jan 7, 1951 - AEC & Togoland Union Meeting

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See resolution in ADM 39-1-676 (pp.55-56)
At this joint-meeting, a compromise was reached between the AEC and the Togoland Union. This joint meeting and the resolutions it adopted were sjgnificant in a number of ways. In the fust plae, there was the clear demand for self-government or independence for the trust territo- ries. Hitherto, the AEC demand had been for unification but within a colonial or trusteeship context. In the face of the appa rent unwillingness of the Administering Authorities to effect unifi- cation, the AEC now argued that this end could be achieved only if the territories became independent. The degree of reconciliation between the AEC and Togoland Union also meant that the former had now accepted. the fact that the United Nations had no juris- diction over the Ewe portion of the Gold Coast. Until fate in.1950, AEC petitions and delegates had insisted that this was a teclmica- lity which ought not to be allowed to stand in the way of solving a human problem. Now, however, in the face of the British Govern- ment's insisten~ on exclusion, the ~C modified its programme.

In January, at the CUT congress convened at Palime, Sylvanius Olympio won a new program demanding independence within five years for a reunified Togo, under U.N. auspices.

Resoution asked for plebiscite, against any form of annexation, independence within 5 years

7 Jan 1951

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