[Stamp in red ink:] HOME & TERRITORIES 1919 [with reference number] 04097

[Stamp in blue ink:] PRIME MINISTER COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA [with handwritten reference number] 1919/268/19

[Letterhead in blank ink with the heading 'Returned Sailors', Soldiers', and Nurses' Association of W.A.' and the subheading 'WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BRANCH OF The Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia.' There is a black and white image of a shield with a crown on top, and the text 'RETURNED SAILORS & SOLDIERS IMPERIAL LEAGUE AUSTRALIA' around an image of two men in uniform, holding guns. The address on the letterhead reads 'HEAD OFFICE (Temporarily): OLD POLICE OFFICE BUILDINGS, BARRACK STREET, PERTH, March 12th, 1919.']

RGS/NM

ACTING PRIME MINISTER

MELBOURNE [underlined].

Dear Sir,

I have been instructed by my Executive to forward you the following resolution: -

That this Branch of the R.S.A. insists upon the retention of the "White Australia" Policy and that we emphatically protest against any suggested amendments of our Commonwealth Immigration restriction [sic] Act so vitally necessary for the future welfare of Australia. Remembering that over fifty thousand of our comrades have voluntarily made the supreme sacrifice for their country's liberty and race purity.

Yours faithfully,

[Handwritten signature:] R G Sealy

[Typed addition in black ink:]

ACKD. [acknowledged] 24.3.19.

The Secretary,

Dept. of Home and Territories.

Referred for information.

[Illegible handwritten signature]

Secretary, Prime Minister's Dept.

24.3.19.

[Stamped in blue ink] MAR 29 1919

[Handwritten annotation:] Seen

[Illegible initials]

3.4.19

[Small handwritten annotation at the bottom of the page:] M 22/3.