Harold Macmillan wind of change speech

Title

Harold Macmillan wind of change speech

Genre

Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:41

Description

Extract from Conservative UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Wind of Change speech to the Joint Assembly of the Union Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town on 03/02/60, which signalled his government’s intention to restart decolonisation by granting independence to Brtish territories in Africa.

Contributors

Harold Macmillan

Keywords

Great Britain; Political reform; Colonial countries; Independence; Africa; Independence movements; Dependent territories

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