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Dominions and Control of Foreign Policy

so as to make consultation between the various Governments of the Empire in regard to Imperial policy as continuous and intimate as possible.

'It has, therefore, been decided that for the future the Prime Ministers of the Dominions, as members of the Imperial War Cabinet, should have the right to communicate on matters of Cabinet importance direct with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom whenever they see fit to do so.

'It has also been decided that each Dominion shall have the right to nominate a visiting or a resident Minister in London to be a member of the Imperial War Cabinet at meetings other than those attended by the Prime Ministers. These meetings will be held at regular intervals. Arrangements will also be made for the representation of India at these meetings.'^[1]

↑ For the general question of the position held in the past by the self-governing colonies—now styled 'Dominions'—in relation to the conduct of foreign policy, see Keith, Responsible Government in the British Dominions, iii, pp. 1101–57 and 1455–6, and The Oxford Survey of the British Empire (6 vols., 1914), i: General Survey, especially pp. 32, 54, 59, 84, 89, 114, 117.

[1] For the general question of the position held in the past by the self-governing colonies—now styled 'Dominions'—in relation to the conduct of foreign policy, see Keith, Responsible Government in the British Dominions, iii, pp. 1101–57 and 1455–6, and The Oxford Survey of the British Empire (6 vols., 1914), i: General Survey, especially pp. 32, 54, 59, 84, 89, 114, 117.

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