COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19442, 30 October 1925, Page 8

COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL

INCRIMINATING LETTERS MONEY FROM MOSCOW LONDON, October 28. Among letters read at the trial of the Communists one said: “Half a dozen good party members in the police forces of the bigger towns, such as Glasgow, would certainly be very useful.’’ Detective-Sergeant Renshaw gave evidence that 250,000 documents were confiscated at headquarters, including a letter from E. W. Middleton, asking the Party’s official attitude towards Communists wishing to join the police, to which the reply read: “Dear comrades, —There is no objection to members of tho party joining the police provided they are thoroughly reliable Communists, but before permission is given a member’s record should be carefully considered and complete trustworthiness established.” Another letter to tho Secretary ot the Third International in Moscow referred to arrangements for assisting their Bulgarian comrades in the Bulgarian campaign and concluded by urging more discretion in handling communications from Moscow, adding: “Your letters make somewhat unnecessary references to the transmission of money by secret channels.” , A letter, dated January, 1924, and addressed to Comrade Losovsky at Moscow, complained: “We have not received the promised money. You remember we were promised £l5O monthly for six months, totalling £900; also additional sums for the president’s and secretary’s wages.”