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If the former of the foregoing alternatives is adopted there is, in the view of the Postmaster General, a serious risk of a general strike through- out the Post Office, resulting in the paralysis of the whole communications system of the country, including not only the postal, telephone and tele- graph services but also the system of private wires between Government Departments. The Financial Secretary, Treasury, shares the view that such a risk would arise but thinks it would be less likely where postmen drivers are asked to extend their journeys (where the work would be definitely analogous) than where other grades are asked to undertake similar work.
Home Office, S.W.1.
23RD JUNE 1949.
J. C. E.
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