§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why an official statement about Sarawak he made on 13th November was released for publication only in Singapore and not in this country.
Mr. Creech JonesThe official statement was a message which I sent to the Governor of Sarawak. The object of the message was to correct any misunderstandings that might have arisen in Sarawak from certain reports which had been circulated there on the subject of the cession of the territory to the Crown. I asked the Governor to arrange for the 295W message to be made public locally, and he, quite properly, took that to include publication in Singapore. As the message had primarily a local object, arrangements were not made for its release here, but copies were, of course, made available on demand.