jan 5, 1957 - Antor wants federation

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Welch: Early in January 1957, for example, Antor said he would present constitutional proposals for the association of British Togoland ·with Ghana even though the Legislative Assembly had overwhelmingly approved a unitary constitution two months earlier. 95
Antor warned that, if his proposals were not accepted, "any attempt by the Gold Coast Government to implement the union of the two territories will be regarded in British Togoland as wanton aggression.,,"
Source: West Africa, March 16, 1957, p. 244. Jan. 19, 1957, p. 6S; for the debate on the constitutional proposals, see Debates, Nov. 12-14, 1956, First Series, Vol. II, cols. 12- 246. The Government's draft was approved 70-25.

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