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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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. Justified theatre add to one particular distigrant and hia wife on the grounds
thit he tad renounced Cowmndiua and that his wife had denied over having
‘been a Communist, .
The 4nfornaint advised further tlh he was anxlous to ascertain
the reasons wiy the Friends (uahkers) wire helping Comumists to cater the
country and he atated that 1.2410 —iMlMB odpditted thet there were plonty
of “sorthleno" people vio Med, ha and bis vite mide Lt quite pliin that
they ofmply could not balievo that anyone with whom they were porsonally
in contict end vho epproschud thom for uid, would liv to them. According
to the informonts, “the qucetion slaply nas not debatable."
The dnformant further sdvieed that he usked thege ¥riands diroctly
Af thay wore avara of the fact that a larrce number of returnees who hud
enterad thia country since early 1940 W th tho help of the Curkers and Friends
and aeury of those who were being helped at that tine by muvera of the Soclaty
were Cc vismehoin, ont QQ ond his wife are naid to have appeared very
disturbed and stated thit they hed heard euch rusors but eouli! not. believe
them, boseuse none of these individuals had ever tdentified thewolves ne
Comsunists to thea or their tricnda.
According to thin source SRE otates that where a refuges
wis’ concerned the CLret dnpulea wis to help the unfortwuute tuiivicual and
not to anie any nusetdons concerning their political past or present affiliations.
Tho inte thst the doctor adaltied having ulpned affidavits, for
least saven different. iaorean intellectual refuseen without knoring a
thins about their politios, and whenaver he was agead by a representative
of onn of the refuree orponizetions working with the Friends, or by a refugee
rho bad been helped by anolher-refucas whe wis Atdll in furepa,; he had
eliys unquestionably supplied affidavita of support aa would hie relig. Lain
ancoviatede
The Informant furthor stated that tha pist tso years had show
that these Friends who ecb a5 aponsore ara uewally pooplo of considerable
mews end of dupeceable busdnase, sucdal eud moral standin: in their
c unitdes and in view of the extensive uno wiich hed bean node in recent
years by Auerdean aid Furopean Vansunlstoe, of the penerosity out inttuaice
of thuss people, for the solu purpose of potting Lellow Commits Into
tiie rountry fron Nurepa, dn thy pudse of poor harclers reCuyses, "they (the
Frient:) constitute aomenice to the internal security of thia cosnbry “Lmesnieelt
ae ticy have bon coting as dupea Lor the free oaipration or cubvornive Glerwnta,'
Infernition han been recelyad that a roprosentative of tha ARG
in TAnhon, vorbugel, stated that tho Comilttea wag pulling the full ‘cooperation
of tho Portuguesy police in siding reLuees who entered thet counpry Llleps ly.
the Gousttteete part in thie arrangenent as said Lo be to fuaranteo the:
miterial support of the rafupecs while wisy were undortaking their anipre tion
from that vountry.
Infornution wia reoetvad in 1943 that the jmertosg er forvica
Gonrittse wos starting 4 new project herded by
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