§ 41. Sir G. TOULMINasked the Postmaster-General whether cablegrams, telegrams, and letters containing information as to commercial transactions are examined before delivery and information sent along to public Departments concerned in the commercial transactions to which the information so obtained refers?
§ Mr. FORSTERThe Postmaster-General has asked me to answer this question. I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave him yesterday. If the information contained in letters and telegrams falls within the formula I then used —i.e., is likely to conduce to the successful prosecution of the War—the answer is in the affirmative.
§ Sir G. TOULMINMay we understand that commercial information which is contained in private letters is passed on to the Departments concerned in the transaction?
§ Mr. FORSTERindicated assent.