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received the concurrence of, the General Officer Commanding,
Major-General Grasett, who had during the summer of 1940
expressed to me some criticisms of Mr. Forrest's moral
delinquencies though none of his administrative ability.
4. I attach copies of the annual confidential report
sent to the Secretary of State regarding Mr. Forrest. These
are uniformly satisfactory except for the last two signed
by Sir Atholl MacGregor.
5.
Paragraph 40. refers to an unhelpful attitude towards
Mr. Forrest. I attach minutes from the Financial Secretary
and the Accountant-General who were the officers chiefly
concerned.
The nearest approach to a mordant minute from
my own pen that I can discover is one which, dealing with a
very rambling minute from Mr. Forrest on a diversity of
subjects I wrote (17 February, 1941) "This file suffers from
the usual trouble of conflicting subjects which seems inherent
in all discussion on Immigration.
the simple question of.
Let it be confined to
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I can assure Your Excellency
that I gave Mr. Forrest much more help than I consider
necessary with most heads of departments.
(Signed) N.L. SMITH. Colonial Secretary
22. 4.
1941.