Typed letter to Fr. MacMahon from Timothy Connolly, St. Columban’s, Navan. He is proceeding as suggested by Fr. MacMahon but fears the gentleman (Douglas Hyde) may be on holidays.
Typed letter to Fr. MacMahon from Douglas Hyde. The majority at the Moscow Youth Festival came from Belfast. All marched under the Tricolour of the Irish Republic – resented by some of the Belfast people. Five from the South. David Simms (uncle is C. of I. Archbishop of Dublin), Ann Simms, his sister, Niall Gould, David McClelland and a man called Taggart.
Copy of typed letter to Fr. Timothy Connolly, Superior-General from James Ardle MacMahon. + McQuaid asked that Fr. Connolly contact Douglas Hyde regarding a misquote in the Irish Democrat from an article in The Furrow by Douglas Hyde.
Letter from Mgr. Gerada to +McQuaid thanking him for The copy of Douglas Hyde’s reply to the query concerning his report in ‘The Catholic Herald’. He believes this will be very useful to the Secretariat of State of His Holiness as they may wish to know more about the Irish delegation to which reference in made in the Report.
Typed letter to Fr. MacMahon from Timothy Connolly. He has just heard from Douglas Hyde who had not seen the distortion in the Irish Democrat. Hyde will refer to it in his column in the Catholic Herald. The Irish Democrat dropped the section of his paragraph which linked the Connolly Association with the Communist Party.
Letter from +Ryan, Douglas, Cork to +McQuaid stating he is in Ireland and hopes to visit Dublin but is laid up with the flu. He was delighted to hear of the success of the Clonliffe celebrations. Annotated by +McQuaid.
Letter from +Ryan, Douglas, Cork to +McQuaid regarding Soeur Olive who has ‘a message from on high for the Pope’. He asks for an accurate picture of this person.
Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: T. Graham, K. Nolan and C. Clarke of The Plough to be investigated. A full report on the Czech/motor trade for next meeting. A discussion on the International soccer match between Czecho-Slovakia and the Irish Republic was held. Felt Irish public should be educated in implications of such fixtures with Communist-dominated states. Suggested this could be done by an article in the newspapers facts should first be ascertained, maybe from Douglas Hyde. Letter in The Irish Times concerning the proposal of having US bases in Ireland. Fr. Tuohy to find out if de Courcey Ireland was leaving for Australia. Could Australian Authorities be warned?
Handwritten letter to Douglas Hyde from Fr. J.A. MacMahon asking for information on the festival mentioned in his article, particularly the strength of the delegation and where they came from.
Typed letter to Msgr. O’Halloran from M. L. Burke, Supreme Secretary, Knights of St. Columbanus, giving more details on Capt. J. Douglas, R. I. George and P. Pirer. Burke’s informant tells him that he is satisfied that they are a Communist cell.