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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 11. 1962

Security Police Under Fire

Security Police Under Fire

For some time organisations such as the Council of Civil Liberties have been questioning the effectiveness of our security police. They have also been disturbed by some of the activities of the force. The black-listing of non-communist liberals as a result of information provided by security, the hounding, of ex-communists and the attention paid by security to non-communist and even anti-communist progressive groups have all been matters concerning the critics of the Security Police.

Too often it has seemed that the force was not solely concerned with the activities of communists and fellow-travellers who, because of the link between the Communist Party and Russia and China, could be considered a risk to New Zealand's security. Rather they have shown an unhealthy interest in any who feel that our present society is imperfect,