lord Hailes
Letter, announcement about dominion status for West Indies, + Minutes by P Rogers & G W Jamieson
4 Jan 1960 Mr Amery
to Lord Hailes (West Indies)
Minute, timetable for independence after possible breakdown of West Indies Federation
5 Nov 1959 Mr Macleod
to Lord Home
Minute, fixing a date for West Indian independence
27 Aug 1959 Mr Amery (for S of S)
to Lord Home
293 801 294 804 295 806 296 808 297 809 298 811
299 Conclusions, conference on British 813
Guiana 31 Oct
1963 Cabinet meeting
CM 3(63)3
Minutes, situation in British Guiana 28 May
1963 Cabinet Oversea Policy
Committee meeting
Memo, Commonwealth membership for British Guiana
12 July 1962 Mr Maudling
for Cabinet Oversea Policy Committee
Despatch (no 388), general observations on future of constitutional advance in
Fiji [Extract]
19 June 1962 Sir K Maddocks (Fiji)
to Mr Maudling
Letter, difference of policy on British Guiana, + Minute by Mr Macmillan 26 Feb
1962 Lord Home (FO)
to Mr Dean Rusk (USA)
Memo, ‘British Guiana independence’ 15 Dec
1961 Mr Maudling
for Cabinet Colonial Policy Committee
Minutes, British Guiana: constitutional development and American anxieties 15 & 19 Sept 1961 Mr Macleod to Mr Sandys & Mr Macmillan