Deterioration Indicated
CANBERRA,' March 4, A mafked.deterioration in the inter-' national situation ' has been indicated in recent rqports to the Cotnmonwealtli Government,' addording to the highest authority. • ■ .*■.•• -I • • Qppositioii members in the House of Kepresentatives are trying unsuccess-' .fully to draw.from Mr^.Cljiifley a. statement , of t^e J Goverpment 'a attitude to. ' Commimist * acti'vity irt Australia and; abroad. ' . - When asked by Mr. P. C,. Spender('Liberai) " whether, ' in * tuew - of ' the in-' creasing gravity of fhe world situation, he .would make a statement on foreign alfairs and allow the nouse to debate it, and whether he would define the Government 's attitude to- the Communist Party, Mr, Chifley said he would table next week a long factual 'statement on foreign affairs which would contain no expression of opinion. He told Mr; T. W- White (Liberai) that there was no evidence on re'cord with the Security Department that Communist cqlls existed in any Austrai|aii.i 'Gotpnnnient department. Mr. White had referred to a statement by . Dr. P. J. Ryan in Ganberra that there were , $Qmmunipt, tcells/;int >eVefy-'.branch: of the public service.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1948, Page 3
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