UK: LONDON: DR. BANDA, NYASALAND PRIME MINISTER, ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH MR. BUTLER.

Record ID: 344719

  • Title: UK: LONDON: DR. BANDA, NYASALAND PRIME MINISTER, ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH MR. BUTLER.
  • Date: 22nd September 1963
  • Summary: 1. SV DR. BANDA DOWN PLANE STEP, GREETED 0.17 2. CU PAN..DR. BANDA WALKING 0.25 3. MV MRS. BANDA AND OTHER WOMEN 0.28 4. CU PAN..DR. BANDA AND PARTY ENTER BUILDING 0.39 5. MV RECEPTION BUILDING SIGN 0.42 6. MV PAN DR. BANDA EMERGES, ACKNOWLEDGES ONLOOKERS' CHEERS, ENTER CAR 1.07 7. GV PAN CAR AWAY 1.18 Initials IT/V/JF/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th October 1963 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, U.K. ENGLAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA9O69AWCOY3R35WS480JGZ8VIY
  • Story Text: DR.HASTINGS BANDA, NYASALAND PRIME MINISTER, TODAY (SUNDAY) ARRIVED IN LONDON FOR TALKS WITH MR.BUTLER, MINISTER IN CHARGE OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN OFFICE.HE IS EXPECTED TO PRESS FOR EARLY INDEPENDENCE FOR NYASALAND AFTER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN FEDERATION WHICH LINKS HIS COUNTRY WITH NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN RHODESIA.OBSERVERS BELIEVE HE IS SETTING MARCH 3 AS THE TARGET DATE.

    THE PRIME MINISTER FLEW IN FROM THE FEDERAL GERMAN REPUBLIC AFTER REPORTEDLY SEEKING DEVELOPMENT AID.HE IS MAKING A TWO-MONTH OVERSEAS TOUR VISITING ALSO THE UNITED STATES, KENYA, GHANA AND LIBERIA.

    SINCE COMING TO POWER LAST FEBRUARY - WHEN NYASALAND ATTAINED SELF-GOVERNMENT - DR.BANDA HAS WARNED THAT IF ANY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO WITHOLD INDEPENDENCE, HE WILL DECLARE NYASALAND INDEPENDENT AND "DAMN THE CONSEQUENCES - FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY OR INTERNATIONAL."
    PREPARING FOR THE CENTRAL AFRICAN BREAK-UP, MR.BUTLER HIMSELF VISITED THE THREE TERRITORIES IN JANUARY THIS YEAR - A PRELUDE TO THIS WEEK'S TALKS WITH DR.BANDA.ALSO IN LONDON THIS WEEK IS MR.JOMO KENYATTA, SEEKING AN INDEPENDENCE DATE FOR HIS COUNTRY, KENYA.
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