Friday, February 15, 2013

''History'': Somaliland protectorate and the Horn of Africa

 
Medeshi- I have obtained this document from the National Archives at Kew , Richmond - West London and then turned it into a PDF file. Here is one of the paragraphs of the publication written in July 1956 : The Somalis are becoming increasingly bitter and less confident of the ability of Her Majesty's Government to assist them. If no new initiative is taken there is likely to be serious trouble in the Protectorate itself and we cannot rule out the possibility that senior officers of the Government might ask to be relieved of their posts in a situation which they might regard as hopeless.
 
It has become urgently necessary to reconsider our future policy in the Protectorate and in the Horn of Africa generally. The courses of action open to us would appear to be as follows.
 
Read the full publication here;

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