IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

The spy who came in from the cold

· Socialist Challenge No. 225, 10 December 1981 · p. 14 of the scan · 486 words

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imagination. The count of what actually happened.

Tam sure that Miss Jacobs is a very nice person but she should keep a tight hold on The is true thall callica into back copin up your paper, IOnCH TIMIN the ed reference Union of Railwaymen. was not true that 1 was sent by It Is Biso true that 1 later of the Rank & File cancy reference made in one of those articles as I was interested to read it for myself.

I did not merely clam to be a member National Union of Railwaymen work ing in London, as it is a state223700 8481 11081 10 91521 for and been a member of the NUR for around forty years.

There was no reluctance Jacobs purestions, bur beins modest 1 merely questioned the relevance of those * Which tions to my arose from my own could have Yes or No. - SCIDE SHOE hide my identity and although justified questions by calling herself an investigative when I told her I worked at Unity House it was she who put the makes a false assessment of this year's CND Conference. Rather ference represented steps of the second wave CND, The lessons of being active in a mass move ment over the last year are being learned.

The second wave is beginning to break 1960's.

The Communist Party represented one wing at the conference with their strategy of building a liberal cross-class alliance, their reluctance to confront the Tory government by focussing on mass actions, and their IN YOUR report of the CND THE ARTICLE by Mary Jacobs 'Sid Weighell sends in his spy' (18 November) indicates to me that Miss Jacobs has a very vivid and inventive article reads more like a scenario for an E. Litvinov trilogy than an acphone down, not 1. I made the comment to a colleague: for investigative journalism's When I phoned again the following WAS Jacob's turn to be coy about her identity. I am only sorry she would of the Icaffet not let me nave a DELEEDS cxists only in her imaginaThe statement that I said Weighell might be terested in taking some action agams vour paper is a further weprescucaron: what tac. Mr Weighes pition in Weighell's would he seeking legal advice about the article; but, as Thad cobs, Mr. Weighell had no 29315 and could not speak fornice I could not speak for him Miss Jacobs con the Socialist Chalenp or the Socialist likes would be demeaning me': does Tor the the same about your other SEC CHIN readers?

A C DUDLEY Organisation & Office Services Department, Mr Dudley at no time admitred that he worked Challenze found that out after the first phone call from him by our "investigative" journalism Mary Jacobs FOR A WOMAN'S RIGHT to WORK

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