Handwritten report. Sam Nolan in Poland Frank Edwards in Moscow. Michael McInerney, National Union of Journalists, resigned as President of Dublin Branch. Members had lost faith in him over wage agreement. Ill health given as reason for resignation.
Handwritten cover letter regarding the conference mentioned in the statement enclosed.
Press Statement. Conference supported by large number of representative public figures in Western Europe and by distinguished artists and writers, including Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, Brendan Behan, Michael MacLiamoir, Peadar O’Donnell. Cost of Conference will be met by proceeds from an auction of works of art. Picasso has given a still life valued at £5,000 and Henry Moore a bronze reclining nude valued at £1,000.
Reports from Una Byrne, 1953 - 1959
Typed script of lecture given by Owen Sheehy- Skeffington on Radio Eireann, titled ‘World Affairs’. Says Communism has become a bogey and the lack of real knowledge about it is widespread. It is a political philosophy based on the materialist concept of history. Stalin’s Communism has departed in many ways from original concepts. Hunger is the fundamental cause of the revolt of the Asians against economic domination by the European Powers. Asks if the West and Communists work together for peace?
thanking him for his condolences on the death of Queen Mary.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Lord Rugby, Quay House, Halesworth, Suffolk, wishing him well.
Typed letter to Fr. O’Connell from L.B. Walsh-Atkins, British Embassy, sending him Interpreter and The Search for Peace.
Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from Gilbert Laithwaite informing him that Maclennan is to be replaced by Sir Geofrey Tory, presently the High Commissioner for Malaysia.
Invitation to +McQuaid from the British Counsellor to meet the British Ambassador and Mrs Gilchrist.