80x Royal Commission On Espionage Official Transcripts Of Proceedings (1954-55) Commonwealth Of Australia
 
The Official Transcripts of Proceedings of the Royal Commission on Espionage (1954-55) examined 119 witnesses and produced nearly 3,000 pages of transcripts, which are considered a key part of its records, though some evidence taken in camera was not published.
 
The Report of the Royal Commission on Espionage was published in 1955 after the Commission investigated Soviet espionage in Australia. Key findings included the authenticity of the "Petrov Papers," the truthfulness of the Petrovs, the use of the Soviet Embassy for espionage, and that only Communists knowingly assisted Soviet intelligence.
 
In 1954, the head of the Soviet spy network in Australia, Volodya Petrov, defected and sought asylum.

The Soviets intervened and attempted to repatriate Petrov's wife, Evdokia, to the USSR. She was wrestled off the plane at Darwin by Australian security agents. In the Cold War era, this became the sensation of the year, initiating the Royal Commission on Espionage.

The Left in Australia largely viewed this as a Menzies-led attempt to crush local Communists.

The Petrovs were eventually settled in suburban Melbourne under the names Sven and Anna Allyson, and given a pension.

Volodya/Vladimir died in 1991, and Evdokia in 2002.
 
This lot of Transcripts comprises over eighty individual daily transcripts of evidence (Commission took evidence for 126 days) plus an interim report.
 
Transcripts include: Days 19-20, Days 47- 87, Day 91, Days 97- 126.
 
Soft Cover
In Fair to Good Condition