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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Commission on Rhodesian Opinion (Pearce...

Catalogue reference: FCO 92

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FCO 92

This series contains records produced by the British Commission on Rhodesian Opinion (Pearce Commission) in the course of its work, including representative samples of records made of interviews with members of the public in Rhodesia and with...

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Reference
FCO 92
Title
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: British Commission on Rhodesian Opinion (Pearce Commission): Records
Date
1972-1973
Description

This series contains records produced by the British Commission on Rhodesian Opinion (Pearce Commission) in the course of its work, including representative samples of records made of interviews with members of the public in Rhodesia and with representatives of various organisations, and policy and administrative files of the commission.

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Related FCO files for this period are in FCO 36

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
British Commission on Rhodesian Opinion, 1971-1972
Physical description
52 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

In 2004 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Subjects
Topics
International
Africa
Accumulation dates
1971-1972
Accruals
One accrual only expected.
Selection and destruction information
Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the work of the Pearce Commission to discover the consensus of public opinion in Rhodesia on matters relating to UDI. Policy files and representative and major interview and public opinion files selected; routine administrative records and other interview and public opinion files destroyed.
Administrative / biographical background

The British Commission on Rhodesian Opinion was set up in 1971 following the agreement signed in November of that year by the UK Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, on proposals to end the constitutional dispute between Britain and Rhodesia. The commission, chaired by Lord Pearce, worked in Rhodesia from January to March 1972 to assess the opinions held by the population of the proposals.

The commission reported, in May 1972, that it was satisfied that the proposals were rejected by the majority of the African population in Rhodesia, following which the Rhodesian government withdrew from the agreement.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15949/

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