1962 archives reveal PMs' despair at the approaching 'end of the white man'

Extraordinary documents sealed by the British government for more than half a century reveal Australia's longest-reigning Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, despaired for the future of the Commonwealth.

Thủ tướng Menzies cùng Tổng Thống Kennedy tại Tòa Bạch Ốc năm 1962 Source: AAP

The documents show he openly questioned the Commonwealth's viability and accused new member nations of thriving on antagonism, by waging a coordinated campaign of anti-colonialism engineered to strip "White men" of their power.