Re: Your appointment by Letters Patent as the Honourable Royal Commissioner

Dear Sir,

It gives me great pleasure to appoint you by Letters Patent as the Honourable Royal Commissioner to Inquire into the Indian Massacre, which occured at Madras, Hyderabad, Mohali and Delhi, Feb 22-Mar 24, 2013.
Mr Michael J Clarke, QC, has been appointed as Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission.
Please be advised of the following Terms of Reference:
1. Determine the circumstances surrounding, and the events of the Massacre.
2. Determine the cause, or causes, of the Massacre.
3. Determine the causes of the actions and conduct of, and the culpability of, the following persons; Mr RJ Inverarity, the group of persons collectively known as "The Faceless Men", Mr PW Howard, and Mr JM Arthur, before, during and after the Massacre.
4. Determine specificially the causes of the actions and conduct of, and the culpability of, Mr SR Watson during the Massacre.
5. Determine the involvement and culpability of any other players or persons in the Massacre.
6. Make recommendations to the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding the prospect of conviction of any of the above persons for treason, cowardice, disloyalty, failing to obey orders, incompetance, insolence, and indolence.
7. Prepare and deliver to me an Interim Report by no later than the commencement of play in the First Test against England, at Trent Bridge, on July 10, 2013.

You will of course be well aware that as Royal Commissioner, you have sweeping powers to compel witnesses to give evidence, subpoena documents, and conduct your own investigations, as you see fit.
On behalf of the people of Australia, I wish you well in the conduct of this arduous, but supremely important task.

Yours sincerely,

Quentin Bryce AC CVO,
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.