Handout by K.O.R. giving ‘Facts about Communism in Ireland.’ Sean Murray is the person in control. Sean McBride presides over the Communist College in Eccles St., Dublin. Organisational methods described in the pamphlet ‘The Red Danger’. Some young Communists have gained employment in Government offices. 800 gathered at Rathmines Town Hall to hear Harry Pollett, General Secretary of the British Communist Party speak.

Copy of Unity. 543 A. Extracts from Unity, 25 September 1943. 543B. Report on Communist Activities. The following points are mentioned: ‘New Books’ Bookshop John Nolan, John de Courcy Ireland, P.N. Tweedy activities youth movements publications correspondence Sean Murray.

Typed letter to Rev Dr. Patrick Dunne from Joseph O’Neill, Dept. of Education, regarding new School accommodation in the City areas. Memorandum by Mr. Murray, School-building section included.

Typed account of the stages involved in the Van Leer Project by Patrick Murray.

Typed minutes of ‘V’ Committee meeting. The following items are mentioned in the report: the police make a weekly report on Tweedy, nee Ann Peach. Her son is married to Hilda, possibly Hilda Verlin. Barr is a professed Communist, as are Irvin and Binks. Esther Bishop is a Protestant and not known as a Communist. Voluntary Labour Service is a form of Catholic action and has the blessing of the Bishop of Galway. Baptists are reported to be making a drive for perverts (people led astray from religious beliefs) and are using bookshops as a means of contact. Kinninmouth is looking for a house in Dublin. Pirek joined by Imlav and Sporrer at Skoda Cars. They are to handle the JAWA motor cycle and the MANET and CEZETA scooters. The two Biggest dealers are Murray (Jeffares) and Philip Kennedy, Dundrum, Co. Tipperary. A Disarmament branch has started in Trinity College, sponsored by Professors Moody, Stanford and Greene.

Typed report on CPI and KO activities. The main item covered concerns the meeting in Vienna between the Foreign Ministers of the Eastern and Western Powers on disarmament and peace. As Sean Nolan and Sean Murray are in London it is assumed that they are being briefed on changes in Party policy.