Armin Heinen paraphrases Stelescu's message: "he feared [Germany] would impose upon Romania the status of a colony."

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 (before which the territory had the status of a British colony, self-governing from 1855).

'It would then gave the status of a British colony.'

On 25 December 1945, as Japan surrendered, Taiwan got rid of the status of a colony and returned to China.

During the four-month period that the country was restored to the status of a British colony it was known officially as "the British Dependency of Southern Rhodesia".

There was no reference to Indonesia which was allotted the status of a colony.

The introduction of this act politically relegated Goa to the status of a colony.

Prior to then, the territory had the status of a British colony.

That is perhaps the only way out, but it is a tragic solution that will lead to the country' s marginalisation and to its acquiring the status of a colony.

As a protectorate, it did not have the status of a colony, so its officials were appointed by the Foreign Office and not by the Colonial Office.