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ley NOTIFYING STAFF Wrecending to the White Paper the dueasures ihecessary to carry out these recommen itions will involve alterations in existing pro- leedures. ‘These alterations will be notified ‘to the staff associations concerned ad an ‘opporiunity given for representation to be made pefore the alterations are promutgated in full. The conference point out that while an individual can be arrested on suspicion that che is about to allempt to convey secret ‘information ro a foreign Power, he must be ‘brought before the courts on a charge with- oul delay. The time required to collect evidence upon which a charge can be based is often lang, andf the conference dismiss any Suggcstion thaf power should be sought to detain pe ons for an unlimited period without pre- eming charges against them. They say that th& would run counter to this country's traditional principles of individual frekdom and would be mosi unlikely to be app§oved by Parliament in time of peace. CONTRACT WORKERS ACCESS TO TRIBUNAL FAVOURED They also come to the conclusion that legislation which would permit arrest and ‘detention without a charge being preferred, for a short specified period of, say, 14 days, would not be much help, The conference also consider hat thé withdrawal of a pass- pact could not be relied upon to prevent a United Kingdom citizen in connivance with 'a foreign Power from leaving the country, i The conference reviewed procedures for ‘the security of secret Government contracts invgiving persons outside Government em- plopment. They have considered whether petpons subject to these procedures should be [given the right of having their case considered by the “ Three Advisers.” The conference recognize that this is a difficult matter, but are in favour, if suitable arrangements can be made, of aceess being given to the same tribunal in ceriain cases. They recommend, however, that in the first instance this matter shoutd be discussed with the National Joint Advisory Council, Atrangemenis for such discussion to tak place are being made. The White Paper. Statement on the Fint ings of the Conference of Privy Councilic. on Security, is published by the Statione Oflice (Crd. 9,715) price 6d. The chairman of the conference was Lard Kilmuir. the Lord Chancellor, and its other members were Lord Salisbury, Lord President of the Council, Major Lloyd- George, Home Secretary, Lord Jowiu, Mr. Herbert Morrison, Mr. George Strauss, and Sir Edward Bridges, Permanent Secretary 10 Treasury. . Mone ribunal, known as the ‘ Three Advisers,” was established by the Labour Government in 1948. Its first three meme bers were Sir Thomas Gardiner, formerly Director-General of the Post Office, who is the chairman, Sir Maurice Holmes. for merly Permanent Secretary at the Ministry 0 Education, and Sir Frederick Leggett, for- ity secretary at the Ministry of Py Milian Bowen, formerly gcneral secretary of the Waiaa of Fost Office Workers, was later appointe a i- tiona ' 1 member, ~