Roy Bradford

I reported to the executive, Faulkner relates in his memoirs, that Rees had readily agreed to the proposal of the previous day for the establishment of a standing committee of ministers under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State, that is Merlin Rees, or the Minister of State, Stanley Orme, to coordinate the civil and military aspects.

The executive was to be represented by the Ministers of Commerce, again John Hulme, and the Minister of Environment, Roy Bradford, who had broken ranks at the weekend calling for talks and whose resignation had been refused, as well as the Minister of Manpower Services.

Other ministers could be called upon as required, he said.

The Standing Committee to Combat the UWC met on the Thursday evening.