Mau Mau Uprising between loyalists and Mau Mau was a product of the conflict, rather than a cause or catalyst of it, with the violence becoming less ambiguous over time, in a similar manner to other situations. Philip Mitchell retired as Kenya's governor in summer 1952, having turned a blind eye to Mau Mau's increasing activity. Through the summer of 1952, however, Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton in London received a steady flow of reports from Acting Governor Henry Potter about the escalating seriousness of Mau Mau violence, but it was not until the later part of 1953 that British politicians began to accept
Mau Mau Uprising decision, Mr Justice McCombe said the claimants had an "arguable case", and added: A "Times" editorial noted with satisfaction that "Mr Justice McCombe told the FCO, in effect, to get lost. Though the arguments against reopening very old wounds are seductive, they fail morally. There are living claimants and it most certainly was not their fault that the documentary evidence that seems to support their claims was for so long 'lost' in the governmental filing system." During the course of the Mau Mau legal battle in London, a large amount of what was stated to be formerly lost Foreign Office