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  <dc:title>Correspondence and documentation</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Folder of personal correspondence and official documentation relating to Luce's appointment as Governor of Aden. These include seven letters exchanged between Luce and Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd, along with another from J.C. Morgan, between 26 April and 30 October 1956 regarding the appointment; several typed reports and letters sent to Lennox-Boyd by Luce from November 1956; a series of official documents providing information on topics such as 'Notes for the Guidance of Persons Appointed as Colonial Governors', 'Memorandum and Acts relating to Overseas Governors' Pensions', 'Notes on Procedure etc for Colonial Governors' and 'Wearing of Uniform by Colonial Governors'; a programme for a visit of Sir William and Lady Luce and Richard Luce to Taiz, December 1959; a cutting from The Sphere, 2 February 1957, on 'Tension in Aden'; a draft programme for a visit to Kuria Muria Islands off the Oman coast; programme and dinner seating arrangements for a visit to the Emperor of Ethiopia; a typed three-page speech given on the first anniversary of The Federation of Arab Amirates of the South, along with a Constitution for the same (1959); a programme for the departure of Luce (September 1960); Table of Precedence (Aden, 1959); various official British government documents relating to the The Federation of Arab Amirates of the South, including a programme for the inaugural ceremony (11 February 1959) and a copy of the Treaty of Friendship and Protection signed with the UK that day; legal supplements on industrial legislation (1960); a typed farewell speech given by Abdullah Salem Basendwah, later the Aden State Minister of Finance (September 1960); three letters to Luce from the Colonial Office regarding the appointment and transfer of his successor on Aden, Charles Johnston (1959-1960). </dc:description>
  <dc:date>1956-1960</dc:date>
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