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Transportworkers' Federation of Amsterdam,

and it is through this channel that it seeks

assistance to re-establish a branch in Hong

Kong, which is the object of the present

representations which I have received.

2. In principle I am in favour of the

recognition and the encouragement of legitimate

for defriite trade Unim purposes

labour organisations in the Colonies, and

A

I am quite prepared to regard it as an open

question whether the steps taken in Hong Kong

in 1927 need necessarily be maintained in the

altered circumstances of today. It has been

brought to my notice that an unsuccessful

application was addressed to the Governor of

Hong Kong in 1933 on behalf of another Chinese

Seamen's Union having the support of the

Central Government of China, as reported in

Sir William Peel's secret despatch of the 9th of

April, 1935, though the information at my

disposal does not indicate whether there have

since

No.3 in 53551/35 H.K.