Erskine given power to impose martial law

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• Fighting the Mau Mau- The British Army and pp. 47-50 · open book

  When he arrived in June 1953, General Erskine was empowered by the Cabinet to assume operational command over all the security forces, and to declare martial law if he thought the situation serious enough.

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