Hi Phil

Two Questions:

First

Before we part, could you please investigate reports of any burglaries
or break-ins over 'three nights running' of:

1: The Local Committee of the Communist Party in Scotland;

2: The Branch of the Labour Research Department there; and

3: The Y[oung] C[ommunist] L(eague] HQ?

I don't have precise dates but I guess that the events would have
occurred during the mid-Twenties.

I've tried TDA without success but I am sure that you have lots of
sources that you can tap into.

Second

How on earth am I going to manage without you?

There's no urgency from my point of view but please post your answer
before the year runs out and the axe falls.

Many thanks

Bryan

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 30 Nov 2006 02:07 PST

Oh yes, and another thing ...

Please allow sufficient time for me to rate your answer before year end.

Bryan

Bryan,

Many thanks for accepting my research. I'll just say: see below.

Phil
answerfinder-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by probonopublico-ga on 30 Nov 2006 21:18 PST

Hi Phil

I now find that Comments are no longer allowed!

I'm just testing that the RAC is still working - even though I'm in the AA.

Bryan

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Clarification of Answer by answerfinder-ga on 01 Dec 2006 00:16 PST

Bryan,
They certainly are. I'm just exploring to see what I can and can't do.
Phil

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Request for Answer Clarification by probonopublico-ga on 01 Dec 2006 02:30 PST

By George, Phil, I think that I've finally got a fix on a person that
I have been searching for ...

And it's all thanks to you!

I wish that I could increase your Tip but, alas, it's now too late for that.

Bryan

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Clarification of Answer by answerfinder-ga on 01 Dec 2006 03:26 PST

Bryan,
Jolly good.
I've emailed your gmail.
Phil

Very many thanks, Phil

You always manage to pull something out of the bag.

My elder daughter called round this evening and we had a discussion
about Waterloo (she's a Bernard Cornwell buff). And, yes, she already
knew about the scavenging of corpses although she tells me that Sharpe
never stooped.

I am now looking forward to the promised continuity with you.

Have a great Christmas!

All the Best

Bryan

Bryan,

No luck I?m afraid. This is a particularly hard question. A report of
such a series of incidents is unlikely to have appeared in the main
newspapers as they are such a minor matter. I went through the best
possible source online, that of the Scotsman, but no luck. I think you
may need a local paper, but in the absence of a date, this seems
impossible.

I did wonder if the burglaries could have been related to a trial
which was held at the Old Bailey in 1925? (started Oct 24) A number of
principal communists in the UK were convicted of ?Conspiracy to Utter
and Publish seditious libels and to incite persons to commit breaches
of the Incitement to Munity Act 1797?. They were all based in London
except one from Scotland, and it would not surprise me that their
offices in various parts of the country would have been ?visited? by
the security service. Especially as in the same year the Communist
Party held their Annual Congress in Glasgow (May 30, 1925)

If you want to see the references in the Times. Search: INKPEN between
1920 and 1930

Albert Samuel Inkpin - Secretary Communist Party of GB
William Charles Rust - Young Communist League
Robert Page Arnot - Labour Research Department 


As for your second point. Once finished here at GA, I?ll drop you a line.

Phil

That's great Phil. 

Many thanks for your response to both questions.

I feel sure that the incidents you have uncovered are related.

I have now identified a suspect who admitted doing the jobs.
Unfortunately, he is long dead but - would you believe? - he carried
out other jobs for Special Branch.

Please post your comments as an Answer; there's no need to priovide
any links or stuff. In fact, I would prefer NOT.

All the Best

Bryan

Bryan,

Many, many thanks for your generosity. I'll be able to pay for those dentures now.

Phil.