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29 December, 1970.
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You will remember that Leslie Monson wrote to you last Kay about Clive Jenkins' interest in the relations between his Union's branch in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Aircraft engineering Company (HAECO). Since then we have had an exchange of telegrams on the matter, ending with your telegram No. 664 of 30 September.
2. On 25 November, Jenkins wrote to Mr. Royle suggesting a meeting to discuss the question of the recognition of the ASTMS Union in Hong Kong. He said that a deputation would like to call on the Parliamentary Under-Secretary and that it would consist of the ASTMS President, Mr. Ian Mikardo, MP, "r. ". Young, of the ETU PTU a union also involved in the problem Mr. Maurice Crbach, P Mr. Russell Kerr, HP, and himself. The meetin duly took place on 14 December, but without the three Members of Parliament who were unable to attend.
3. Jenkins had nothing fresh to say apart from admitting that Decker, the Secretory of the ong Kong Branch, had been foolish at the time of the hijackings in trying to get the Branch to boycott UAR aircraft. He told us that Becker had resigned from both his union office and also his job and was now back in the United Kingdom. He also left with Mr. Royle the document, of which a copy is attached. Tothing was said at the meeting about your Trade Union Registration (Amendment) ill.
4.
Jenkins mentioned incidentally that the local branch had declared a 'dispute' on the recognition issue but that the Department of Labour had been less than helpful. Perhaps you coul: let us have the facts?
5. Mr. Hoyle has asked me to tell you that he wrote on 22 December to Jenkins savi smoly that he had arranged for an account of what Jenkins said to him to be conveyed to the Hong Kong Covernment.
6. Incidentally I cannot trace that we have received any answer to Leslie's letter of 21 May about the previous meeting with Jenkins in the last paragraph of which he asked a few general questions.
LAST PADER
Sir Hugh Norman-Walker, KCMG, OBE,
HONG KONG,
(K.. Milford)
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