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...splendor of his navy blue uniform trimmed with gold braid and epaulets, the Governor of Kenya rose in Nairobi's Legislative Council to deliver his maiden address. "There is a new government in England with a new Colonial Secretary, and a new Governor of Kenya," said Sir Patrick Renison. "In a glowing spirit of challenge and adventure, let us put the darkness behind us and look bravely to the future...
...certainly push its new plan for the Highlands through Kenya's Legislative Council. But in the process, it might well increase rather than diminish the tension between Kenya's races. Departing Kenya Governor Sir Evelyn Baring, mused the London Times, had handed to his successor, Sir Patrick Renison, "a baton . . . that looks suspiciously like a stick of dynamite...
...Patrick Renison, the British governor, named Jagan as Minister of Trade and Industry, named Jagan's U.S.-born wife Janet, once a Chicago Young Communist Leaguer, as Minister of Labor, Health and Housing. To aid the nine Jaganites and the five leftists from splinter parties who won the 14 elective seats in the Legislative Council, Renison used his appointive powers to name nine additional councilmen who, though they are all nonCommunist, are friendly enough to Minister Jagan...
...Governor Renison apparently hopes that Jagan in power will either mature or fail badly enough to break his spellbinding hold on the voters. The British do not doubt that Jagan is as Red as ever, but the line he now talks is quite different from 1953, when he promised to shoot the "oppressors." This time he shows more practical concern with the colony's huge problems-poor soil, soggy terrain, and torrid climate. He preaches cooperation with the Crown and with the firms controlling British Guiana's sugar and bauxite industries...
...Jagan wins handily and switches back to his old Red line, Sir Patrick Renison, the Queen's governor, can appoint as many as 14 additional members to the Council, and thus cancel out Jagan's power without the face-losing last resort of calling in the troops. But Renison hopes to be able to persuade Jagan to set up a moderate government that can start easing the colony down the road to self-rule. Jagan claims that he is anxious to please. "I am a realist," he says soothingly. "The British government can still exercise full control even...