Copy of typed letter to Douglas Hyde from Fr. MacMahon thanking him for his letter of 30th September. 4.7 Death of James Larkin Sr., 1947.

Typed letter to Fr. O’Connell from Mrs Dunphy. She is delighted that His Grace will accept a copy of her book, and informs him of the grant from Dr. Douglas Hyde of a gold medal for the best painting of an Irish historical subject to be presented annually.

Memo to + McQuaid. Msgr. Gerada, Secretary to the Nuncio, said he had read in Douglas Hyde’s column in The Catholic Herald that a large delegation from Ireland attended a Communist meeting in Vienna in 1956. Wants to call to Archbishop’s House to discuss it.

Typed letter to Fr. MacMahon from Douglas Hyde. Says the British Communist Party gave considerable publicity in its propaganda to the presence of Irish youngsters at the Moscow Youth Festival. At present has no further details but will let him have them as soon as possible.

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Michael Derrick, The Tablet, 128, Sloane St., London. Douglas Woodruff wrote the article on the attitude taken by the Irish Hierarchy to the Mother and Child Scheme, while he himself compiled the account of what had taken place. Difficult for readers to judge who wrote what article.

-8 September 1955 Dormer, Paschal George Douglas, J., Chairman, the Royal Air Force Association (Dublin Branch), requests an interview on behalf of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. The Archbishop will not be in Dublin during his visit. A visit with Frank Duff, Legion of Mary, can be arranged as requested.

Copy of typed letter to Fr. Timothy Connolly thanking him for getting in touch with Douglas Hyde.

Copy of “Communist Group Discussion Method” by Douglas Hyde.

Report by Douglas Hyde on ‘Communist Group Discussion Method’. In his opinion Communist indoctrination courses are successful because of the methods they employ and because they relate to the lives of those taking the course. An intimate atmosphere is created and the lecturer leads a ‘controlled discussion’. His aim is to get two or three points accepted by everybody in the class and in such a way that the participants think they themselves arrived at the conclusion.

Hyde, Douglas (1960). The Tactic of the United Front. London Index Limited.