HC Deb 03 July 1917 vol 95 cc887-8
12. Mr. LYNCH

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether letters addressed to Members of this House from America are opened by the Censor; and, if so, whether he will advise that this practice shall cease?

Mr. MACPHERSON

Postal correspondence between the United Kingdom and the United States is censored under the same regulations as those governing the censorship of other mails, and it is not proposed to make the distinction suggested. The only exempted correspondence is stated in my answer to the hon. Member's next question.

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