Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes | National #Archives | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/18/britain-destroyed-records-colonial-crimes
(2012)
Those papers that survived the purge were flown discreetly to Britain where they were hidden for 50 years in a secret Foreign Office archive, beyond the reach of historians and members of the public, and in breach of legal obligations for them to be transferred into the public domain.