Somali elders petitioned both for and against the Bevin plan in 1946

Evidence

Having studied the views of a considerable cross-section of the population, the Commission9 in due course submitted its findings on Somalia to the Council of Foreign Ministers, reporting, correctly, despite frequent jibes at S.Y.L. delegates during the hearings, that the League’s programme commanded the largest public support in the territory. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the manifest opposition to a return of Italian authority, Britain, like France and America, had now definitely come round to supporting trusteeship under Italy, while Russia, although previously also advocating this, had now decided in favour of Four Power control. … With this failure to reach agreement which involved also the other ex-Italian colonies, the whole turgid issue was passed for settlement to the General Assembly of the United Nations. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 348 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Bevin’s 1946 plan for Somali unification was opposed by Ethiopia — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 340; Great Power politics overrode Somali majority opinion on the trusteeship question — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 348; The Bevin plan for Somali unification failed among the four powers

Related

• The Bevin plan for Somali unification failed among the four powers (similarity 0.89)
• Great Power politics overrode Somali majority opinion on the trusteeship question (similarity 0.89)
• Bevin’s 1946 plan for Somali unification was opposed by Ethiopia (similarity 0.89)
• Ethiopia sought trusteeship over Somalia while publicly refusing to aid the SYL (similarity 0.87)
• Italy flew pro-Italian Somalis to petition for its trusteeship (similarity 0.84)
• Ethiopian interests mobilized Somali elders against Somali unification. (similarity 0.82)
• Bevin proposed a United Somalia trusteeship under Britain in 1946. (similarity 0.80)
• Postwar Great-Power talks could not agree on Somalia’s future. (similarity 0.80)
• British handover of western Somaliland to Ethiopia split Somali lands against their will (similarity 0.79)
• Ethiopia proposed Eritrea-style federation to absorb Somalis in the Horn (similarity 0.79)
• Reported Somali desire for union was so strong Ethiopia was uninvolved (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Bevin plan for Somali unification failed among the four powers #responds-to (0.70)
• Great Power politics overrode Somali majority opinion on the trusteeship question #corroborates (0.55) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 348