Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Sean Mac Eoin accepting Fr. C.P. Crean as successor to Fr. O’Regan.

Handwritten letter to + McQuaid from Fr. Cyril P. Crean. He has read most of the four volumes of Connolly’s works and feels there is no danger of the officials or members of the ITGWU being coloured by the anti-clerical bias of any of the books.

Typed letter from Paddy Crean to Chris informing him that a J. Duffy had been recommended for the post of Resident Architect to the new Galway central hospital. He is an associate of Hilda Verlin, Tun Sen and Toolin, all members of the IWL. He is the ‘genuine article’.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from Fr. Crean, enclosing a report on Deputy Murphy.

Typed report saying that Fr. Crean called. The Students’ Council of IWL decided at their Conference to find out the number of clerics teaching in the Universities, attending classes, the number and nature of Catholic Societies, and pass this information on to the Soviet Authorities. The Council intends to influence Technical and University students. Fr. Crean and Fr. Doherty suggest that a number of hefty Catholic students at Trinity be allowed to join the Communist societies, get these societies to make a clear statement of their aims, publicly unmask them and have them banned by the Trinity authorities.

Typed letter to Chris from Fr. Cyril Crean giving complete list of owners and directors of The Evening Mail.

Typed letter to Ardle (Fr. J.A. MacMahon) from Cyril P. Crean, Chaplain’s Residence, Collins Barricks, Dublin, saying the report on Norman Letchford is enclosed.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: a list of names of known Communists was read. Local clergy to be notified of these discretely, unless Protestants. Fr. Crean reported that nothing was known of a man named Wyse by Intelligence. Mr. Kelly of Fianna Eireann was described as odd. Joseph Deasy and Mick Riordan visited Prague. As a result they are plugging the line ‘Socialism for Ireland’.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: Fr. Crean has checked on J. Driscoll and J. Meehan and found that they are of good standing. Fr. Kent drew attention to a meeting of the GAA in London which was reported in The Cork Examiner. It stated that the Irish in London were warned that the Bolsheviks and Trotskyites were attempting to infiltrate Irish ranks. Fr. McMahon referred to a letter in The Evening Mail which may be Trotskyite.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. Fr. Carey is going to America. It is recommended that Fr. Cyril North replace him on the Committee. Fr. Carey suggested that Fr. Crean be appointed Chairman as Msgr. O’Halloran recently died. Fr. North would need permission to read subversive literature if appointed. 1.3 Meetings, 1966 – 1969.