STATUS OF BRITISH SOMALILAND
COLONIAL STANDING NOT TO BE GIVEN
' (BRITISH OmCUL WIBELBSB.) J RUGBY, April 27. Asked in the House of Commons if he would'take the necessary steps to bring British Somaliland inl;o the status of a British colony and to recognise its people as British citizens in accordance with their desires, the Secretary for Colonies (Mr W. Ormsby Gore) replied: “The answer is in the negative. I am not aware of any widespread desire on the part of the inhabitants of British Somaliland for a change of status.”
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22388, 29 April 1938, Page 11
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