VPRS 5538 Secret Commonwealth Communications

This series contains various items of correspondence between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Victoria registered at the Chief Secretary's department. Correspondence covers such matters as military protection for vulnerable sites under civil control, the protection of civil aerodromes in time of war, the action of civil police in the event of hostilities, the action to be taken by police with respect to the Communist Party Dissolution Act and proposals to counter possible Communist disruptive activities.It should be noted that not all of the correspondence registered in VPRS 5589 Register of Secret Commonwealth Communications is in this series.

本系列档案收录澳大利亚联邦与维多利亚州之间的各类往来函件，所有函件均在首席秘书署（Chief Secretary's department）完成登记备案。该系列函件涵盖多项议题：民用管控下的脆弱场所军事防护、战时民用机场安保防护、敌对状态爆发时民事警察的行动准则、警方针对《共产党解散法》（Communist Party Dissolution Act）需采取的相关举措，以及应对共产主义势力可能开展的破坏活动的相关提案。需注意的是，并非所有登记于VPRS 5589《英联邦秘密通信登记册》（Register of Secret Commonwealth Communications）的函件均被纳入本系列档案。