Ipswich, asked whether the Government officials and ex-Government officials who comprised the majority of the Melay States' Delegation to the International Tin Committee, but who were unfamiliar with the tin industry, had acted in accordance with the advice offered by other Malayan delegates and advisers to the Delegation, when fixing the tin quota.
In reply, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, sdid that he did not think it would 049 be in the public interest to disclose the private proceedings of the Malayan Delegation to the International Tin Committee, even if he was aware of them.
Mr. MacDonald pointed out that two of the Malayan delegates to whom Mr. Stokes referred, had performed their duties with great skill and to the benefit of Malayan industry for many years.
He added that he was satisfied that the decisions taken by the delegation, as a whole, were in accordance with the wishes of a majority of producers in Malaya.—Reuter.
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