unlɛwful purposes or for purposes prejudicisl to public peace or welfare or to good order in the Colony".
3. We feel that the proposals as thus elucida tod would be completely defensible, even if attacked in relation to the Declaration of Human Rights.
40 Moreover we in the colonial Office do not feel that the Commonwealth Relations Office need have any serious apprehension as regards the possibility of representation from the Goverment of India since, for the present at any rate, no action is contemplated against the Malayan Indian Congress. It is true that the position of this association is being examined. If, as a reault of this examination, the Governor should find it necessary, on grounds such as those quoted in paragraph 2 above, to recommend that the M. I. C. should be brought within the operation of the Ordiannos, it is inconceivable to us thɛt, in the present circuns ances in Malaya, Ministers would feal able to refrain from approving such a recomendation, But, as I have indicated, this is at present a hypothetical issue and we hope therefore that the Commonwealth Relations of ice will not, on that account, oppose proposals directe. present
only against Chinese societies, and which are unanimously recommended by the Commissioner-General, the High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya and the Governors of Singapor: and Hong Kong.
5. We have not yet submitted these proposals to our Ministers but we have no doubt that they will
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