HOW POLICE SPIED ON COMMUNISTS
iteceived Titesday, S.o p.m. NEW YORK, May 19. Tlie Worid T?eie'gtam, ifi a cdpyrigfit story, says that during the war, the New York 3?olice Hepaftnieht planted 28 detecfives and pdilcdwomeii ifi the Cdinmuiii:-t- Farty. The undercover operations began in 1939 when Russia was on friendly terms with Gerifiany, The polifce made fio arrests but aimed at learidhg ihe iiiside working and plans of the party and keeping track of its leaders and memters. The undercover men worked at Communist Party headquarters, -wrote for the Communist newspaper Raiiy Worker, became • Commtinist branch organisers, represented ihe pafty at conventions and evexi led Conimuriist rallies. One detective woh sticii a high degree of trust in the party tliat it-sent him as a eourier to Pbrtufeal where he deliverdd a §bcret iiiessage tb an International Comintern agent iii Lisbo'n. , * 1 Towards the eftd of this "sabotage squad's" existence, the Communists discovered tiie ffb libfe background of most of the undercovbr operators. and expelled tlifem' from the party* liqw the party became awar'b of the poiice dperations is still a mystery.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 May 1947, Page 5
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