- Title: NYASALAND: MR BUTLER ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH DR BANDA
- Date: 29th January 1963
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- Location: BLANTYRE, NYASALAND
- Country: Malawi
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- Story Text: MR. BUTLER, BRITAIN'S MINISTER FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN AFFAIRS. ARRIVED IN NYASALAND LAST SUNDAY FOR TALKS WITH DR. HASTINGS BANDA, WHO BECOMES PRIME MINISTER ON FRIDAY. HE VISIT IS AN OPERATION OF ACCOUNTANCY. MR. BUTLER WILL TRY TO FIND HOW DEBTS OWING TO THE FEDERATION CAN BE RESOLVED.
THE AIRCRAFT FLYING MR. BUTLER FROM NORTHERN RHODESIA TO NYASALAND HAD TO BE DIVERTED FROM ZOMBA TO BLANTYRE AIRPORT BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. AT THE AIRPORT, MR. BUTLER AND HIS WIFE WERE WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR GLYN JONES, AND LADY JONES, AND BY DR. BANDA.
IN HIS TALKS WITH MR. BUTLER, DR. BANDA WAS EXPECTED TO PRESS FOR NYASALAND'S EARLY SECESSION FROM THE RHODESIAN FEDERATION. LEADING THE MAJORITY MALAWAI CONGRESS PARTY, HE WILL HEAD THE FIRST CABINET OF A SELF-GOVERNING NYASALAND UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
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