The End of Empire: Dependencies Since 1948, Part 1: The West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falklands, Select Documents ... Volume VIII (Documents in Imperial History)

The eighth volume in Frederick Madden's monumental documentary history of the British Empire, this volume deals with some of the dependencies?€”the West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar and the Falklands?€”since 1948. Using documentary materials, as in the earlier volumes, the book illustrates the progress toward self-government and independence, including, for instance, the development of communal tensions in Cyprus and the de facto division of the island, and the handing back of Hong Kong to China. The volume also includes Madden's valedictory summary and overview of the evolution of imperial government in the dependencies covered in these volumes, beginning with the Anglo-Norman empire of the 12th century. Along with the earlier volumes, this book provides a valuable resource for researchers interested in British imperialism. Contents......Page 6 Valediction......Page 13 Editor's Note......Page 32 Abbreviations......Page 34 Secretaries of State......Page 37 I. THE EFFECTS OF DECOLONISATION ON THE COMMONWEALTH......Page 38 1.(a) D.O. Note: The Structure of the British Commonwealth, 1947......Page 40 (b) Sir Norman Brook: Commonwealth Relationship, 1948......Page 42 (c) Cabinet Committee on Commonwealth Relations, 1948......Page 45 2. Margery Perham: Notes on some general, metropolitan and procedural aspects of the committee's problems, 1950......Page 47 3.(a) C.R.O./C.O. Working Party: Constitutional development of Colonial territories, 1951......Page 50 (b) C.R.O. Meeting, 1951......Page 53 (c) Sir Charles Jeffries: Memo., 1951......Page 56 (d) Report of the committee of enquiry into Constitutional development in the smaller colonial territories, 1951......Page 59 (e) Ambler Thomas: Minute, 1952......Page 64 (f) C.O.: Smaller territories committee: Meeting, 1952......Page 65 4.(a) Viscount Swinton: Draft alternative conclusion to 'The colonial territories and Commonwealth membership', 1953......Page 67 5.(a) Harold Macmillan to the Marquess of Salisbury, 1957......Page 70 (b) Cabinet committee on colonial policy: The future constitutional development of the colonies, 1957......Page 71 (c) John Chadwick: The problem of the expanding Commonwealth, 1958......Page 80 (e) Inter-departmental Working Party: Minutes, 1959......Page 82 6.(a) Report of Cabinet's committee of senior officials, 1959......Page 85 (b) Arthur Snelling to Ian Watt, 1959......Page 90 7.(a) Sir Norman Brook to Harold Macmillan, 1960......Page 92 (b) Report by Commonwealth Officials: The constitutional development of the Commonwealth, 1960......Page 94 8. E.R. Hammer: Minute on constitutional provisions for the entrenchment of human rights in colonial territories, 1961......Page 98 9. Sir Norman Brook to Harold Macmillan, 1962......Page 100 10. Sir Norman Brook: Evolution of the Commonwealth, 1962......Page 101 (a) THE MAKING AND COLLAPSE OF FEDERATION......Page 105 11. Standing Closer Association Committee: Report, 1949......Page 106 12. Conference on the British Caribbean Federation: Report, 1956......Page 116 13. The British Caribbean Federation Act (4 & 5 Eliz.II cap.63), 1956......Page 119 14. West Indies (Federation) Order-in-Council, 1957......Page 120 16.(a) Summary and recommendations for consideration by the Inter-Governmental Conference, 1961......Page 124 (b) The West Indies Constitutional Conference: Report, 1961......Page 127 17. Inheritance of treaty rights and obligations, 1961......Page 129 18. Iain Macleod to Harold Macmillan, 1961......Page 130 19. Iain Macleod: Memo, for the Cabinet, 1961......Page 131 20. Ambler Thomas: The future of Federation and the position of the Leeward and Windward Islands, 1961......Page 132 21. Governor-General Baron Hailes to Reginald Maudling, 1961......Page 133 22.(a) Reginald Maudling: Statement, 1962......Page 134 (b) Meeting of the Federal Delegation with Reginald Maudling; Minutes, 1962......Page 135 23. The West Indies Act (10 & 11 Eliz. cap 19), 1962......Page 136 24. Conference on East Caribbean Federation: Report, 1962......Page 137 25. Duncan Sandys: Statement, 1963......Page 138 26.(a) Duncan Sandys: Circular despatch to the Governor and Administrators of East Caribbean Colonies, 1963......Page 139 (b) Governor Sir John Stow to Duncan Sandys, 1963......Page 141 (c) Commission on the Federation of the East Caribbean Territories: Report, 1963......Page 144 27. Arthur Greenwood: Circular despatch to the Governor and Administrators of the East Caribbean Colonies, 1965......Page 146 28. Federal Negotiations, 1962–65: A Barbadian review, 1965......Page 147 29. Constitutional proposals for the six Leewards and Windwards, 1965......Page 151 30. Antigua Constitutional Conference: Report, 1966......Page 157 31. Windward Islands Constitutional Conference: Report, 1966......Page 159 32. The West Indies Act (15 & 16 Eliz.II cap), 1967......Page 161 33. The Antigua Agreement, 1967......Page 163 34. Herbert Bowden to the Administrator of Antigua, 1967......Page 166 35. West Indies Associated States Supreme Court Agreement, 1967......Page 167 37. Sidney Southgate: Minute, 1950......Page 168 38. Stephen Luke to Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1951......Page 170 39. The Earl of Munster to Oliver Lyttelton, 1951......Page 171 40. Governor Sir Hugh Foot to Stephen Luke, 1951......Page 173 41. H.F. Heinemann: Minute, 1951......Page 175 42.(a) Note by the West Indian Department, 1952......Page 178 (b) Governor Sir Hugh Foot: Speech, 1952......Page 179 43. Select Committee of the House of Representatives: Interim Report, 1954......Page 182 44. Sir Charles Jeffries: Minute, 1954......Page 184 45. Sir Charles Jeffries to Governor Sir Hugh Foot, 1954......Page 185 46. Working party of Departmental heads on the diarchy system: Report, 1955......Page 186 47. Philip Rogers to Governor Sir Hugh Foot, 1956......Page 190 48.(a) Committee of unofficial members of the Legislative Council: Report, 1957......Page 191 (b) Select Committee of the House of Representatives: Report, 1957......Page 193 49. Select Committee of the House of Representatives: Report, 1958......Page 195 51. Departmental brief on constitutional development: Jamaica, Cayman and Turks and Caicos Islands, 1959......Page 197 52. Constitution Order-in-Council, 1959......Page 200 53. The Functions of the Governor of Jamaica after independence and the closing of the Governor's secretary's office: Memo., 1961......Page 203 54. Brief for Reginald Maudling in discussions with Jamaican Government Delegation, 1961......Page 205 55.(a) London Conference: Report, 1962......Page 206 (b) Constitution Order-in-Council, 1962......Page 209 56. Independence Order-in-Council, 1966......Page 216 57.(a) Cabinet Commonwealth Affairs Committee: Minute, 1948......Page 218 (b) Arthur Creech Jones to Governor Sir John Shaw, 1949......Page 220 (c) Constitution Order-in-Council, 1950......Page 224 (d) Government Notice, 1950......Page 225 (e) Stephen Luke to Governor Sir Hugh Foot, 1952......Page 228 (f) Governor Sir Edward Beetham to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1955......Page 229 (g) Constitution Amendment Order-in-Council, 1956......Page 233 58.(a) Alan Lennox-Boyd: Statement, 1958......Page 234 (b) J.E. Whitelegg: Minute, 1959......Page 237 59.(a) Iain Macleod to Dr. Eric Williams, 1960......Page 239 (b) Democratic Labour Party to Iain Macleod, 1960......Page 240 60.(a) Governor Sir Solomon Hochoy to Ambler Thomas, 1961......Page 241 61. Meeting of the Federal Delegation with Reginald Maudling; Minutes, 1962......Page 242 62. London Conference: Report, 1962......Page 243 63. Independence Constitution, 1962......Page 244 64. Constitution Commission: Report, 1951......Page 249 65.(a) Constitution Order-in-Council, 1953......Page 265 (b) Oliver Lyttelton to Governor Sir Alfred Savage, 1953......Page 267 (c) Resolution of the State Council, 1953......Page 270 (d) Report on the suspension of the Constitution, 1953......Page 271 (e) Oliver Lyttelton: Speech, 1953......Page 273 (f) Temporary Constitution Order-in-Council, 1953......Page 276 66. Royal Instructions to Governor Sir Alfred Savage, 1953......Page 279 67. Constitutional Commission: Report, 1954......Page 280 68. Philip Rogers to Governor Sir Alfred Savage, 1954......Page 287 69. Governor Sir Alfred Savage to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1955......Page 291 70. Philip Rogers: Note on policy for British Guiana, 1955......Page 292 (b) Temporary Provision (Amendment) Order-in-Council, 1956......Page 294 72. Alan Lennox-Boyd to Governor Sir Patrick Renison, 1957......Page 295 73.(a) Ian Watt: Minute, 1959......Page 296 (b) C.O. Meeting, 1959......Page 297 74. Constitutional Conference: Report, 1960......Page 298 75. Governor Sir Ralph Grey to Sir Hilton Poynton, 1962......Page 299 76. R.W. Piper: Minute, 1962......Page 302 77. Independence Conference: Report, 1963......Page 304 79. The Constitution of Guyana, 1966......Page 311 80. Leewards: Government notice, 1949......Page 318 81. Windwards: Royal instructions to Governor Sir Robert Arundell, 1951......Page 319 82. Governor Kenneth Blackburne: Address, 1951......Page 320 83. Antigua: Constitution and elections Ordinance, 1951......Page 321 85. The Leeward and Windwards Constitutional Conference: Report, 1959......Page 324 86. GRENADA: (a) Government Announcement, 1954......Page 326 (b) Reginald Maudling: Statement, 1962......Page 329 (c) Commission of inquiry Into the control of public expenditure, 1921–62: Report, 1962......Page 331 (d) Constitution Order-in-Council, 1962......Page 334 (e) Duncan Sandys to James Lloyd, 1962......Page 337 87. ST. VINCENT: (a) Committee on constitutional reform: Report, 1949......Page 340 (b) Constitutional progress: Report of discussions, 1967......Page 341 (c) Judith Hart: Statement, 1967......Page 343 (d) Electoral provisions Order-in-Council, 1967......Page 344 (f) Constitution amendment Order-in-Council (No.3), 1967......Page 345 88. Constitution Order-in-Council, 1963......Page 348 89. Acting-Governor Evelyn Hone to Oliver Lyttelton, 1952......Page 350 (b) Stephen Luke to Acting-Governor Evelyn Hone, 1952......Page 352 91. Philip Rogers to Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1953......Page 353 93. Governor Sir Patrick Renison to Oliver Lyttelton, 1954......Page 355 94. Governor Sir Colin Thornley: The objectives of constitutional reform, 1959......Page 357 95. Thomas Vickers: Memo., 1960......Page 358 96. E.R. Hammer: Minute, 1962......Page 359 97. Letters Patent, 1964......Page 360 98.(a) Governor Sir Alexander Grantham: Speech, 1949......Page 363 (b) Sir Man Kam Lo: Resolutions proposed in the legislative council 1949......Page 364 100. Governor Sir Alexander Grantham: Statement, 1952......Page 367 101. Governor Sir Robert Black: Speech, 1958......Page 368 103. Governor Sir David Trench: Speech, 1966......Page 369 104.(a) Report of the ad hoc committee of the future scope and operation of the urban council, 1966......Page 371 (b) Working party on local administration: Minority reservation, 1966......Page 374 (c) Governor Sir David Trench: Speech, 1969......Page 376 105. Sir Yuet-Keung Kan: Speech, 1969......Page 378 106. Governor Sir Murray MacLehose; Speech, 1975......Page 380 (b) Governor Sir Murray MacLehose; Speech, 1976......Page 382 (c) Dr. Chung: Speech, 1976......Page 384 108. Constitution of The People's Republic of China, 1982......Page 385 109. The further development of representative government, 1984......Page 386 110. Joint declaration of the Government of The United Kingdom and The Government of The People's Republic of China on the question of Hong Kong, 1984......Page 387 111. The development of representative government; The Way Forward, 1988......Page 395 112. Douglas Hurd to Qian Qichew, 1990......Page 396 113. The Basic Law of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of The People's Republic of China, 1990......Page 397 115. Governor Christopher Patten: Speech, 1992......Page 402 116. Resolution of The National People's Standing Committee, 1994......Page 409 117. Prince Charles' Farewell, 1997......Page 410 D. FIJI......Page 411 118. Governor Sir Brian Freeston, 1949......Page 412 119.(a) Governor Sir Ronald Garvey to Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1953......Page 414 (b) Juxton Barton: Minute, 1954......Page 415 (c) Sir Thomas Lloyd to Governor Sir Ronald Garvey, 1956......Page 416 (d) Governor Sir Ronald Garvey: Memo., 1956......Page 419 (e) Ian Watt: Minute, 1956......Page 421 120.(a) Governor Sir Kenneth Maddocks: Political situation and trends, 1959......Page 422 (b) Philip Rogers to Governor Sir Kenneth Maddocks, 1959......Page 426 121. Julian Amery: Note on policy, 1960......Page 428 122.(a) Governor Sir Kenneth Maddocks to Iain Macleod, 1960......Page 432 (b) Government proposals for constitutional reform, 1961......Page 435 (c) Governor Sir Kenneth Maddocks to Sir Hilton Poynton, 1962......Page 438 (d) Duncan Sandys to Governor Sir Kenneth Maddocks, 1962......Page 439 (e) I.S. Wheatley: Minute, 1962......Page 441 123. Report of the constitutional conference, 1965......Page 442 124. Independence Order-in-Council, 1970......Page 447 125. Constitution of the Sovereign Democratic Republic, 1990......Page 450 126. Archbishop Makarios to Governor Sir Andrew Wright, 1949......Page 457 127. Commons Statement, 1954......Page 459 128.(a) Anthony Nutting: Secret Memo., 1955......Page 461 (b) F.O. Departmental Memo., 1955......Page 463 (c) Eden - Lennox-Boyd Draft statement, 1955......Page 466 129. Draft 'Possible plan' for Tripartite Conference, 1955......Page 467 130.(a) Cyprus Intelligence Committee: Memo., 1955......Page 468 (b) Governor Field Marshal Sir John Harding to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1956......Page 469 131. Governor Field Marshal Sir John Harding: The Constitutional problem in Cyprus, 1956......Page 470 132. Governor Field Marshal Sir John Harding to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1956......Page 473 133. John Weston to John Reddaway, 1956......Page 474 134. Baron Radcliffe: Report on constitutional proposals, 1956......Page 476 135. Governor Field Marshal Sir John Harding: Interview, 1956......Page 484 136. Cabinet Colonial Policy Committee: Cyprus - A Study of Partition, 1957......Page 486 138. Harold Macmillan: Commons Statement, 1958......Page 488 139. Sir Roger Allen to Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar, 1959......Page 490 140.(a) Zurich Agreement, 1959......Page 492 (b) 'The Gentlemen's Agreements', 1959......Page 498 (c) The Earl of Perth to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1959......Page 499 (d) F.O. Meeting, 1959......Page 500 (e) F.O. Meeting, 1959......Page 501 (f) C.R.O. Secret telegram to full members of the Commonwealth, 1959......Page 502 141. John Higham, Minute, 1959......Page 504 143. John Addis: Memo., 1959......Page 505 144.(a) Archbishop Makarios III to Dr. Fazil Kutchuk, 1963......Page 508 b) Sir Frank Soskice: Opinion, 1963......Page 511 (c) Sir Arthur Clark (H.C.) to Duncan Sandys, 1963......Page 516 (d) C.R.O. Memo, on Greek demand for constitutional revision, 1963......Page 518 (e) Mervyn Brown: Minute, 1963......Page 520 145. Duncan Sandys: Commons Statement, 1964......Page 521 146. Archbishop Makarios III to Sakari Tuomioja, 1964......Page 522 147. Dr. Galo Plaza: Report to The United Nations Secretary General, 1965......Page 530 148. Agreement between Presidents Makarios and Raouf Denktash, 1977......Page 542 149. Ten-point Agreement, 1979......Page 544 150. O.E.S. Lloyd: Note on the Gibraltar City Council, 1948......Page 546 151. Mary Fisher: Minute, 1948......Page 548 152. Governor Sir Kenneth Anderson to John Martin, 1949......Page 550 153. Arthur Creech Jones to Governor Sir Kenneth Anderson, 1949......Page 552 154. D.M. Smith to William Morris, 1955......Page 553 155. D.M. Smith: Minute, 1955......Page 554 156. Governor Sir Harold Redman to William Morris, 1955......Page 555 158. Governor Sir Harold Redman to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1956......Page 557 159. William Morris to Darrell Bates, 1956......Page 559 160. Governor Sir Harold Redman to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1957......Page 560 161. Joshua Hassan to Darrell Bates, 1958......Page 562 162. Governor Sir Charles Keightley to Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1958......Page 563 163. D.M. Smith to John Higham, 1958......Page 564 164. Mediterranean Department: Brief for Lennox-Boyd's visit, 1959......Page 565 165. The Constitutional position: Note for Reginald Maudling, 1961......Page 566 166. Governor Sir Charles Keightley to Duncan Sandys, 1962......Page 568 167. John Bennett: Minute, 1949......Page 572 168. Governor Sir Miles Clifford to James Griffiths, 1951......Page 573 169. Peter Carter; Minute, 1951......Page 575 170. John Bennett: Minute, 1951......Page 577 171. Revised political instructions for Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey parties, 1952......Page 579 172. R.H.D. Maunders to Sir Hilton Poynton, 1962......Page 580 173. John Marnham: Minute, 1962......Page 583 B......Page 586 F......Page 587 K......Page 588 M......Page 589 S......Page 590 U......Page 591 Z......Page 592 V. 1. The Empire Of The Bretaignes, 1175-1688 -- V. 2. The Classical Period Of The First British Empire, 1689-1783 -- V. 3. Imperial Reconstruction, 1763-1840 -- V. 4. Settler Self-government, 1840-1900 -- V. 5. The Dependent Empire And Ireland, 1840-1900 -- V. 6. The Dominions And India Ince 1900 -- V. 7. The Dependent Empire, 1900-1948. -- V. 8. The End Of Empire ; Dependencies Since 1948 ; Pt. 1. The West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar, And The Falklands / Edited By Frederick Madden Edited By Frederick Madden With David Fieldhouse. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes.