Rather than staging protests, numerous local branches were instead organising charabanc excursions to the countryside, though even these outings came with a political purpose.”Members are being asked to utilise these occasions to propagate anti-monarchist propaganda,” the MI5 report noted.However, the party acknowledged the difficulty of this task, warning activists they would be “going against the stream” and urging them to be “careful to speak in such a way that they do not make themselves unpopular with their neighbours.”Alongside these efforts, communists were also encouraged to challenge what they regarded as “unnecessary expenditure on street demonstrations or spending by local authorities on banquets for councillors etc”.