Background Information

Question 1

By 1964 the ‘wind of change’ had bought independence to how many new commonwealth states

Answer 1

18

Question 2

Did the Wilson government hoped to continue?

Answer 2

Giving independence to commonwealth countries

Question 3

Bringing independence to new commonwealth states would mean?

Answer 3

• more decolonisation
  -reducing Britain’s military responsibilities ,especially ‘East of suez’

Question 4

Complications of giving countries independence

Answer 4

There was still great deal of both political and public opinion which believed Britain had an important world world’