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The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Rt. Hon.Iain Macleod, MP, with his wife Mrs Evelyn Macleod, saying farewell at the end of their visit to Dar es Salaam for the Constitutional Conference in March 1961.

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.

The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Rt. Hon. Iain Mcleod, MP, leaving the session of the Constitutional Conference held in the Karimjee Hall, Dar es Salaam in March 1961. On Macleod's left hand side is the Chief Minister, "Mwalimu" Julius Nyerere. On Mr Macleod's right is the Governor of Tanganyika, Sir Richard Turnbull, KCMG. Behind the Governor are Mr W B L Monson, CMG, Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Colonial Office, and the Deputy Governor of Tanganyika, Mr John Fletcher-Cooke, CMG. Behind Mr Macleod is Chief A S Fundikira, Minister for Lands, Surveys and Water. Behind Mr Nyerere is Sir Ernest Vasey, Minister of Finance. Next to him are Mr Nsilo Swai, Minister for Commerce and Industry; then Mr Roland Brown, Legal Adviser; then Mr Oscar Kambona, Minister for Education, and Mr D N M Bryceson, Minister for Health and Labour. Of the three ladies in the second row on the left of the picture, the right hand one, looking back, is Mrs Macleod; next to her is Lady Turnbull.