THE INDIAN PROBLEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001201150001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Country - Kenya
Subject - The Indian Problem
Place Acquired
Date Acquired
Date of Information - 13 Nov 53
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(a) Many Britishers regard the Muslims as "better" than other Indians.
(b) The Asian birthrate in Nairobi during 1952 was 61 per 1000 compared
with 21 for the European Population. In Kenya the white man is
outnumbered 134+ to one by the African and three to one by the
Indian.
(c) Politically, Indians have less than half the representation of
the Europeans in the colony.
(d) In the professional grades of the Civil Service, Indians are paid
three-fifths of what a European receives for the same job.
(e) Restrictive covenants operate against Indians wanting to buy
property in some residential sections of Nairobi, and, although
they are barred from owning land in the white highlands; they
are free to purchase land elsewhere in the colony.?
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