Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-26

sonal data on Hardy TO reach
the hands of the bitterest
foes of communism, Bevin ard
Spence, the leaders of the
British maritime unions. Soon
this material began TO appear
on the front page Of Mr.
Spence's journal. the Seaman.
and found its way into every
foc's'le under the British flag.
GETS THRASHING
AS a result, Hardy accused
Thompson of treachery. and
Thompson gave Hardy a ire
mendous thrashing in front of
Charley Browns famous tav-
ern in. West Indian Dock road.
BY way Of revenge, Hardy de-
nounced me 10 Scotland Yard,
and detectives began to comb
the East End, asking for a
Russian with an American
accent"
Several times ] had the dis
tinct feeling of being trailed.
But. fortunately, the average
detective can be recognized
hundred yards off.
The C campaign 10 break
Hardy and Thompson was a
complete success, The blus-
tering Thompson was not
dangerous; he was permitted
10 resign. George Hardy was
ordered to go TO Moscow. For
Two weeks he hesitated. WITH
explosive profanity, he told
me. you've got my wife
there.
you sent her there, didn't
you:" | answered.
George Hardy was. after
all. an Englishman. He went
TO Moscow. He was permitted
to remain alive. But he has,
TO the best of my knowledge,
never emery from his
oblivion.
The new leadership for the
Comintern work in the field
Of British Empire shipping
was selected at the World
Congress against Imperialist
War in Amsterdam. financed
and engineered by the Krem-
lin in August. 1882.
1t was sponsored by a fine
array of liberal "innocents.'
ranging from Roman ROLAND
to Patel-the chairman of the
East Indian National Con-
greSs. II also brought together
the international ComintefH
elite.
In one of the secret con-
ferences which accompanied
the open show" session, the
successors to Thompson and
Hardy were appointed.
LEAGUE OF NEGROES
After Hardy and Thompson
were pushed out Of the way,
| concentrated on the West
Indian Association. This was
a league of Negroes. built up
in the course of years by
Negro named O,Connell, con-
trolling numerous local units
in Jamaica, Haiti, the Domi-
nician Republic and on the
lesser islands.
II stood for the defense of
Negro rights and the promo
ton of cultural relations
among the various Negro cen
tiers. O'Connell, who had his
head office in Cardiff. was an
energetic individual, very dark
of skin, but with the nose of
an Arab horseman and the
chin Of a pugilist.
He was not a member Of
the Communist Party, but
held the card of enc of the
more important auXiliarieS-
the Friends of the Soviet
Union. My instructions were
to plant a Communist adviser
in O'Connell's office, and to
enchain 6i6onneft by inducing
him TO accept a regular SUBJ
sidy Of "A few hundred dollars
from the international sec
retariat for the Friends of the
Soviet Union.
Actually such secretariat
did not exist; the "secre-
tariat" was Willy Muenzen-
berg. The aim was, of course,
10 use O'Connelps association
as a Communist transmission
belt among the Negro populace
of the West Indies. The assis-
tant / had intended TO put into
O'Connelrs office was a Lon
don Negro named Jones. a
graduate Of the Lenin School
in Moscow. What l did not
suspect. however. was that
Comrade Jones had been for
years, and still was, on the
pay roll of Scotland Yard.
ENDS IN DEFEAT
My mission ended in bleak
defeat. / journeyed to Cardiff,
O'Connell was willing to aC-
cept the money / offered 10
support his organization, but
he stubbornly insisted that the
West Indies were one thing.
and Moscow another. Bluntly
he told me:
Il represent my Negro
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