Who bombed the Hilton? (40 page)

4
ibid., p. 160.

5
ibid., p. 159.

6
ibid., p. 170.

7
ibid.

8
ibid.

9
ibid., p. 304.

A new wave of terror

1
Special Branch running sheet 651/6 by Helson, ‘Information received from a confidential source concerning the sect Ananda Marga and the movements of Mathew Donald Meighan', Hilton bombing records. Running sheets extra. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

2
ibid.

3
Wood, J, op. cit., pp. 37 and 164.

4
ibid., Appendix F, p. 8.

5
ibid., Appendix F, p. 9.

6
Letter to N Sheather re. ‘Hilton bombing — Information', 26/4/78, Hilton bombing records. Running sheets extra. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

7
ibid.

8
Special Branch running sheet ‘Information Received from [Redacted] re. possible suspect for bombing', 3/4/78, 11.00 am, Hilton bombing records. Running sheets extra. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

9
Tape 4, ‘27.5.78', tape transcripts, interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', and ‘G', Tim Anderson — Papers, 1976–1992, ML MSS 6143/ Box 11, New South Wales State Library, Mitchell Library. Note: the recording was made on 27/4/78, ‘27.5.78' is presumably a typo.

10
ibid.

11
ibid.

12
Molomby, T,
Spies, Bombs and the Path of Bliss
, Potoroo Press, Sydney, 1986, p. 294.

13
Seary's stints in jail are detailed in Wood, J, op. cit., Section 9, pp. 105–108.

14
Tape 4, ‘27.5.78', tape transcripts, interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', and ‘G', op. cit.

15
Wood, J, op. cit., p. 294.

16
ibid., Appendix F, p. 9.

17
ibid., p. 10.

18
Tape 1, ‘7.5.78', Tape Transcripts, interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', and ‘C', Tim Anderson — Papers, 1976–1992, ML MSS 6143/ Box 11, New South Wales State Library, Mitchell Library.

19
AM newsletter, published by the public relations department of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha Australasia, May 1978, Running sheets marked 1(a)1–1(b)45. Item no. 9/8113.4. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

20
ibid.

21
ibid.

22
ibid.

23
Kuala Lumpur, Running sheet ‘Information received from [redacted] concerning an improvised explosive device placed in the tea room of Air India, Kuala Lumpur', 12.5.78, details an IED placed in the tea room on the 14th floor of the Angkasa Raya Building, Kuala Lumpur, on 15 November 1977. It was found by an office cleaner who called police and left. The bomb exploded before the bomb squad arrived, and there were no casualties. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

24
‘Copies of diagram for the manufacture of an explosive device …' 10/5/78. Hilton bombing records. Running sheets extra. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

25
Tape 3, ‘15.5.78', Tape Transcripts, interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', and ‘C', Tim Anderson — Papers, 1976–1992, ML MSS 6143/ Box 11, New South Wales State Library, Mitchell Library.

26
ibid.

27
Special Branch running sheet ‘Information received from [Redacted] re. Brandon alias Hoffman alias Alexander', 15/5/78, Hilton bombing records. Running sheets extra. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

28
ibid.

29
Wood, J, op. cit., Appendix F, p. 10.

30
Brown, M, ‘Bomb blast rocks police HQ',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 19 May 1978, p. 1.

31
Franklin, R, ‘Three months later, the Hilton inquiry looks like being a sad, lost cause',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 21 May 1978, p. 9.

‘A full-scale terrorist war'

1
Record of interview, Statements. Item no. 9/8113.1. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

2
Wood, J, op. cit., p. 169.

3
Information concerning Ananda Marga member sect name ‘Japananda', fax received 14.6.78, Hilton bombing records. Running sheets extra. Item no. 9/8132. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

4
Wood, J, op. cit., p. 169.

5
Transcript of interview between Seary and Krawczyk, 24/5/78,
Statements. Item no. 9/8113.1. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

6
ibid.

7
ibid.

8
The archive transcript switches from C to J — it is probable that this is a reference to Krawczyk's first name, Jan.

9
Transcript of interview between Seary and Krawczyk, 24/5/78, op. cit.

10
ibid.

11
Wood, op. cit., p. 169.

12
ibid.

13
Transcript of interview between Seary and Krawczyk, 24/5/78, op. cit.

14
ibid.

15
Tape 5, ‘29.5.78', Tape Transcripts, Interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', Tim Anderson — Papers, 1976–1992, ML MSS 6143/ Box 11, New South Wales State Library, Mitchell Library.

16
ibid.

17
ibid.

18
ibid.

19
ibid.

20
‘Swiss Hindu in Manila sets fire to herself',
The Times
, 15 June 1978, p. 8.

June 1978

1
Molomby, T, op. cit, p. 310.

2
Tape 6, ‘10.6.78', Tape Transcripts, Interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', Tim Anderson — Papers, 1976–1992, ML MSS 6143/ Box 11, New South Wales State Library, Mitchell Library.

3
ibid.

4
Wood, J, op. cit., p. 111.

5
ibid., Section 9, p. 285.

6
ibid., Appendix K, Seary Tapes, Tape 6A 10/6/78, ‘Page 1/2'.

7
ibid.

8
Mellor, B, ‘Security men sure they know Hilton Hotel bombers',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 11 June 1978, p. 9.

9
‘Swiss Hindu in Manila sets fire to herself', op. cit.

The madness of the day

1
Tape 8, ‘15.6.78', Tape Transcripts, interview between Richard Seary and ‘J', Tim Anderson — Papers, 1976–1992, ML MSS 6143/ Box 11, New South Wales State Library, Mitchell Library.

2
Wood, J, op. cit., Section 9, p. 171.

3
Transcript of ‘Conversation between Inspector Perrin and Richard John Seary at Police Headquarters on the 15.6.78'. Hilton bombing Inquest — Police Brief, Misc correspondence. Item no. 8052.1.
Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

4
ibid.

5
Wood, J, op. cit., Appendix F, Chronology, p. 12. The name the One World Revolutionary Army first appears in a letter sent to
The Australian
on 7 June 1978. The letter is a reaction to a number of media appearances by Robert Cameron on 6 June, including the Channel 9 Mike Willesee current affairs program. The letter criticises the upsurge of racist forces in the country and the formation of the Australian National Alliance and the Australian National Front. The letter continued that the Australian command of the Army would like it known that ‘if the laws of the land prove too weak to restrain these anti-social racist forces … the One World Revolutionary Army will act to physically suppress the racists'.

6
Transcript of ‘Conversation between Inspector Perrin and Richard John Seary', op. cit.

7
ibid., p. 5.

8
ibid., p. 6.

9
Sydney Morning Herald
, 14 February 1978.

10
Wood, J, op. cit., Appendix A, ‘2. Briefing Notes (a) Document One'.

11
ibid., Section 2, The Crown Case, p. 14.

12
ibid., Appendix A, ‘2. Briefing Notes (a) Document One'.

13
ibid.

14
ibid., Section 2, The Crown Case, p. 14.

Yagoona

1
ibid., p. 16.

2
ibid., p. 17.

3
Molomby, T, op. cit., pp. 83–86.

4
Wood, J, op. cit., Section 2, The Crown Case, p. 26.

5
ibid., p. 22.

6
ibid., Appendix A, Section 5: Petitioner's Admissions to Police, ‘Anderson — Verbal Admissions', p. 3.

7
ibid., Overall Conclusion, p. 452.

8
Holdich, R, Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security,
Complaint by Mr Richard John Seary against the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation: Final Report
, op. cit.

9
Seary v Molomby
, 1999 New South Wales SC 981. 1999 Aust. Torts Reports 81-536. New South Wales Supreme Court.

10
Molomby, T, op. cit.

11
Transcript of ‘Fight Against the Demon — Narrated by Abhiik Kumara. Obtained on Friday, 16 June 1978, from VSS Headquarters, 8 Brooklyn Street, Burwood.' Item no. 9/8052.1. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

12
ibid.

13
Wood, J, op. cit., p. 369.

‘Have you ever seen what this stuff can do?'

1
ibid. p. 370.

2
ibid.

3
ibid., extract from Seary's journal, p. 378.

4
ibid., p. 371.

5
ibid., p. 372.

6
‘Record of interview conducted between Inspector Sheather and [Redacted] at Police Headquarters on the 17th July, 1978', Statements. Item no. 9/8113.1. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Office. New South Wales State Records.

7
ibid.

8
ibid.

9
All reasons summarised in Wood, J, op. cit., pp. 379–385.

10
ibid., p. 393.

11
ibid.

12
ibid., p. 384.

13
ibid., p. 394.

14
ibid.

July 1978

1
‘Ananda Marga convictions overruled',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 5 July 1978, p. 5.

2
ibid.

3
‘Application to have [bomb making components] examined by Dr Malcolm Hall … and Dr Hilton J Kobus', New South Wales Police document, 18/7/1983, p. 3. Item no. 9/8112.2. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Papers. New South Wales State Records.

4
Statement to New South Wales Police by Harry Harvy Lees, 30/4/1981. Item no. 9/8112.1. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Papers. New South Wales State Records.

5
‘Resume of the Hilton bombing', 24/10/79, pp. 7–9. Item no. 9/8112.3. Records relating to the Hilton bombing. Cabinet Papers. New South Wales State Records.

6
ibid.

7
‘The Federal government cancelled Mr Brandon's passport on June 13th and confiscated it when he returned to Australia on August 9' quoted from ‘Sect leader granted restricted passport',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 7 December 1978, p. 11.

8
‘Ananda Marga man detained',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 10 August 1978, p. 1.

9
‘Secret. For Cabinet. Report on the Ananda Marga.' FM Chaney, Minister for Administrative Services, op. cit.

10
ibid., point 6.

11
Kelly, N, ‘Thailand to free Ananda Marga trio — no passport for sect leader',
Sydney Morning Herald
, 11 August 1978, p. 2.

12
ibid.

13
ibid.

14
ibid.

15
ibid.

16
ibid.

17
ibid.

18
Head, M, ‘Thirty years since Sydney's Hilton bombing: Unanswered Questions',
Legal History,
2008, Vol. 12. pp 242–243.

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