INTERROGATION OF NURSES
STATEMENT BY MR FRASER WELLINGTON, June 16. ♦ Referring to the protest from various sources about the police interrogation of the nurses for Spain before their departure from Auckland the Minister in Charge of Police (the Hon. P. Fraser) said today:— “It is clear 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 organizations, which included the Spanish Medical Aid Committee. Arrangements were made for a police officer to interview the nurses and ascertain the organization with which they were associated. Otherwise their passports could not be endorsed. Some of the questions put exceeded the extent and scope of the essential inquiries. The questions were put in good faith and in the belief that they were in the interests of the women concerned. They were not asked on any instructions issued to the officer.”
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Southland Times, Issue 23228, 17 June 1937, Page 12
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