South African delegation to the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students

Date: 1953 Reference: KV 2/3810 Creator: Security Service Catalogue context: Kenelm Hubert DIGBY. British. DIGBY first came to notice in 1932 when he embarked for Leningrad and in 1933 he was the proposer of the pacifist Oxford Union motion: 'That this House would in no circumstances fight for its King and Country'. After being called to the Bar and several years working as a District Officer for the Sarawak Government of Rajah Brooke, DIBGY was in 1939 legal adviser to the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) and a member of the legal group of the Communist Party. He was again in Sarawak from 1940 to 1951, latterly as a judge, and on return to the UK was again involved with the NCCL and with the Kenya Provisional Committee. In 1955 he emigrated to New Zealand Categories: Military; Overseas Subjects: Cold War; Africa; Asia; Australia and Pacific; Communism Topics: Arts and culture; British state and citizens; International trade and affairs; Military and war Period: Postwar Places: Africa Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf