United States Policy in British East Africa1

1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. xi, Part 1, pp. 346 ff.


48. Instruction From the Department of State to the Consulate General at Nairobi

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.45P/5–455. Secret. Repeated to Dar es Salaam, London, USOM/London, and Salisbury.


49. Despatch From the Consulate General at Nairobi to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 845P.00–TA/9–1455. Secret.


50. Despatch From the Consulate General at Nairobi to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745P.00/12–3055. Confidential.


51. Despatch From the Consulate at Dar es Salaam to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 778.00/3–1257. Confidential. Passed to London.


52. Despatch From the Consulate General at Nairobi to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745R.00/5–2757. Secret. Passed to London, USOM/London, and Mogadiscio.


53. Briefing Paper Prepared in the Consulate at Kampala

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.17–HO/11–2757. Confidential. Prepared for Julius C. Holmes and Charles N. Manning, who were concerned with administrative matters relating to U.S. posts in Africa. On October 6, they embarked on a 10-week tour of Africa to undertake a study for the Secretary of State. The Consul at Kampala, Peter Hooper, Jr., met with them at Nairobi on November 20. Hooper considered the briefing paper to be a useful summary of the Ugandan situation; he sent it to the Department as an enclosure to despatch 50, November 27.

The paper consists of a series of questions and answers.