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Letter from Tunku Abdul Rahman to Harold Macmillan on the independence of Malawi (Kuala Lumpur, 1 May 1964)

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In a letter dated 1 May 1964 and sent to the British Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home, the Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, welcomes the forthcoming independence of Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) on 6 July 1964 and expresses his country’s support for Malawi’s future membership of the Commonwealth and the United Nations.

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Source and copyright

Source: ABDUL RAHMAN, Tunku. [Letter from Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra to Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1st May 1964). 01-05-1964. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). PREM - Records of the Prime Minister's Office, PREM 11 - Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1951-1964. Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Grant of independence to Nyasaland: application to become full member of Commonwealth as Malawi, PREM 11/5029.

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Metadata

Metadata language: en
Categories: Diplomatic documents
Type: Physical document
Original title: [Letter from Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra to Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1st May 1964)
Sender: Abdul Rahman, Tunku
Recipient: Douglas-Home, Alec
Creation date: 01/05/1964
Number of pages: 1 p.
Country: Malaysia
City: Kuala Lumpur

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: PREM - Records of the Prime Minister's Office
Archive sub-collection: PREM 11 - Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1951-1964. Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Folder name: Grant of independence to Nyasaland: application to become full member of Commonwealth as Malawi
Folder number: PREM 11/5029