In a declassified cabinet meeting about the decolonisation of African colonies, the British government stated that British Somaliland was 'never likely to gain full independence'.
This was reiterated twice by the British government, in 1954 and 1956.
In 1949, the British government stated that while large colonies could be independent and have thriving economies and smaller colonies could form federations with larger colonies. The colony of British Somaliland 'must remain for the foreseeable future under British rule'.
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