Agent Refuses To Talk

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31077, 4 June 1966, Page 3

Agent Refuses To Talk

(N.Z. Press Association)

to say on the decision of the Deans’ Committee to exclude him, Mr Godfrey replied: “No comment.”

AUCKLAND, June 3. Mr D. Godfrey, the Security Intelligence agent forbidden to attend classes or lectures at Auckland University because his presence caused students uneasiness, refused today to discuss the ban.

Questioned whether he would accept the university’s offer of private tuition so that he could finish his political science studies he said: “No comment.”

Professor A. Sewell, of the English faculty of Waikato University, said today that Security Intelligence agents should be trained at universities, but they should wait until they had finished their training before undertaking any practical work. “Nobody could complain about the action of the ViceChancellor, Mr K. J. Maid-

“I don’t want to make any comment at all,” he said when asked how he felt about being forced out of the university. He confirmed that he had received official notification of his removal in a letter. Asked if he had anything

ment, in banning any further attendance at lectures by Mr Godfrey, who is an admitted intelligence agent of the Government,” he said. “On the other hand, the ban on Mr Godfrey prompts a number of very serious questions.” He said it was undoubtedly the university’s function to train intelligence agents for their role in a political society.

general,” said Professor Sewell. Security agents, like diplomats, should be trained before they are committed to the career they have adopted. “But like diplomats, they should be committed after and not before their university training.” The president of the Auckland University Students’ Association (Mr R. Wood) said today he would write to the

“But students are quite Prime Minister (Mr Holyrightly concerned about re- oake) repeating his request ports of what they said or for an assurance that no more failed to say in seminars or security agents would be discussions on subjects that placed in universities, concern us very closely, such “But we regard the matter as Vietnam, China. Russia, as pretty well closed now,” and the state of society in he said.