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“The office in downing street is no more than the seat of imperial authority. It concerns itself only with the broad lines of policy, with the coordination of imperial effort, and with the formulation of advice to the government on the spot. It is these governments which are charged with the actual work of administering the colonial territories, and we turn now to the structure of the colonial services from which they are staffed…”
Fabian Colonial Bureau (1942), Downing street and the colonies; report submitted to the Fabian Colonial bureau. London, George Allen & Unwin, ltd., and the Fabian society. Pg 32
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