§ Mr. Haydn Daviesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why letters posted in London on 14th April, 1945, by the Federation of Indian Associations in Great Britain and addressed to the delegates attending the World Security Conference at San Francisco, were held by the British censor until January, 1946, then released, delivered in the U.S.A., and are now, 12 months later, being returned to the senders in London marked "Moved, No Address," from a conference which ended on 25th June, 1945.
§ Mr. Ede:I am unable positively to identify the particular correspondence referred to by my hon. Friend, but it may be assumed that the letters were held in the British Censorship because their onward transmission at the time was considered contrary to the war interests of the United Nations, and that their release to the addressees was in accordance with the general decision reached when the question of the disposition of mail so detained was considered after the close of hostilities.