All around the world last week (except in the unlit third of it ruled by the Communists) could be seen the evidence of dying colonialism and the gestation of new kinds of government. In some cases, the transfer of authority was grudging; in others, power was being grabbed before responsibility was proved. But a surprising part of the changeover was an orderly transfer of sovereignty. One by one they made the headlines—from Ghana on West Africa's Gold Coast to Singapore in the Far East, to the West Indies federation in the Caribbean.
What was going on was an unparalleled historic...
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