W(B)L 51-7433
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Registry No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
DRAFT
NOTE.
Type 1 +
To:-
From
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE SUPPLY OF DIPLOMATIC
REPORTS AND TELEGRAMS TO COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS
A. DIPLOMATIC REPORTS RELATING TO FOREIGN
1.
COUNTRIES
Selected diplomatic reports should continue
to be sent or shown to Commonwealth Governments,
their High Commissioners in London and the
Commonwealth Secretariat in accordance with the
following principles.
Australia, Canada, New Zealand
2.
Unless it would be contrary to British
interests to do so, copies of despatches from
posts in foreign countries should be made avail-
able to the Governments and High Commissioners
in London of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
(and, as is traditional, to the Governor General
of Australia).
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3. The departmental officer responsible for
authorising the printing and circulation of a
despatch from a post in a foreign country will
consider whether it can be made available to the
Governments of Australia, Canada, and New
Zealand ("Q" distribution): and mark the print-
ing instructions accordingly. In reaching this
decision the officer will take due account of
possible policy divergences with these countries
(if necessary in consultation with the relevant
desk officer) but will naturally bear in mind the
close and confidential exchanges of information
practised between ourselves and these Governments