The Monckton Report

Upon the resumption of the Federal Parliament in April, 1959, Lord Dalhousie, Governor General, in his Opening Address, recorded that—‘The security of the Federation has been challenged by evil forces of anarchy and subversion masquerading as nationalism’. The situation, he said, was now well in hand, and the proscription of subversive movements had been specially welcomed by the victims of blackmail, extortion and threats. Lord Dalhousie, of course, had yet to read the Devlin Report. Sir Roy Welensky replied in similar vein. But the Nyasaland revolt had nevertheless awakened the Federal Government to some of the facts of life. And the first clue to this lay in Sir Roy’s reply.