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Description and Holding Information
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1962, Br. Financial Aid to South Arabia
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Colonial Office; Financial arrangements for the army of the Federation of South Arabia: n.a., 4p, Cmnd. 1883, London, HMSO, November 1962. (By the
1960s, despite British reluctance, the inevitability of independence for the south Arabian territories was apparent. A considerable measure of
self-government was introduced into the Colony of Aden in 1962. In the meantime, in 1959 six of the smaller areas governed by tribal rulers as British
protectorates were joined into a federation, which three years later was formally established as the Federation of Arab Amirates {sic.} of the South. Aden
itself was induced to join the federation in 1964, albeit with special status. The British hoped that the federation would form the nucleus for an
independent successor state; envisioned as a loose union between a self-governing Aden and the tribal areas. But, while the federation eventually achieved a
membership of seventeen, in what proved to be a self-destructing strategy, the large sultanates in the Eastern Protectorate refused to join. A basic
weakness of the federation was its attempt to unite cosmopolitan Aden, with its partially democratic society and modern economy, with the tribal
societies and feudal economies of the protectorate territories. Anti-British leaders formed rival organizations with the goal of achieving independence for
a southern Yemen organized and governed as a modern society. The most effective of these organizations was the National Liberation Front (NLF), which
by 1967 had undermined the federation, deposed many of the rulers in the protectorate, and eliminated its rivals within the anti-British factions. In
the end the British were compelled to abandon the remaining sultans and negotiate with the NLF.)
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Title:
Financial arrangements for the army of the Federation of South Arabia : presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Colonies by command of Her Majesty, November 1962.
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OCLC Number:
746799274
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Volume 1 | | Yes | Yes |
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