The Archive · 1939

Agitators Watched

Aboard Royal Train, June 7.

Members of the Royal Party touring Canada with King George and Queen Elizabeth talked to Scotland Yard by telephone yesterday regarding the protection of Their Majesties from possible attacks by Irish Republican Army terrorists while in the United States.

American police, it was learned, have been asked to watch other Irish agitators while the King and Queen are in the United States. The request was made following the arrest in Detroit yesterday of Mr. Sean Russell, Chief of Staff of the outlawed Irish Republican Army.

As a result of these developments, it is expected that the police guard around Their Majesties will be maintained even more closely in the United States than it was in Canada. it was believed unlikely that Their Majesties would enter directly into dense crowds in the United States as they did in Canada,

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