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ENGLAND BEGINS "PURGE" LONDON, England, April 6 Great Britain is pressing an intensive drive to purge the country of all Nazi agents and members of German organizations who might possibly report on Britains rearmament or engage in subversive activities, the House of Commons was informed today. "The Home Office, working with Scotland Yard detectives, is conducting the campaign," Sir Samuel Hoare, home secretary, announced. "Authorities are closely watching the activities of the Gestapo and other Nazi organizations in this country." Three persons, who came to London and masqueraded as business men, already have been expelled, the home secretary said. A long list of undesirables, it was understood through Scotland Yard sources, has been compiled, and other expulsions will follow speedily. In reply to questions. Sir Samuel Hoare said the closest watch would be kept over all members of Reich organizations, and he intimated that no actual members of the German embassy staff were involved in the deportation movement
