The Flag of Tamba- Tamba.

This is the present flag of the Peoples' Republic of Tamba- Tamba. It is known (rather misleadingly) as the Treeblu, Tamba- Tamba dialect for 'three blues' . The flag is said to represent the sky, the sea, and the ocean spray. The present configuration has been in use since 1984.

From 1979 to 1984 the Red Star was the official banner. This led to the USA blockade in 1983. According to President Reagan's autobiography The USA viewed the use of the Red Star as 'flagrantly provocative', and an indication that Tamba- Tamba would 'soon be a Soviet staging post in the strategically important Hargreaves Archipelago region...'
Leonid Brezhnev apparently issued assurances to Washington that not only did the Soviets not deem Tamba- Tamba to be of strategic importance, but that they were unaware of its existence! As unlikely as this seems, the archipelago is indeed absent from Soviet maps of that era. Eventually the tensions were resolved when Washington offered the People's Council economic development incentives to remove the star from the flag, a move that did not meet with universal approval until the US funded electrification programme was completed.


In the pre- revolutionary era Tamba- Tamba employed a succession of flags based on the White Ensign, which were often redesigned on the whim of the Kakoy ( see The Kakoy Dynasty). The example above dates from the 1950's and reflects George Kakoy's interest in Freemasonry . The ordinary islanders felt no affection towards such symbols, and the official flags were rarely flown outside of the Kakoy's estate.


In the earlier days of the Kakoy Dynasty the Brougham Kakoy wished to retain some association with Britain for reasons of security, and the White Ensign was flown.

During the Imperial Era (1794-1854) the Union Flag flew over Cocktown.
The original settlers used no flag.