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is will not prejudice the

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any turritory in that sphere,

ill communicate with His Majesty's

etary of State for the Colonics and

.ctions.

concern to their respective

of the Malayan Union and Singapore

ith the Secretary of State for the Senural will define, in agreement

which he should receive copies or ween them and the Secretary of icy wider than those of domestic

territories they will communicati

for the Colonics through the

tutive in Brunei will be directly

r-General and will daruss all

hennels of correspondence for the Struth, and the dupree of the

ibility for those territorie, will

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the Milyen Union or Sin,mpore on territories will lie through the

Sucretary of State direct and it will

try of Stitc's discretion whether to r:.1 before deciding upon them. clicy of wider thn domestic import

be transmitted by the Governor Crnor-General to the Secretary of

om Brunci will lie through the Governor-General who will transmit

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12. The Governor-General will have power to give to any Governor or British Representative such directions as may

be ncccsarry either in the discharge of his responsibility

for co-ordinating the policies of the Governors and British

Representatives in his sphere, or in order to give offact

to the policy of His Majesty's Government in any matter.

He will not, however, exercise direct administrativc

functions in any of the territorios and will invariably

address his direction or advice to the Governor or British

Representativo himself.

13. In the aphore of defenco, which includes organisation

on the civil side and combined plonning with the Services,

and which must necessarily bo considered on a much widor

territorial and stratogic basis then falls within the duty

of any Governor, the Governor-Gonoral will have a special

rosponsibility. It is the intention to set up a Dufcncu

Committc. in Singapore consisting of the Governor-General,

as Chairman, the Special Commissioner South East Asia and

the Service High Com..and. On that Committoo the Governor-

Guneral will represent the civil and politic:1 interests

of all the territories coming within his sphor of authority.

The Governor-General will also be kept informed about the civil

and political interests of Hong Kong and thus be enabled to

represent those interests, on matters coming within the

purview of this Cormittuc.

14.

A number of other standing Committous will also be

cstablished to co-ordinato civil and servico affairs. The

Governor-General will docido to what extent his staff shall

servo on those Committees.

15.

The Governor-General will have povers at any time to

convono and preside over conferences of British Governors

and Representatives in his sphore of nuthority for any

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