COMMUNIST ACTIVITY IN NEW ZEALAND; QUESTION IN HOUSE
WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA). —Mr. W. J. Broadfoot (Opp., Waitomo), in the House of Representatives* today, gave notice to ask the Minister-in-Charge of Police (Mr. Fraser) if he had taken any steps to see if papers and documents gathered in the police raid on Marx House, Sydney, reveal any information regarding Communist activity in New Zealand.
Mr. Broadfoot asked if a special investigator would be sent to Sydney to check with the Police Department in N.S.W. on any links between Communist activity in Australia and New Zealand and asked if any steps would be taken to discover the ramifications of Communist activity in New Zealand trade unions. It was revealed in a recent court case that one of the principles, a Communist Party leader in New Zealand, had visited Sydney and had there attended a Marx School course held in Marx House, and that at least part of his expenses was paid by the . * Communist Party. The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) and other members of the Cabinet had said during the present referendum campaign that they believed that Communists were very active in New Zealand, and in the Government’s view were agents of a foreign country.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 27 July 1949, Page 2
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