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Title:Jomo Kenyatta, Malcolm MacDonald and the Colonial Office 1938-39: some documents from the P.R.O.
Author:Savage, D.C.
Year:1969
Periodical:Canadian Journal of African Studies
Volume:3
Issue:3
Pages:615-632
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subject:politicians
About person:Jomo Kenyatta (ca.1893-1978)ISNI
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/483910
Abstract:Jomo Kenyatta was in England from 1931 to 1946. The later thirties are usually considered a period of little political activity on his part. That this is not so is shown by the documents reproduced: Eastbourne Gazette, 30 Nov. 1938 (extr.) - Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 16 dec. 1938 (extr.) - West Sussex County Times 10 feb. 1939 (extr.) - Letter by R. Brooke-Popham (Governor of Kenya) to Malcolm MacDonald (Secretary of State for the colonies), 4 April 1939 - Brooke-Popham to Malcolm MacDonald, 4th April 1939, letter of despatch of a confidential report on Jomo Kenyatta delivered by Neil Stewart (Superintendent Criminal Investigation Department) - Letter by the General Secretary of the Kikuyu Central Association (Jomo Kenyatta) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 24th July 1939 - Draft letter from the Secretary of State to Brook-Popham, August 1939. Notes.
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