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S. T. C. (49) Third Minutes (draft)

COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY INTO CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SMALLER COLONIAL TERRITORIES

Draft Minutes

of the THIRD meeting of the Committee held on Monday, the 12th December from 10.45 a.m. to 4.45 p.m and

Tuesday the 13th December, from 10.45 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. at the Colonial Office, Church House, S. W. 1.

Present

Also

Present

Sir Frederick Rees (in the Chair)

Sir John Maude

Professor Vincent Harlow

Mr. T. Reid

Colonel A. D. Dodds-Parker

Sir Charles Jeffries

Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray

Mrs. A. M. Paskin (Secretary)

Mr. W. H. Ingrams (on the 12th December

for Item 2.)

Sir Maurice Holmes and

Sir Hubert Rance (on the 13th December

for Item 3.)

Absent

Miss Perham

(owing to illness.)

Morning and Afternoon

Sessions on the 12th December.

Item 1 of Agenda:

Approval of Second Minutes

1. The Minutes of the second meeting were approved

subject to the substitution of the word "regular" for the

word "rare" in the third line of paragraph 12,

Item 2 of Agenda: Mr. Ingrams paper - S.T.C. (49) 17

2.

After welcoming Mr. Ingrams, the Chairman invited

him to develop in turn his views on the countries of which

he had had first-hand experience.

(a) Zanzibar