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Despatch from the Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Ibadan on the economic situation in Western Nigeria (13 March 1961)

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On 1 May 1961, the United Kingdom High Commission in Lagos transmits a despatch dated 13 March 1961 from the Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Ibadan on the economic situation in Western Nigeria in the first six months after independence to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Duncan Sandys.

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Source and copyright

Source: Summary of Ibadan Despatch No.4 of 13th March 1961: The Western Region of Nigeria. Economic — The first six months. Great Britain. High Commission (Lagos). 13-03-1961. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, DO 177 - Commonwealth Relations Office: Nigeria. Economic report on western Nigeria, DO 177/38.

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Subject files: Decolonisation: geopolitical issues and impact on the European integration process

Metadata

Metadata language: en
Categories: Diplomatic documents
Type: Physical document
Original title: Summary of Ibadan Despatch No.4 of 13th March 1961
Secondary title: The Western Region of Nigeria. Economic — The first six months
Publisher: Great Britain. High Commission (Lagos)
Creation date: 13/03/1961
Publication date: 01/05/1961
Number of pages: 4 p.

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices
Archive sub-collection: DO 177 - Commonwealth Relations Office: Nigeria
Folder name: Economic report on western Nigeria
Folder number: DO 177/38