‘The Wind has been Gathering Force’: Iain Macleod and his Policy Change on Tanganyika

Peter Docking

doi:10.1080/03086534.2017.1390890

‘The Wind has been Gathering Force’: Iain Macleod and his Policy Change on Tanganyika

Peter Docking^*

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This article examines the decision in May 1960 by the British colonial secretary, Iain Macleod, to accelerate dramatically the independence timetable for Tanganyika. Making extensive use of recently released archive material, it looks at the key factors behind this largely neglected but nevertheless significant episode, seeking to demonstrate that, despite Macleod's subsequent recollection of events, there was a clear policy change in May 1960; that it was for the main part external nationalist and internationalist pressures which led to the policy change; that, importantly, newly identified short-term factors of a change of heart by nationalist leader Julius Nyerere, events in Somaliland and the need to demonstrate positive Commonwealth credentials were the immediate and decisive reasons behind the acceleration; and that, in explaining the advancement, it is valuable to understand why and how individual factors contributed to the policy change and how they worked together.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-29
Number of pages	29
Journal	JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL AND COMMONWEALTH HISTORY
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2017.1390890
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 25 Oct 2017

Keywords

Harold Macmillan
Iain Macleod
Julius Nyerere
Tanganiyka
TANU
Wind of Change

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