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

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Establishing the Post-War International Order, 1944-1961

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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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

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

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

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