Letter from Cheddi Jagan to Billy Strachan about deteriorating situation of racial discrimination in the UK

Title: Letter from Cheddi Jagan to Billy Strachan about deteriorating situation of racial discrimination in the UK
Description: By 1954, as Cheddi Jagan, an opposition leader in British Guiana observes in his letter to Billy Strachan, racial attacks had become a worrying feature of migrant life.
Creator: Cheddi Jagan
Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Date: 1954
Collection: Coming to England
Source: See more details on the Senate House Library archives catalogue
Rights: Permission for reproduction provided courtesy of Nadira Jagan-Brancier.

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Item Number: 27

Transcript:

97 Telumi Street,
Georgetown

13th June 1954

Dear Billy,
I hope you received my last letter. I see that the situation is deteriorating in London with all the public clamour, let's hope that: something more specific will be done about the whole problem of racial discrimination, etc.
I'm sure you were not too perturbed about the expulsion of Delany. I'll give you more details on arrival. I'm due at London Airport on June 28th at 2.15pm by BOAC, flight no BA 696 will be staying at the Cumberland Hotel.

With best regards,

Sincerely yours,
Cheddi