'Censor Clerk' [‎5r] (11/36)

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-• j . t and tiiae of the delivery has been staiaped on
letters they have to be dealt with with extreiae speed to
preserve the secrecy of interception. There is a second
reason for the desirability of this, which will be dealt
with later on. In cases where delay occurs in the onward
ti a;ijiui33ion oi letters which have been stamped, smudging
o* the postal seals is a possible method of concealment.
9. It Is obvious that censorship once imposed should be
carried out with the t^atest regularity so that nothing es
capes interception. To ensure this, the censorship officer
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muat attend the post office punctually and regularly to colled"
correspondence to bo examined. Where poasibxe, letters
-;aould never remain in the hands of conaorship officers
beyond the time of the next delivery of the mail by tne
poot off id# conoerned. failure in this reupect will luad
recipients o^ cenjoreci letters to realise that they have been
tampered with and will break the secrecy of the interception.
10. It is not possible to lay down any hard and fast in
structions for t.:e actual opening and closing of letters
as conditions vary from province to province and what may
oe a suitaDle method in the Punjab in the hot weather will
obviously not work in Burma in the rains. Some of tne var
ious methods adopted by the censorship officers are, however,
0 iven oelow and it is for provinces to adopt the methods they
think the most suitable.
(a) 'famine. a icettle not too full of water and
with a very narrow spout und t, tiaht Xittine, iid Is required,
w-id si eet to boil and the thin Jet oi" steaai issuing from the
spout is applied to the guaimed flaps of the cover only which a
are then eased rery gantly with a thin bladed jaiife, safety
razor blade or thin steel Jcnitting needle.
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