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A former Minister who has kept a diary of his Ministerial experience should give testamentary instructions to ensure that its publication does not flout the current understandings that
(Paragraph his own ex-colleagues are likely to be observing.
99).
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Former members of the public services should be under the same obligation as former Ministers to submit their manuscripts for scrutiny with regard to national security and international relations, and to defer to the judgement of those carrying the immediate
In the matter of confidential responsibilities in these fields.
relationships, the principles which the Committee enunciate concerning publications by ex-Ministers, the obligations which they suggest should rest upon them, and the periods for which those obligations should be maintained, should all be reflected also in the rules governing the publication of memoirs and other works relating
to their official experience by former members of the public services. (Paragraphs 92, 93).
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