In international affairs the most dramatic event during Douglas-Home 's premiership was the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963 . Douglas-Home , clearly moved , broadcast a tribute on television . He had liked and worked well with Kennedy , and did not develop such a satisfactory relationship with Lyndon Johnson . Their governments had a serious disagreement on the question of British trade with Cuba . Under Douglas-Home the colonies of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland gained independence , though this was as a result of negotiations led by Macleod under the Macmillan government
assassination of President Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Alec Douglas-Home