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At the invitation of the President, Mr. Fletcher-Cooke, special representative of the Administering
Authority for the Trust Territory of Tanganyika, Marealle II, Paramount Chief of the Chaggas, and Mr. Julius K. Nyerere, President of the Tanganyika African National Union, took places at the Council table.
HEARING OF PETITIONERS (concluded)
1. Mr. RIFAI (Syria) asked Mr. Nyerere whether
he had referred to the United Tanganyika Party
(DTP) as a pro-Government party simply because it
supported the Government and its policies or because
he thought that the Government financed the Party
or encouraged the inhabitants to join it.
2. Mr. NYERERE (Tanganyika African National Union) replied that although the UTP did not receive
financial help from the Government it had originally ?een formed by members of the Legislative Council, It supported the Government's policy of multiracialism
and it was opposed to the principles for which the
Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) stood.
Furthermore, the attitude of the Government had given
many Tanganyikans the impression that it favoured
the UTP more than it did TANU. He himself had
heard of many cases in which district officers had held
meetings for the purpose of attacking T ANU and
recommending Tanganyikans to join the UTP. More-over, chiefs could join the UTP without being harassed
by government officials, whereas chiefs who join or favoured T ANU were afraid to make their sym-pathies known.
11. Mr. RIFAI (Syria) asked Chief Marealle II if
there were members of both parties in the area under
his control and if so what was the proportion of membership in each.
12. Chief MAREALLE II replied that T ANU had
members in his area but that he did not know of any UTP members there.
13. Mr. KIANG (China) asked Chief Marealle II
what had been his reaction to Mr. Nyerere's suggestion
that African representation in the Legislative Council should be increased to 5O per cent.
14. Chief MAREALLE II replied that he did not
think it would be asking too much to suggest that
Africans should occupy half the seats as soon as the
necessary administrative arrangements could be made
21. Mr. LALL (India) asked Chief Marealle II
whether he and his fellow chiefs had had meetings
with representatives of any other parties besides the UTP and whether they had felt that any of those parties
more nearly represented the aspirations of the Tanga-nyikan people.
22. Chief MAREALLE II replied that he did not
know whether other parties had had similar meetings
with chiefs elsewhere in Tanganyika. The meeting to
which he had referred had given him and his advisers
the impression that while the UTP was inspired by
high ideals it did not truly represent African aspirations
and even seemed to fear majority rule, which would
in effect be democratic rule. It was the hope of the Chagga people that Tanganyika would eventually have
a government in which Africans would be in the majo· , rity, an aspiration which the UTP representatives had not seemed to share.
23. Mr. LALL (India) asked whether in the event
of a distinct Tanganyikan citizenship being established
Tanganyikan Africans would be willing to give equal
rights of citizenship to Asians and Europeans residing
in the country. If so, it was surely conceivable that
the question of rule by a particular racial group would
disappear.
24. Chief MAREALLE II said that in that event it
would be immaterial to what race the leaders of the
country belonged and the principle of rule by majority
would be followed. It was not yet possible to disregard
entirely the question of the racial composition o~ Tan· ganyika society but it was to be hoped that wtth the
passage of time the members of all communities woul.d
shed their prejudices and cease to be conscious of thetr
racial differences.
25. Mr. NYERERE (Tanganyika African National
Union) agreed that if Tanganyikan citizenship were
eventually established with equal rights for all citizens
the racial origin of the country's leaders would be of
no importance.
Marealle II, Paramount Chief of the Chagga's, and Mr. Julius K. Nyerere, President of the Tanganyika
African National Union, withdrew.
cc Mohamed Said, Pascal Mayalla, Nguruvi3, johnthebaptist, MALCOM LUMUMBA, Mzee Mwanakijiji
Authority for the Trust Territory of Tanganyika, Marealle II, Paramount Chief of the Chaggas, and Mr. Julius K. Nyerere, President of the Tanganyika African National Union, took places at the Council table.
HEARING OF PETITIONERS (concluded)
1. Mr. RIFAI (Syria) asked Mr. Nyerere whether
he had referred to the United Tanganyika Party
(DTP) as a pro-Government party simply because it
supported the Government and its policies or because
he thought that the Government financed the Party
or encouraged the inhabitants to join it.
2. Mr. NYERERE (Tanganyika African National Union) replied that although the UTP did not receive
financial help from the Government it had originally ?een formed by members of the Legislative Council, It supported the Government's policy of multiracialism
and it was opposed to the principles for which the
Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) stood.
Furthermore, the attitude of the Government had given
many Tanganyikans the impression that it favoured
the UTP more than it did TANU. He himself had
heard of many cases in which district officers had held
meetings for the purpose of attacking T ANU and
recommending Tanganyikans to join the UTP. More-over, chiefs could join the UTP without being harassed
by government officials, whereas chiefs who join or favoured T ANU were afraid to make their sym-pathies known.
11. Mr. RIFAI (Syria) asked Chief Marealle II if
there were members of both parties in the area under
his control and if so what was the proportion of membership in each.
12. Chief MAREALLE II replied that T ANU had
members in his area but that he did not know of any UTP members there.
13. Mr. KIANG (China) asked Chief Marealle II
what had been his reaction to Mr. Nyerere's suggestion
that African representation in the Legislative Council should be increased to 5O per cent.
14. Chief MAREALLE II replied that he did not
think it would be asking too much to suggest that
Africans should occupy half the seats as soon as the
necessary administrative arrangements could be made
21. Mr. LALL (India) asked Chief Marealle II
whether he and his fellow chiefs had had meetings
with representatives of any other parties besides the UTP and whether they had felt that any of those parties
more nearly represented the aspirations of the Tanga-nyikan people.
22. Chief MAREALLE II replied that he did not
know whether other parties had had similar meetings
with chiefs elsewhere in Tanganyika. The meeting to
which he had referred had given him and his advisers
the impression that while the UTP was inspired by
high ideals it did not truly represent African aspirations
and even seemed to fear majority rule, which would
in effect be democratic rule. It was the hope of the Chagga people that Tanganyika would eventually have
a government in which Africans would be in the majo· , rity, an aspiration which the UTP representatives had not seemed to share.
23. Mr. LALL (India) asked whether in the event
of a distinct Tanganyikan citizenship being established
Tanganyikan Africans would be willing to give equal
rights of citizenship to Asians and Europeans residing
in the country. If so, it was surely conceivable that
the question of rule by a particular racial group would
disappear.
24. Chief MAREALLE II said that in that event it
would be immaterial to what race the leaders of the
country belonged and the principle of rule by majority
would be followed. It was not yet possible to disregard
entirely the question of the racial composition o~ Tan· ganyika society but it was to be hoped that wtth the
passage of time the members of all communities woul.d
shed their prejudices and cease to be conscious of thetr
racial differences.
25. Mr. NYERERE (Tanganyika African National
Union) agreed that if Tanganyikan citizenship were
eventually established with equal rights for all citizens
the racial origin of the country's leaders would be of
no importance.
Marealle II, Paramount Chief of the Chagga's, and Mr. Julius K. Nyerere, President of the Tanganyika
African National Union, withdrew.
cc Mohamed Said, Pascal Mayalla, Nguruvi3, johnthebaptist, MALCOM LUMUMBA, Mzee Mwanakijiji