during the war and was so successfully worked by Su Andrew Caldecott,
Sir Sir Henry Moore and Admiral Layton. Under this
Admiral Layton was appointed in supreme command
in Ceylon with a directive of which the following
was the essential passage :·
"6. The Governor will continue to exercise his
civil functions and to address the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, subject to the following
provisos:
(a) He
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He will take no decisions on matters
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touching upon military issues without
prior consultation with you.[is. Admiar weyton]
(b) He will consult you before raising with
the Secretary of State any matters
touching upon military issues and if
you disagree with the views of the
Governor, you will report your views
to the Secretary of State along with
those of the Governor.
(c) In the last resort, if you consider
that any action by the civil authorities
may prejudice the security of the island
or essential preparations for offensive
action, you may override them. In this
event you will report immediately to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies".
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was also laid down
The directives to Admiral Layton provided further
Admund Layton
that if he felt that a situation had arisen in which
the services of the Civil Government could no longer
operate effectively, he would take such special
measures, in substitution of the civil administration,
as he might judge to be immediately necessary and
would report immediately to H.M.G. He was given a
dormant commission to enable him to assume the
administration, and it was contemplated that in
that event Sir H. Moore would remain with Admiral
Layton as his Chief Political Adviser.
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