TRIAL OF BRITISH LEADERS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 104, 29 October 1925, Page 7

TRIAL OF BRITISH LEADERS

ATTEMPTS TO ENTER POLICE FORCE

REMITTANCES FROM MOSCOW.

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LONDON, 2Sth October

Amongst the letters read at the trial of the twelve British Communists, one said: "Hiilt'-a-dozen. good party members in the police forces in the bigger towns, such as Glasgow, would Certainly be very useful."

. Detective-Sergeant Henshaw stated in his evidence that a quarter of a million documents wore confiscated at the headquarters. They included a letter from E. W. Middloton, asking the party's official attitude towards the Communists, and saying he wished to join the police. To this a reply was sent: "Dear Comrade, —There is no objection to members of the party joining the police, provided they are thoroughly reliable Communists, but before permission can be given, the members' records should be carefully considered, and their complete trustworthiness established." Another letter to the secretary of the Third International at Moscow referred to arrangements for assisting Bulgarian comrades in the Bulgarian campaign, and concluded by urging that more discretion, should be used in communications from Moscow. "Your letters make somewhat unnecessary references to tho transmission of money by secret channels."

A letter dated January, 1924, addressed Comrade Losovsky, Moscow, complained of the non-receipt of promised money. "You remember we wore promised £.150 a month for six months, totalling £900, and also additional sums for the president's and secretary's wages."