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Letter from Philip Adams to Selwyn Lloyd on Sudanese independence (Khartoum, 6 January 1956)

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On 6 January 1956, Sir Philip George Doyne Adams, British Chargé d’Affaires in Khartoum, sends a letter to John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which he describes the Sudanese independence ceremony. After the proclamation by the Sudanese Parliament of the country’s independence on 19 December 1955, official recognition was granted two weeks later.

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Source: ADAMS, Philip. [Letter from United Kingdom Diplomatic Mission in Khartoum to John Selwyn Lloyd (6 January 1956)]. 06-01-1956. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). FO - Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office, FO 371 - Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. African (J): Sudan (JS). Consequences of independence of Sudan, FO 371/119629.

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Metadata language: en
Categories: Diplomatic documents
Type: Physical document
Original title: [Letter from United Kingdom Diplomatic Mission in Khartoum to John Selwyn Lloyd (6 January 1956)]
Recipient: Lloyd, Selwyn
Sender: Adams, Philip
Creation date: 06/01/1956
Number of pages: 3 p.
Country: Sudan
City: Khartoum

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: FO - Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
Archive sub-collection: FO 371 - Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966. African (J): Sudan (JS)
Folder name: Consequences of independence of Sudan
Folder number: FO 371/119629