N.Z. response to call

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33712, 9 December 1974, Page 2

N.Z. response to call

(From

CHARLES COOPER.

London correspondent of "The Press")

LONDON, December 8.

A response from New Zealand to a call for support from a London based paramilitary movement, the British Military Volunteer Force, has heartened the leader of the group.

The 15-year-old force, the self-appointed protector of democracy against infiltra-

tion by Marxism and Communism, had called for all “true blue New Zealanders” to awaken to the threat to their way of life. The 2000-strong force, composed entirely of British former servicemen, has pledged to fight to the death for its cause — even in New Zealand if summoned.

Mr P. Daniels, the 58-year-old founder and chairman of the force, said that he had given approval to a former staff sergeant, Mr R. G. Keen, aged 58, of Manurewa, to organise a branch in New Zealand. “Mr Keen writes that he knows of many who will

fight to the end to protect 1 our way of life and govern- ’ ment," says Mr Daniels. “He ; says he is prepared to form i and register a responsible body of men. | “I have asked him to make j the branch self-supporting, as we cannot offer any financial, aid. In Britain, membership of the force is free.” Mr Daniels said that New Zealand, Australia, and Canada still had a choice —to accept slavery, or to begin organising an underground army of resistance against Communists, who aimed to take over the world without firing a shot. A sergeant during World War 11, he now owns a small chemical and paint factory in North London. He has a range of concerns, somewhat broader than the basic preservation of constitutional government to which his movement is dedicated. In a "special report,” he says that investigations coni firm that treason and treach- ; ery are widespread in all ! democratic countries, and that the Communists have in- ■ filtrated political parties, trade unions, and some religious movements. The report says they hold execu- • tive positions in television, . radio, films, censorship con- ■ trol, and education. s Britain was the key to a i Communist take-over of the > world, said Mr Daniels. "This is why so much effort is involved in bank- ■ rupting the British economy, . and why millions are being thrown down the drain every week to keep an Army in Ireland that is rejected by ’both sides;” he said.