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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)OMD/9/2/1
Title'Red violence and blue lies. An answer to 'Fascists at Olympia''
Extent1 item
Date1934
DescriptionPrinted pamphlet produced by the British Union of Fascists comprising evidence to support the claim that the violence at the Olympia meeting was highly organised and the result of a plan in which the Independent Labour Party, the Communist Party and other organisations were involved. The pamphlet includes extracts from speeches, articles in the press, letters, statements including medical evidence and comments on the subject. It contains loose typescript items comprising extracts from 'Daily Worker' showing evidence of incitement to violence in the weeks prior to the Olympia meeting, 1934; and a typescript extract from 'The Times' of 14 November 1922 reporting on Winston Churchill's meeting at Dundee.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionSome pages of this pamphlet are detached and two loose items are inserted in the middle of the pamphlet.

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