Two letters concerning the possibility of a New Zealander succeeding Griffiths as Administrator of Nauru Box 53 Unit ID: 13
Two letters from Winston Churchill to W.M. HUGHES (1920) on the subject of Nauru royalties Box 27 Unit ID: 17
Two memos on the subject of Pope's concern about the relevance of New Guinea weather reports to Phosphate Islands shipping Box 30 Unit ID: 3
Two press reports on the Independence issue including a NY Times interview with DeRoburt Box 22 Unit ID: 11
UK Colonial Office report on the G. E. Protectorate a suggestion that the administrative H.Q. be transferred from Tarawa to Ocean Is Box 24 Unit ID: 10
UK views on postwar Nauruan moves towards independence and ownership of the phosphate enterprise Box 56 Unit ID: 2
Visit of acting Minister for External Territories (Chambers) in 1949. Principally an investigation of Nauruan complaints against Administrator Ridgway Box 54 Unit ID: 8
With the postwar formation of the United Nations Organisation the question of mandates and the rights of 'colonial' people came under scrutiny and much ideological discussion. The case of the Nauruans and the rights to mine their phosphate was debated at length and with partisan bias, and for a time it seemed that the operations of the BPC might be declared-illegal. Although this was avoided the first step had been taken towards Nauruan Independence and the takeover, 30 years later, of the phosphate operation by the Nauruans Box 56 Unit ID: 3
Young goes to Singapore to check on the maintenance of 'The Islander', 1953 Box 55 Unit ID: 1 Date: 1953