 In 1932, the new colony was dismembered in a move to economise; it was reconstituted in 1937 as an administrative division called the Upper Coast.After World War II, the Mossi renewed their pressure for separate territorial status and on 4 September 1947, Upper Volta became a French West African territory again in its own right.A revision in the organisation of French overseas territories began with the passage of the Basic Law (Loi Cadre) of 23 July 1956.