 Areas outside of this particular confinement, with British and European inhabitants, were not seen as threatened at first by the gradual decolonisation initiated by the UK Government.As such, the aftermath of Macmillan's speech brought not only great surprise but a feeling of betrayal and distrust by British Conservatives at the time.Lord Kilmuir, a member of Macmillan's Cabinet at the time of the speech went on to regard that