Telegram from the President of the Ceylon National Congress to George Henry Hall on the UK’s policy in Indonesia (Colombo, 17 November 1945)
Text In a telegram dated 17 November 1945 and sent to George Henry Hall, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the President of the Ceylon National Congress, George Edmund de Silva, condemns the British Government’s attempts to suppress the freedom movements in Indonesia.
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Source: DE SILVA, George Edmund. [Telegram from the President of Ceylon National Congress to the Secretary of State for the Colonies (17 November 1945)]. 17-11-1945. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies, CO 968 - Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Defence Department and successors: Original Correspondence. Netherlands East Indies and French Indo-China: resolution in Ceylon State Council not to hinder movements for independence. 01/01/1945-31/12/1946, CO 968/107/2.
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