§ Mr. MANDERasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has considered the representations made to him with regard to the tampering with letters during their transmission through the Post Office between Cyprus and this country; under what regulations has this interference with private correspondence been carried on; and is the Cyprus Government giving effect to their resolution recently passed by the Legislative Council of Cyprus urging non-interference with correspondence while through the Cyprus post office?
§ Dr. SHIELSCertain representations were received in March last and referred to the Governor, who reported that no special interference with the complainant's correspondence had been authorised, but that the correspondence of certain persons suspected of seditious or Communistic propaganda had been under censorship in December and January last. It is possible that letters addressed by such persons to the complainant have been opened. Authority for such action can be given under the Post Office Law. No474W resolution of the Legislative Council on the subject has yet been received.