Telegrams between JA, the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Alan Lennox-Boyd, later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton], the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago [Sir Edward Beetham] and 1st Lord Hailes [Governor-General of the West Indies, earlier Patrick Buchan-Hepburn] on the transfer of police, as part of the transition to self-government.

Also includes an account of a speech by Eric Williams, Premier of Trinidad and Tobago, to a meeting of the Trinidad People's National Movement, on the cancellation of celebration of Cabinet Day and the opening of the Legislative Council.