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31st December, 1924
My dear P.M.,
Since the Times came out with an announcement in today's issue
[1], I have been bombarded with Representatives of the various
Cable agencies which send news to Australia-but I have said
nothing at all to them-and explained to them that any publicity at
the moment would be an embarrassment to the Government here (as
they have not yet officially informed the other Dominions). We
parted friends-and they all said that they would be grateful to
have any news in the future. I told them again that that was not
likely to be possible.
However, I think that if you at any time wanted to get anything in
the Australian press by cable from here-it would be very simple
for you to cable me in cypher what news you wished expressed, and
for me to have the cable agencies quietly inspired, preferably
through a third party.
There is nothing much more to tell you just now. I am going ahead
quietly getting to know people-and I have sent out quite a budget
of stuff by this mail.
With all good wishes to Mrs Bruce and yourself for the New Year.
I am, Yours sincerely,
R. G. CASEY
1 On 31 December l924 The Times published several paragraphs about
Casey's appointment. He was not named and his office was described
as Special Representative to the Office of the High Commissioner.
His concern sprang not only from the fact that the British
Government had not yet informed the other Dominions of his
appointment but from fear that too much publicity would cause the
other Dominions to seek similar appointments. It was unlikely that
Whitehall would be as cooperative with, say, South African or
Irish representatives, but Hankey and the rest would not have been
able to discriminate and Casey would have stood to lose many of
his privileges.
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