Introduction
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Cyprus policy,
1957-60
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Personal and miscellaneous papers,
1957-60
| Abstract: Papers of Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cyprus (1957-60) |
Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, colonial administrator and diplomat. Born 1907, died 1990. Married Florence Sylvia Tod in 1936.
Joined the Colonial Service in 1929. Administrative Officer, Palestine (1929-38); Colonial Office, England (1938-9); Assistant British Resident, Trans-Jordan (1939-42); British Military Administration, Cyrenaica (1942-3); Colonial Secretary, Cyprus (1943-5); Colonial Secretary, Jamaica (1945-7); Chief Secretary, Nigeria (1947-51); Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, Jamaica (1951-7); Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Cyprus (1957-60); Ambassador and Adviser in the UK Mission to the UN and UK representative on Trusteeship Council (1961-2); Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Permanent UK Representative at the UN (1964-70); Consultant to UN Development Programme (1971-5).
Note: Biographical information taken from Who Was Who and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Letters, telegrams and reports relating to Cyprus independence talks.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Medit. s. 35/1/1, fols. 1-2].
| Future policy,
December 1957 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/1/1 Extent: 124 folios Note: original registry number: 181 |
| Cyprus briefs for the Governor,
1957 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/1/2 Extent: 83 folios Note: original registry number: 181/2 |
| Future policy,
November-December 1957 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/1/3 Extent: 204 folios Note: original registry number: 181/3 |
| New Initiative: Volume I,
November 1957-January 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/1/4 Extent: 199 folios Note: original registry number: 181/4 |
| New Initiative: Volume II,
January-February 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/2/1 Extent: 249 folios Note: original registry number: 181/5 Scope and Content: Ankara discussions. |
| New Initiative,
December 1957-January 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/2/2 Extent: 31 folios Note: original registry number: 181/6 Scope and Content: Cabinet papers. |
| New Initiative,
December 1957-January 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/2/3 Extent: 70 folios Note: original registry number: 181/7 Scope and Content: London discussions. |
| Policy,
October 1957-September 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/2/4 Extent: 37 folios Note: original registry number: 181/8 Scope and Content: Governor's personal papers. |
| New Initiative: Volume III,
February 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/2/5 Extent: 227 folios Note: original registry number: 181/9 |
| New Initiative: Volume IV,
February-March 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/3/1 Extent: 246 folios, 1 item Note: original registry number: 181/10 |
| New Initiative: Volume V,
March-May 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/3/2 Extent: 270 folios Note: original registry number: 181/11 |
| New Initiative Volume V,
May-June 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/4/1 Extent: 168 folios Note: original registry number: 181/12 |
| Governor's visit to London,
May 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/4/2 Extent: 51 folios Note: original registry number: 181/13 |
| New Initiative: Volume VI,
May-June 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/4/3 Extent: 363 folios Note: original registry number: 181/14 |
| New Initiative: Volume VII,
June-August 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/5/1 Extent: 397 folios Note: original registry number: 181/16 |
| New Initiative: Volume VIII,
August-September 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/5/2 Extent: 229 folios, 1 item Note: original registry number: 181/17 Scope and Content: Mainly relating to the British Prime Minister's visit to Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, 7-12 August 1958. |
| New Initiative: Volume IX,
August-September 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/6/1 Extent: 287 folios Note: original registry number: 181/18 |
| Tridominium Plan,
October 1957-February 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/6/2 Extent: 20 folios Note: original registry number: 181/19 |
| New Initiative: Volume X,
September-October 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/6/3 Extent: 295 folios Note: original registry number: 181/20 Scope and Content: NATO discussions. Greek refusal of conference. |
| New Initiate: Volume XI,
October-November 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/7/1 Extent: 339 folios Note: original registry number: 181/22 Scope and Content: Breakdown of proposed conference. UN debate preparations. |
| Independence. Tripartite Partnership,
October-November 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/7/2 Extent: 34 folios Note: original registry number: 181/23 |
| New Initiative: Volume XII,
December 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/7/3 Extent: 77 folios Note: original registry number: 181/25 Scope and Content: End of UN debate. |
| New Initiative: Volume XIII,
November 1958-February 1959 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/8/1 Extent: 238 folios Note: original registry number: 181/26 Scope and Content: Discussions with Turkish Foreign Minister Fatin Zorlu and Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Averoff. |
| New Initiative,
January-February 1959 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/8/2 Extent: 100 folios Note: original registry number: 181/27 Scope and Content: Brook Committee (examining essential interests in Cyprus). |
| Policy,
February-September 1959 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/8/3 Extent: 263 folios, 1 item Note: original registry number: 181/28 |
| Cabinet papers. Governor's visit to London,
June-November 1959 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/9/1 Extent: 115 folios Note: original registry number: 181/34 |
| Policy - Greco Turkish file,
September 1959-June 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/9/2 Extent: 357 folios Note: original registry number: 181/35 |
| Policy - London Committee,
January-February 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/10/1 Extent: 276 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36 |
| Policy - London Committee,
February-March 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/10/2 Extent: 320 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36/2 |
| Policy - London Committee,
February-March 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/11/1 Extent: 335 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36/3 |
| Policy - London Committee,
March-April 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/11/2 Extent: 280 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36/4 |
| Policy - London Committee,
April-May 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/12/1 Extent: 316 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36/5 |
| Policy - London Committee,
May-June 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/12/2 Extent: 262 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36/6 |
| Policy - London Committee,
June-August 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/13/1 Extent: 335 folios Note: original registry number: 181/36/7 |
| Policy - Governor's comments,
May-June 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/13/2 Extent: 18 folios Note: original registry number: 181/45 |
| Statement by Foot on arrival in Cyprus,
November-December 1957 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/13/3 Extent: 24 folios Note: original registry number: 186/2 |
| Meetings with Archbishop Makarios and Greek
Representatives,
March-December 1959 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/14/1 Extent: 239 folios Note: original registry number: 215 |
| Meetings with Dr. Kutchuk and Turkish Representatives,
March 1959-February 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/14/2 Extent: 229 folios Note: original registry number: 215/1 |
| Meetings with Archbishop Makarios and Greek
Representatives,
December 1959-April 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/15/1 Extent: 91 folios Note: original registry number: 215/2 |
| 'Cyprus - The Transitional Year: Background notes on the
formation of the Republic',
February 1959-February 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/15/2 Extent: 58 folios Note: original registry number: 236/1 |
| 'The Cyprus Problem: Basic facts and background notes
with a selection of recommended reading',
1957 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/15/3 Extent: 93 folios, 7 items |
| Letters of appointment and commission,
November 1957-February 1958 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/1 Extent: 6 folios Note: original registry number: 22B |
| Bills, subscriptions and donations,
August 1957-July 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/2 Extent: 82 folios, 1 item Note: original registry number: 22C |
| Insurance policies,
November 1957-August 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/3 Extent: 89 folios Note: original registry number: 22D Restrictions on Access: Closed. |
| Medical reports,
October 1959 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/4 Extent: 11 folios Note: original registry number: 22K Restrictions on Access: Closed. |
| Publishers,
February 1958-May 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/5 Extent: 36 folios Note: original registry number: 22L Scope and Content: Correspondence about Lady Foot's book, Emergency Exit (Chatto & Windus: 1960). |
| Miscellaneous personal papers,
May-August 1960 Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/6 Extent: 232 folios, 1 item Note: original registry number: 22/5 |
| Receipts for classified documents from Government House,
[1960] Shelfmark: MSS. Medit. s. 35/16/7 Extent: 3 folios |