Typed cover letter to + McQuaid, with the letter of 18th January from Ciaran McAnally attached, explaining the events surrounding the Archbishop Roberts meeting. Mc Anally is the brother of Ray McAnally, Mount Merrion and the family is held in the highest esteem.

Typed letter to + McQuaid from Ciaran McAnally, Irish Pacifist Movement, informing him that + Roberts, S.J., former Archbishop of Bombay, will give a lecture in Dublin on the subject of the morality of modern warfare. Invites the Archbishop or a representative to attend.

Typed letter to Fr. James A. MacMahon from Ciaran McAnally, Stillorgan. The meeting at which + Roberts was to speak did not take place. Wants to explain that the meeting was arranged by him “in virtue of an authority and discretion vested in me by Archbishop Roberts”. Object of meeting was to enable a select group of persons seriously interested in the moral problems of modern war to have an exchange of views with + Roberts. McAnally takes responsibility for any ‘conflict’ and sends his sincere apologies to His Grace. Acted in good faith.