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Who's next cry by Monday Club Dutschke heartens Tories

By Stephen Johns

Workers Press no. 348, 9 January 1971 · scan page 1

Topics: Tory government

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Hull dockers arriving for work yesterday morning. Within hours, they had stopped work until Monday in support of victimized workers at St Helens-and they will be out again on Tuesday against the Tory Industrial Relations Bill. stop over RUDI DUTSCHKE learned yesterday that he had lost his fight to stay and study in Britain. He is now virtually certain to be asked to leave on grounds of 'national security' by Tory Home Secretary Reginald Maudling.

After yesterday's immigrant appeals tribunal decision, which dismissed the ex-German student leader's request to stay in Britain, a Home Office spokesman said they would be writing to Dutschke's solicitor to ask how long arrangements for him to leave the country would take.

It is clear from the tribunal's adjudication that it upheld Maudling's decision to prevent Dutschke studying in Britain mainly on the basis of the evidence heard in secret.

In their findings they say that Dutschke broke his promise to refrain from political activity whilst in this country.

The meetings Dutschke had with people involved in political activity, says the tribunal, 'far exceeded normal social activities and, whatever his intentions may have been, he did not abide by the assurances given by him and on his behalf not to engage in political activities.

"The evidence that was given before us in camera confirms this,' the report adds, referring to the one-day secret session when the tribunal heard former Labour Home Secretary James Callaghan on matters of national security and evidence from the security services who had been observing Dutschke throughout his stay.

POLITICAL DISCUSSION The report goes on : •... the Appellant claimed in evidence that discussion about political questions and the discussion of action in political activity did not themselves constitute political activity.

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