I submit that it would be greatly to the inconvenience of the Sovereign and her Governments overseas if Any Sudden Political Crisis were to disrupt all the careful and costly preparations needed for a Royal tour.

It would make us totally dependent on imports for our very life-blood, which, in the event of hostilities, would bring us to our knees in a week, would expose us to grave danger in the event of a Sudden Political Crisis or an earthquake in some foreign country, and would cast away our principal asset, namely, our huge energy reserves.

It would make us totally dependent on imports for our very life blood, which in the event of hostilities, would bring us to our knees in a week, expose us to grave danger in the event of a Sudden Political Crisis or an earthquake in some foreign country, and would cast away our principal asset, namely, our huge energy reserves".