TNAG-0067-FCO40-103-Governors--reports-1968 — Page 83

رد

3

X

Mr. Carter

Copy to:

Sir A. Galsworthy

Printing of despatches from Colonial

Governors

A small matter which I find irks some

Colonial Governors, e.g. in Hong Kong is that,

although they are asked to produce periodical general affairs despatches for the information of Ministers and Departments at large in Whitehall,

there seems to be an immense delay before these

despatches get printed. For instance an admirable despatch dated 15 December from the Governor of Hong Kong (which the Secretary of

State found very useful by way of background before he arrived there) has still not been

printed so far as the Hong Kong Government know. They mentioned that they had just received in

Hong Kong a printed copy of a Tonga despatch

which was 18 months out of date.

Can anything be done about this?

AwI

A.W. Snelling

9 March, 1967

Mr Carter

Sw A. Sweeting,

RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63 15 www.te

HWBI3/

A

The Hong Kong despatch in question

was printed at the end of February. Copies were

Eirculated within the Office

The Governor's copies.

2

S

am

few days ago and with be on their way

to heim,

not aware of the reasons

of the reasons for the Case of the Tonga despatch

long delay in the

and

am therefore circulating this

Mr. Fairclough who

aniwer

À - It had not been in practice regularly,

mit desratches from Coremon etc autre fir

Hilton Poynton intrated this - I achive - June 1966.

cam

I'm the

same time

Jongan it

throi

can probably give the

b.5. Carter

was decided them I print at the Three despatches. So m

additre is the

ove

refcared

1073/67

1

1966

1/13/3/67

& at 'X', Hory Kory showed at the some time have recovered /mits degratives dated Felmay 1966 + October 1966; all 3 points ven dated Decembe