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The Chief Minister, Mr ("Mwalimu") Julius Nyerere, addressing the Constitutional Conference in the Karimjee Hall, Dar es Salaam, probably on the opening day, 27 March 1961. On his right hand side (on left in picture) is Mr Roland Brown, Legal Adviser; next to him is Mr Oscar Kambona, Minister for Education; next is Mr Derek Bryceson, Minister for Health and Labour; on his right at the side of the table is Mr Amir Jamal, Minister for Communications, Power and Works; then other elected ministers and TANU representatives. On the right hand side of the table the three figures are Mr J S R Cole, QC, Attorney General; HE Sir Richard Turnbull, Governor of Tanganyika; and Mr John Fletcher-Cooke, Deputy Governor. With backs to the camera are members of the British Colonial Office team accompanying the Secretary of State, Mr Iain Macleod, MP.

The Tanganyika Constitutional Conference in the Karimjee Hall, Dar es Salaam, which opened on 27 March 1961 and closed two days later. The picture could have been taken on either day, but perhaps is more probably on the final day. The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Rt.Hon.Iain Macleod, MP, is in the centre on the far side. On his right hand side (on left in the picture) is Mr W B L Monson, Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Colonial Office in London. On Mr Monson's right is Mr B E Rolfe, of the Colonial Office. The Governor of Tanganyika, Sir Richard Turnbull, KCMG, is in the centre on the left side. On the Governor's right is Mr John Fletcher-Cooke, CMG, the Deputy Governor. Next to him is Mr M J Davies, the Minister for Information Services. On the Governor's left is the Attorney-General, Mr J S R Cole, QC. On the near side, with backs to the camera, are the elected ministers, with the Chief Minister, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, in the centre. On Mr Nyerere's right is probably Mr Roland Brown, the legal adviser. Next but one from him, at the end of that row, is Mr D N M Bryceson, Minister for Health and Labour. On the the right hand side are other elected Ministers and TANU representatives.

Mr (Mwalimu) Julius Nyerere addresses the Tanganyika Constitutional Conference held in the Karimjee Hall, Dar es Salaam, from 27 to 29 March 1961. Opposite him is the British Colonial Office team, with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Rt. Hon. Iain Macleod, MP, in the centre. On the left hand side of the square are the Governor of Tanganyika, Sir Richard Turnbull, KCMG, with Mr J S R Cole, QC, the Attorney-General, on his left hand, and the Deputy Governor, Mr John Fletcher-Cooke, CMG, on the Governor's right. On Mr Nyerere's left are (probably) Mr Nsilo Swai, Minister for Commerce and Industry, then Sir Ernest Vasey, Minister for Finance, and then Chief A S Fundikira, Minister for Lands, Surveys and Water. On Mr Nyerere's right are Mr Roland Brown, Legal Adviser, then Mr Oscar Kambona, Minister for Education, and Mr Derek Bryceson, Minister for Heath and Labour. On the right side of the square are the other TANU Ministers and some Elected Members.