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Radio broadcast by Leabua Jonathan on the independence of Lesotho (4 October 1966)

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On 4 October 1966, the day on which the British protectorate of Basutoland becomes an independent country under the name of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Joseph Leabua Jonathan, the Lesotho Prime Minister, addresses the nation.

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Source: JONATHAN, Leabua. Prime Minister's broadcast to the nation. 09-1966. 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 212 - Commonwealth Office: East Africa Department: Registered Files, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Lesotho. Independence celebrations, DO 212/8.

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Metadata

Metadata language: en
Categories: Speeches and hearings
Type: Physical document
Original title: Prime Minister's broadcast to the nation
Speaker: Jonathan, Leabua
Creation date: 09/1966
Number of pages: 5 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 212 - Commonwealth Office: East Africa Department: Registered Files, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Lesotho
Folder name: Independence celebrations
Folder number: DO 212/8