NURSES FOR SPAIN
INTERROGATION BY POLICE MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 16. Referring to the protests from various sources concerning the police interrogation of nurses for Spain before their departure from Auckland, the Minister in Charge of the Police Department (Mr P. Fraser) said to-day that it was clear that the interrogation was made in the interests of the nurses themselves, and‘indeed was unavoidable. Advice had been received from the British Government to the effect that passports should not be issued to British subjects unless they were travelling under the auspices of certain humanitarian organisations, which included the Spanish Medical Aid Committee. Arrangements were made for a police officer to interview the nurses to ascertain the organisation with which they were associated; otherwise their passports could not be endorsed.
Some of the questions put, Mr Fraser added, exceeded the extent and scope of the essential inquiries. These questions were put in good faith and in the belief that they were in the interests of the nurses. They were not asked on any instructions issued to the officer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23219, 17 June 1937, Page 17
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