The Delegation renewed their objection to the exclusion from the first Assembly of persons detained in Singapore for subversive activities and stated that they could not agree to the inclusion in the Constitution of any provision of this kind.
Paragraph 11 of the Telegram from the Secretary of State For The Colonies
However this was a pre-planned response following a discussion between Lennox-Boyd and Lim Yew Hock 10 days earlier that was minuted as follows:
