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Registry (HWB 18/70) No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

pestricted. (Unofassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

.In Confidence

Confidential

3

DRAFT Saving Despatch

Type 1 +

To:-

Hong Kong

From

AS

5339

BCA9

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Invitations to Overseas Trade Union

Organisations to the Centenary Year

of the T.U.C.

Enclosed for your confidential information is a

list and memorandum drawn up by the T.U.C. showing the

overseas

Trade Union Centres who will receive

to ho hand in invitations to the T.U.C. Centenary Congress/later'

Septent

this year, and explaining in particular terms the

reasons for the choice made where a choice has been

necessary.

2.

Invitations are expected to be sent out fairly

soon if they have not already issued. It will be noted

that Hong Kong is to be invited and we assume that the

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local organisation to receive the invitation will be the

Hong Kong T.U.C. We understand that there is no

present intention of allowing the list to be varied

with

in any way and also that consideration would only be

given to helping with the fares in exceptional cases

where the T.U.C. is satisfied that there is a real

financial need.