Agreement
Malta Independence Conference, 1963
A constitutional conference held in London in July 1963, led for Malta by Premier George Borg Olivier, agreed that Britain would grant Malta independence, though disagreements over the constitution's terms continued into 1964.
What happened
Premier George Borg Olivier of the Nationalist Party led the Maltese delegation to a constitutional conference in London beginning 13 July 1963; at its conclusion Britain announced that Malta would become independent. The Malta Labour Party, led by Dom Mintoff, had campaigned instead for integration with the United Kingdom or full self-determination, and after the conference put forward six conditions of its own for the independence constitution; disagreement over the extent of powers Britain would retain continued into 1964, and the Labour Party boycotted the independence celebrations that September.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: Premier George Borg Olivier of the Nationalist Party led the Maltese delegation to a constitutional conference in London beginning 13 July 1963, at the end of which Britain announced that Malta would become independent. The Malta Labour Party, led by Dom Mintoff, had campaigned instead for integration with the United Kingdom or full self-determination, and afterward put forward six conditions of its own for the independence constitution; disagreement over the extent of powers Britain would retain continued into 1964, and the Labour Party boycotted the independence celebrations that September.
- State of Malta (Wikipedia) link, Path to independence section. Source record
- How Malta Became Independent: The Long Road to the 21st of September 1964 (Yellow.com.mt) link, article text. Source record