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oe ae ars — often borderline cases, it is right to continue the practice of tiking the balance in favour of offering greater protection to the security of the State rather than in the direction of safeguarding the rights of the individual. They recommend that an individual who ts living with a wife or husband who is a Communist or a Communist sympathiser may, for that reason ulone, have to be moved cases of a hike nature. . “ . Fr. : + wee y ~ 16. The Conference recognise that some of the measures which the lo our traditional practices. Thus, in ordcr not to imperil sources of information, decisions have sometimes to be tuken without revealing full details of the supporting evidence, Again, it is sometimes necessary to refuse work can be found for him in the public service, to refuse to employ him at all, even although nothing may have been proved against him on standards which would be accepted in a Court of Law. The Conference agree respects, are essential if the security of the Statc is to be ensured. - But they recognise that it is also important to convince public opinion that the measures _ tuken and the procedures in force will not be cxercised unreasonably. For } i is " i Three Advisers) ‘set up in 1948 to hear appeals from civil servants threatened on security grounds with transfer from secret dutics or, when that is not practicable, with dismissal from the Service. This machinery should OR er nr: ee responsible Minister. . . involve alterations in existing procedures. These alterations will be notified to the staff associations concerned and an opportunity given for representation therefore confined to giving the broad details of the decisions reached on those recommendations which can be properly made public. 18. Two other matters should be mentioned. The first is that the . to enable the Government to detain suspects of prevent them from kaving ct -19. The Conference point out that. while an individual can be arrested on suspicion that he is about fo aflenmpt to confey secret information to a foreign Power, he musi be brought before the courts on a charge without delay. The time required to collect evidence upon which a charge can be based is often long. and the Conference dismiss any suggestion that charges against them. on the grounds that this would run counter to this unlikely to be approved by Parliament in time of peace. They also come to the conclusion that legislation which would permit arrest and detention, . without a charge being preferred, for a short specified period. say. fourteen _..2 + days, would not be much help. The Conference also consider that the lguabee st é -- i . _ 7 -_ 1. * 16. The Conference is of the opinion that in deciding these difficult and continue; and the person whuse continued employment in Government. Service is called in question on account of Communist association of. sympathies will be able to have his case considered by it. The Conference also recommend that the terms of reference of the Three Advisers - .thould be widened so as to enable them to present a fuller report to the from secret work, und that the same principle should be applicd in other - Stute is driven to take lo protect its securily are in some respects alien |. - to employ a man on secret duties, or in those cases where no alternative — because after the fullest investigation doubts about his reliability remain. . regretfully that these counter-measures, although they are distasteful in some _ this reason the Conference approve the Tribunal (commonly known as the _.. 5! a ; 17. The measures necessary to carry out these recommendations will to be made before the alterations are promulgated in full. This paper ia - Conference considered whether additional statutory powers should be sought: - should be sought to detain persons for an unlimited period without preferring |. country’s traditional principles of individual freedom, and would be most hose