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Address by the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs ( Byroade ), October 31, 1953

situation of a territory in relation to its neighbors, and the political maturity of the people and their leaders. I believe this approach is paying dividends. In all British areas there now exists a considerable amount of autonomy at local levels. Nigeria and the Gold Coast, for example, now exercise a large measure of responsible representative government. It is possible to foresee the complete self-government of these two countries within the framework of the Commonwealth. The French approach in tropical Africa has been increasingly progressive since the end of World War II. The Constitutio…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1953-10-31
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Africa and South Asia, Volume XI, Part 1
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v11p1/d21
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Record ID	`frus:frus1952-54v11p1/d21`

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Address by the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs ( Byroade ), October 31, 1953. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1953. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1952-54v11p1/d21.