Typed report on CPI and KO activities. Meeting of 12 February dealt with possibility of fielding a candidate for the forthcoming General Election on behalf of the Dublin Unemployed Protest Committee. On 13 February meeting discussed amount of support it could give. Money for fee not an issue will supply transport members will canvas house-to house. Matt Merrigan of Left-Wing Labour identified himself with Dublin Unemployed Protest Committee. Protest march of unemployed to Parnell Square. Jack Murphy chosen as candidate for election
Copy of a typed letter from Rev. James Ardle MacMahon to Chief Superintendent Philip MacMahon requesting information on Dr. Sygmunt Sziecko. Dr. Sziecko says he has been unjustly accused of Communism and this has injured his business, International Pharmaceuticals (Eire).
Handwritten note to Father ( J.A. MacMahon) from a Polish priest in Britain( name illegible), 3 October, hoping that he “will have all you want in the reports.”
Draft letter, typed, from Fr. MacMahon to Dr. Sziecko, saying he is assured by a priest that he is a practicing Catholic.
Typed copy of a letter to Dr. Sziecko from Fr. MacMahon saying he is assured by a priest that he is a practicing Catholic.
Typed note to + McQuaid saying that Chief Superintendent Philip MacMahon’s report on Michael O Nunain has come. Mr. O Nunain arranged an appointment but failed to turn up.
Part of a typed copy of a report. Michael O Nunain has not come to the notice of the Gardaí in Dublin and is not associated with Left-wing groups. He is pro-American and supports their intervention in the Vietnam war. Meeting referred to by O Nunain was held in Dublin on 4 July 1967 was organized by the Irish Voice on Vietnam and was held in conjunction with a protest parade. Sceard na Nard Cumann is probably Sceim na Ceard Cumann. It was founded in 1963 and many of its members are listed members of the IRA Splinter Group.
Described the Revolution as the greatest event in human history. Ireland celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the greatest event in its history last year, the 1916 Rising. Irish Communists proud of the pre -revolutionary position taken up by James Connolly regarding the Leninist position of an Imperialist war. Lenin championed the Irish Uprising of 1916. Working class of Ireland congratulated the Russian people on their revolution. The Social Democratic and Trade Union Movement accepted the invitation to send delegates to the International Conference in Petrograd. Irish delegates come with a deep respect for the sacrifices of the Soviet people.
Typed copy of the election of the Administrative Council of the Labour Party, 1967-1968.
Handwritten report on David Graham, alias for Vincent O’Grady, Cloondore, Co. Clare. Convicted of twenty-three crimes. Deported from Sweden twice imprisoned in Sweden. Failed to open an account in the Bank of Ireland, Kilkenny. Attended Kilkenny Mental Hospital as a voluntary patient. Whereabouts unknown.