There are veterans who did their army National Service in colonial Kenya and as far as I know have not been interviewed. The official files - if saved - can wait, whilst these 1950s veterans now in their 80s and 90s will not be around too long. One told a friend that, now knowing what a Mau Mau terrorist looked like, he and the squad shot at any African they saw in the mountains. Doubt that is in the papers.
Jeff
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Message Received: Aug 13 2015, 08:19 AM
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Subject: Re: BRITAIN REWRITING THE MAU MAU STORY
All documents being held there are ‘weeded’ for ‘security’ purposes. What these are has not been revealed – at least not to me when I asked. How could a broad protest be started to demand that ALL with-held files to be released and those 30+ years older not to be ‘weeded’. (I think 30 years is supposed to be the release date for documents at the National Archives.
Marika
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Subject: BRITAIN REWRITING THE MAU MAU STORY
Thoughts on this?
"As you read this, a rigorous “weeding of documents” is going on at Hanslope Park, a huge complex in Buckinghamshire, near a town called Milton Keynes. Hanslope Park houses an archive of documents from former British colonies, including Kenya."
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Amma
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