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Documents relating to colonialism and decolonisation, inc. Dominions Office & Commonwealth Relations Office, 1945-1961

Collection: Establishing the Post-War International Order, 1944-1961    Volumes    Documents relating to colonialism and decolonisation, inc. Dominions Office & Commonwealth Relations Office, 1945-1961

After the Second World War, the colonial empires of European nations entered a period of steady but inexorable decline. This volume contains records from four British government departments—the Dominions Office, Commonwealth Relations Office, Foreign Office, and Treasury—that put this decline and its implications for the post-war order in context. 

The records, which cover the period 1945–1961, largely focus on India, the Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and South Africa), and the Commonwealth

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View document: DO 35/3753 - United Nations General Assembly, 1947: report on Second Session; India to raise question of treatment of Indians by South Africa, before the 1948 meeting in Paris., 1947-1948.

DO 35/3753 - United Nations General Assembly, 1947: report on Second Session; India to raise question of treatment of Indians by South Africa, before the 1948 meeting in Paris., 1947-1948

Date:1947-1948
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F01
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/3753
View document: DO 35/3816 - Discussion at Fourth Session of United Nations General Assembly, 1949., 1949-1950.

DO 35/3816 - Discussion at Fourth Session of United Nations General Assembly, 1949., 1949-1950

Date:1949-1950
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F02
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/3816
View document: DO 35/4838 - Ceylon's problem of securing adequate rice imports; co-ordination of procurement by Commonwealth importers; measures to prevent rice becoming dollar commodity., 1952-1953.

DO 35/4838 - Ceylon's problem of securing adequate rice imports; co-ordination of procurement by Commonwealth importers; measures to prevent rice becoming dollar commodity., 1952-1953

Date:1952-1953
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F03
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/4838
View document: South West African question at 10th Session of UN General Assembly., 1955-56.

South West African question at 10th Session of UN General Assembly., 1955-56

Date:1955-1956
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F04
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/6935; DO 35/6936; DO 35/6937; DO 35/6939
View document: Special Committee on South West Africa established by 8th Session of UN General Assembly..

Special Committee on South West Africa established by 8th Session of UN General Assembly.

Date:1954-1956
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F05
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/6940; DO 35/6941
View document: DO 35/6972 - Discussions on Indians in South Africa at Eighth Session of UN General Assembly., 1953-1954.

DO 35/6972 - Discussions on Indians in South Africa at Eighth Session of UN General Assembly., 1953-1954

Date:1953-1954
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F06
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/6972
View document: DO 35/6973 - Discussions on Indians in South Africa at Ninth Session of UN General Assembly., 1954-1955.

DO 35/6973 - Discussions on Indians in South Africa at Ninth Session of UN General Assembly., 1954-1955

Date:1954-1955
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F07
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/6973
View document: DO 35/6974 - Discussions on Indians in South Africa at Tenth Session of UN General Assembly., 1955-1956.

DO 35/6974 - Discussions on Indians in South Africa at Tenth Session of UN General Assembly., 1955-1956

Date:1955-1956
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-F08
Archive Reference(s):DO 35/6974
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