The Conservative government and the 1961 Commonwealth Immigration Act: the inside story

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Notably Bob Carter , Clive Harris , Shirley Joshi , The 1951-55 Conservative Government and the Racialisation of Black Immigration (Warwick, 1987); E. Pilkington , Beyond the Mother Country: West Indians and the Notting Hill Gate riots ( London, 1988); and D.W. Dean , 'Conservative governments and the restriction of Commonwealth immigration in the 1950s: the problems of constraint', Historical Journal (Vol.35, no.1, 1992), pp171-94.

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10.

Sir Robert Renwick to Sir Toby Low, CC 04/8/138, 19 May 1961, Bodleian Library Oxford (Bod Lib) 19 May 1961 (I am grateful to Mr A. Cooke of the Conservative Political Centre for permission to quote).

11.

PRO CAB 134/1469, 29 September 1961.

12.

PRO CO 1028/50, undated 1959.

13.

I. Macleod to H. Macmillan, PRO PREM 11/3269, 17 November 1961.

14.

PRO CAB 134/1466, 19 June 1958.

15.

Hugh Chance (West Midlands Union) to Oliver Poole, Conservative Party Archives, Bod Lib CC 4/6/151, 2 December 1955.

16.

See I. Macleod to R. Butler: 'As far as haste is concerned, as you know we have been discussing this for many years and I can remember Salisbury holding strong views on it in Cabinet five years ago.' PRO PREM 11/3238, 15 November 1961.

17.

H. Macmillan , Memoirs, Vol.6 ... 1961-1963 ( London, 1973), p.74.

18.

H. Macmillan to A. Eden, Avon Papers (Birmingham University Library) 13/3/45J, 13 March 1955.

19.

H. Macmillan to R. Butler, PRO PREM 11/3238, 24 November 1961.

20.

H. Macmillan , Memoirs, op.cit., p.77.

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H. Macmillan to Sir G. Adams, PRO PREM 11/3625, 14 April 1961.

22.

A. Howard , New Statesman (8 December 1961).

23.

Sir D. Eccles to H. Macmillan, PRO PREM 11/3264, 4 January 1961.

24.

PRO CAB 129/102 Pt1, 19 July 1960.

25.

PRO CAB 129/103 CP105, 14 November 1960.

26.

See PRO CAB 134/1469, 16 February 1961.

27.

PRO CAB 134/1469, 31 July 1961.

28.

PRO CAB 129/107 CP153, 6 October 1961.

29.

PRO CAB 134/1466, 5 September 1958.

30.

Mayor of Kensington to Colonial Office, PRO CO 1028/51, 16 December 1958.

31.

N. Fisher , C. Royle , R. Hornby , A. Blenkinsop , PRO CO 1028/50, undated 1959.

32.

33.

Jim Wickens, Labour Party Archives, GS RAC 48, April 1958.

34.

Commission of the West Indies, British Honduras, British Guiana to Colonial Secretary, PRO CO 1028/50, 1 September 1959.

35.

Committee of African Organisations to Harold Macmillan, PRO CO 1025/50, 18 May 1959.

36.

PRO CAB 134/1466, 22 July 1959.

37.

PRO CAB 129/96, CP7, 20 January 1959.

38.

PRO CAB 134/1459, 17 May 1961.

39.

Sir E. Boyle , ibid.

40.

PRO CAB 133/287, 6 March 1961.

41.

PRO CAB 134/1469, 17 May 1961.

42.

R.J. Meddings to J. Enoch Powell, PRO CAB 134/1469, 19 December 1960.

43.

Lord Chancellor, ibid., June 1961.

44.

PRO CAB 129/107 CP153, 6 October 1961.

45.

46.

PRO PREM 11/3238, 9 October 1961.

47.

A Conservative Working Party, Bod Lib Conservative Party Archives, CCO 4/7/166, 7 November 1957.

48.

PRO CAB 129/105 CP69, 20 May 1961.

49.

I. Macleod to H. Macmillan, PRO PREM 11/3238, 20 May 1961.

50.

PRO CAB 134/1469, 16 February 1961.

51.

I. Macleod to H. Macmillan, PRO PREM 11/3238, 15 November 1961.

52.

Spectator (3 November 1961).

53.

South Paddington Labour Party to E. Whittle, Labour Party Archives, Box Immigrants, 14 February 1957.

54.

Vauxhall Labour Party to E. Whittle, ibid., 26 February 1957, and Norwood Labour Party to E. Whittle, ibid.; 27 March 1957.

55.

Observer (31 August 1958).

56.

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57.

J. Raison , Labour Party Archives, Box Immigration, 19 November 1958.

58.

G. Rogers , Labour Party Archives, GS/RAC/57, 10 July 1959 .

59.

Robert Pearce (ed.), Gordon Walker Political Diaries 1932-71 (London, 1991), entry for 11 September 1962, p.273.

60.

Labour Party Policy Statement, Labour Party Archives, Box Immigration, 1964.

61.

62.

PRO CAB 134/1469, 7 February 1961.

63.

PRO CAB 134/1469, 25 June 1961.

64.

PRO CAB 135/35 Pt1, 30 May 1961.