Trades Union Congress : International, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia, predominantly 1920-60TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Trades Union Congress : International, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia, predominantly 1920-60Cataloguing of the Trades Union Congress Archive in 1991 was made possible by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust. Conversion of the catalogue into EAD format in 2000 was made possible by a grant from the Research Support Libraries Programme, as part of A Mine of Information: Cataloguing the South Wales Coalfield, a project led by the University of Wales, Swansea. Administrative InformationThe records described below form part of the larger Trades Unions Congress archive 1920-60. Return to the Table of Contents CatalogueMSS. 292/940-999 International, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia 1920-1960MSS. 292/940/1-949.9/5 Europe 1917-60The major part of this long sequence (in addition to long sections on Germany, Spain and Russia) is concerned with relations with Trade Union National Centres, with correspondence relating to strikes, appeals for support, exchanges of delegations, invitations to attend Congresses, etc. The series highlights the difficulties faced in many countries, where suppression, factions, etc. were great problems, and includes many files on the suppression of bodies following Nazi/Russian invasions and subsequent setting-up of a centre in exile, often in London. N.B. much of the material is not in English and not all of it has been translated. The section is divided into the following countries: Europe (general) (Trades Union Congress ref. no. 940) Council of Europe (TUC ref. no. 940.9) Scotland (TUC ref. no. 941) Eire/Northern Ireland (TUC ref. no. 941.5) Wales (TUC ref. no. 941.9) Channel Islands (TUC ref. no. 942.8) Isle of Man (TUC ref. no. 942.9) Germany (TUC ref. no. 943) Saar (TUC ref. no. 943.1) Rhineland (TUC ref. no. 943.2) Ruhr (TUC ref. no. 943.3) Austria (TUC ref. no. 943.6) Czechoslovakia (TUC ref. no. 943.7) Poland (TUC ref. no. 943.8) Danzig (TUC ref. no. 943.81 Hungary (TUC ref. no. 943.9) France (TUC ref. no. 944) Italy (TUC ref. no. 945) Trieste (TUC ref. no. 945.5) Malta (TUC ref. no. 945.9) Spain (TUC ref. no. 946) Gibraltar (TUC ref. no. 946.9) Russia (TUC ref. no. 947) Lithuania (TUC ref. no. 947.3) Latvia (TUC ref. no. 947.4) Esthonia (TUC ref. no. 947.5) Georgia (TUC ref. no. 947.9) Norway (TUC ref. no. 948) Sweden (TUC ref. no. 948.5) Finland (TUC ref. no. 948.7) Denmark (TUC ref. no. 948.9) Iceland (TUC ref. no. 948.99) Balkans (TUC ref. no. 949) Netherlands (TUC ref. no. 949.2) Belgium (TUC ref. no. 949.3) Luxembourg (TUC ref. no. 949.31) Switzerland (TUC ref. no. 949.4) Greece (TUC ref. no. 949.5) Turkey (TUC ref. no. 949.6) Cyprus (TUC ref. no. 949.61 Bulgaria (TUC ref. no. 949.7) Roumania (TUC ref. no. 949.8) Yugoslavia (TUC ref. no. 949.9) MSS. 292/940/1-6 Europe (general) 1917-1959 MSS. 292/940/1 Europe 1924-31 Old TUC ref: T509 General correspondence regarding the above; including with International Federation of Trade Unions regarding economic unity. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. Outline of a new Europe, address by Dannie N. Heineman, 1930, supplement to The Statist, 11 April 1931; Minutes of League of Nations Commission of Enquiry for European Union 2nd session, 16-21 January 1931. MSS. 292/940/2 Europe 1937-59 General correspondence and documents as above. Europe speaks, Militant Socialist International pamphlet, 1942; Economic and military strength and weakness of red Russia and the independence movements in the USSR, Scottish League for European Freedom pamphlet, edited by John F. Stewart. MSS. 292/940/3 Peace Treaty Revision 1918-25 Old TUC ref: 940.22; TB64; 16/1/3 Papers regarding discussions relating to the above; including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, publications, press releases, etc. MSS. 292/940/4 Reparations 1917, 1923, 1932-4 Old TUC ref: 940.22; T64; I65 Papers regarding the above; including aid for German workers, 1923-4; repudiation of reparations, 1932-4. MSS. 292/940/5 Dawes Report 1924, 1952 Old TUC ref: 940.23; T182 Papers regarding the above, which advocated that currency stability was needed before the budget could be balanced and reparations paid. MSS. 292/940/6 Settlement and Disengagement 1957-9 Old TUC ref: 940.5; T3540 Correspondence regarding calls for a united Germany and the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Europe; including discussions with Labour Party. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/940.9/1-4 Council of Europe 1936-1960 MSS. 292/940.9/1 Council of Europe 1936-55 Old TUC ref: T1369 Correspondence with and regarding the above; also with predecessor bodies, such as British League for European Freedom; United Europe Committee. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/940.9/2 Council of Europe 1955-60 Old TUC ref: T1369 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/940.9/3 Council of Europe 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 940.91; T3142 Correspondence regarding Council of Europe social charter; including International Labour Office/Organisation/Council of Europe tripartite conference, 1-13 December 1958, to discuss a draft social charter. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/940.9/4 Council of Europe 1957 Old TUC ref: 940.98; T1369 Correspondence regarding Council of Europe courses for trade union officials. MSS. 292/941/1-9 Scotland 1920-1960 MSS. 292/941/1 Scotland 1952-7 General correspondence regarding the above; including Royal Commission on Scottish Affairs, 1952. MSS. 292/941/2 Scotland 1925-35 Old TUC ref: 941B1; T444 General correspondence regarding Scottish Trades Union Congress; including representation at International Labour Conference, 1925; resolutions. Scottish Trades Union Congress financial statement, 1934. MSS. 292/941/3 Scotland 1935-47 Old TUC ref: 941(210); T444 Correspondence regarding Scottish Trades Union Congress as above; Trades Union Congress representation at Congress. Documents including Congress agendas, congress decisions. Scottish Congress Bulletin, nos. 97, 99, 109, 117, 119-20, 139, April 1936-May 1940. MSS. 292/941/4 Scotland 1948-53 Old TUC ref: 941(210); T1367 Correspondence and documents regarding Scottish Trades Union Congress as above. Scottish Congress Bulletin, nos. 221-2, May-June 1948. MSS. 292/941/5 Scotland 1954-60 Old TUC ref: 941(210); T2728 Correspondence and documents regarding Scottish Trades Union Congress as above. MSS. 292/941/6 Scotland 1939-46 Old TUC ref: 941(212); T444; 941(210) Correspondence regarding closer working relations between Trades Union Congress and Scottish Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/941/7-9 Scotland 1925-60 Old TUC ref: 941(220); T444; T1367 Scottish Trades Union Congress circulars with related documentation. MSS. 292/941.5/1-16 Eire/Northern Ireland 1919-1960 MSS. 292/941.5/1 Ireland 1919, 1929-34 Old TUC ref: T1448 Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/941.5/2 Ireland 1935-48 Old TUC ref: T1448 Correspondence and documents as above; including conscription in Northern Ireland, 1939; trade union representation on committees in Northern Ireland. The Engineer Surveyor, volume 13, no. 9, November 1944; Engineer Surveyors' Association rules. MSS. 292/941.5/3 Ireland 1949-60 Old TUC ref: T1448 Correspondence and documents as above; Northern Ireland Development Council, 1955; aircraft industry in Northern Ireland, 1959. Report of Northern Ireland Development Council, 1957. MSS. 292/941.5/4 Irish Free State 1925-8 Old TUC ref: 941.5B1; T182 Correspondence regarding the recording in the above of rules of trade unions established in Great Britain, following the separation of the two countries. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars etc. MSS. 292/941.5/5 Ireland 1925-46 Old TUC ref: 941.5(200); T144; Z2 Correspondence regarding trade unionism; including with Irish Trades Union Congress; position of British trade unions in Irish Free State. Documents including reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/941.5/6 Ireland 1946-60 Old TUC ref: 941.5(200); T1366; X2 Correspondence and documents as above; including attendance at Irish Trades Union Congress annual conference. MSS. 292/941.5/7 Eire 1936-40 Old TUC ref: 941.5(212); T144; 941.5(200) Correspondence regarding reorganisation of the trade union movement; including discussion regarding interim report of Commission of Inquiry on Irish trade union movement. MSS. 292/941.5/8 Ireland 1939-45 Old TUC ref: 941.5(213); 941.5(200) Correspondence regarding trade union legislation in Eire; including Eire Trade Union Bill, 1941 and subsequent protests and calls for its withdrawal; 1942 Trade Union Act which amended 1941 legislation. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars, counsels' opinions, etc. Eire Trade Union Bill, 1941; Eire Trade Union Act, 1942. The Bill proposed to license authorised trade union bodies. These could only be licensed upon deposit of a sum based on membership. The Bill also proposed to set up a Tribunal which alone would have the power to determine which union or unions should have the right to organise workmen of any particular category. MSS. 292/941.5/9 Northern Ireland 1946-59 Old TUC ref: 941.5(216); T3540 Correspondence regarding trade union disputes; including calls for repeal of Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act (Northern Ireland) 1927, from 1946 onwards; alteration of political fund rules. Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Bill (Northern Ireland), 1958; Hansard, volume 43, nos. 14-16, 19, November 1958. MSS. 292/941.5/10 Ireland 1949-57 Old TUC ref: 941.5(217); T1366; 941.5(216) Correspondence regarding Ireland Bill (later Act), 1949, clause I(b) of which declared that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom and should not cease to be so without consent of the Northern Ireland Parliament; including discussion regarding position of trade unions with members in both Eire and Northern Ireland and subsequent conference, 12 October 1949. MSS. 292/941.5/11 Ireland 1954-60 Old TUC ref: 941.5(218); T1366; 941.5(216) Correspondence regarding trade union unity; including with Joint Unity Committee of Irish Trades Union Congress and Congress of Irish Unions and calls for a conference convened by the Trades Union Congress; views on draft constitution and proposals for a united trade union centre and subsequent conferences. Documents including various reports, memoranda. Draft constitution for a trade union centre for Ireland. MSS. 292/941.5/12 Irish Free State 1935-41 Old TUC ref: 941.5(220); T144; 941.5(216) Correspondence regarding the recording of the rules in the above, following a judgement against Transport and General Workers Union, which declared that the recording of their rules was illegal; including conference of trade unions with members in Ireland, 18 November 1935 (with report). MSS. 292/941.5/13 Ireland 1929-30 Old TUC ref: 941.5L; 0218-219; T256; 941.5(566) Correspondence regarding joint committee of members of the Irish and British Trades Union Congress. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/941.5/14 Irish Free State 1933-6 Old TUC ref: 941.5(800); T437; 941.5(566) Correspondence regarding legislation; including relating to factories; the Bill below. Conditions of Employment Bill, 1935. MSS. 292/941.5/15 Irish Free State 1935-40 Old TUC ref: 941.5(810); 941.5(566) Correspondence regarding Irish Insurance Bill (later Act), 1936, which sought to establish that bodies carrying on various forms of insurance could only do so under licence and upon deposit of 20,000. Unions registered in the state would be exempt from the provisions; including comments from affiliated trade unions in response to a Trades Union Congress circular, and subsequent conference, 10 January 1936, to discuss amending the Bill; discussions regarding a proposed amendment; comments from trade unions on the amended Act. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars. Insurance Act, 1936 and Bill, 1935. MSS. 292/941.5/16 Ireland 1936 Old TUC ref: 941.5(811); T437; 941.5(566) Questionnaires returned by affiliated trade unions in response to the Trades Union Congress circular on the Irish Insurance Bill, 1935. MSS. 292/941.5/17 Wales 1948-1960 MSS. 292/941.5/17 Wales 1948-60 Old TUC ref: 941.9; T2728 Correspondence regarding the above; including representation on the Welsh Advisory Councils. MSS. 292/942.8/1 Channel Islands 1945-1950 MSS. 292/942.8/1 Channel Islands 1945-50 Old TUC ref: T3942 Correspondence regarding the above; including conditions following five years of German occupation, 1945; trade union organisation, 1948; cost of living, 1950. MSS. 292/942.8/2 Isle of Man 1953-1956 MSS. 292/942.8/2 Isle of Man 1953-6 Old TUC ref: T3942; 942.9 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Isle of Man Trades Council regarding unemployment and constitutional and electoral reform, 1954. Emergency Powers Bill, 1954 and Bill A, 1954. MSS. 292/943/1-75 Germany 1918-60 The following sequence of files includes a section on the post-war re-organisation and reconstruction of the German trade union movement. Other areas of interest include discussion on the post-1933 situation, following the suppression of the trade unions, with files on refugees, the World Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council, bans on German goods. There are also files on exchange of delegations (post-1945). There are also files on East Germany, the Saar, Rhineland and Ruhr. N.B. Much of the material is in German and not all of it has been translated. MSS. 292/943/1 Germany 1918-25 Old TUC ref: T54 General correspondence regarding the above; including with General Federation of German Trade Unions. MSS. 292/943/2 Germany 1921-34 Old TUC ref: T742 Documents regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, circulars, press-cuttings, especially relating to German rearmament and suppression of trade unions, 1934. MSS. 292/943/3 Germany 1935-9 Old TUC ref: T742 General correspondence as above; including enquiries regarding conditions, wages, rearmament; visits to Germany. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, miscellaneous publications. Unchanging Germany, by A.H. Henderson-Livesey, pamphlet, 1936. MSS. 292/943/4 Germany 1939-47 Old TUC ref: T742 General correspondence and documents as above; including fund for concentration camp victims; repatriation of refugees and Prisoners of War. Constitutions of Bavaria, Hesse and Wuerttemberg-Baden, 1947. MSS. 292/943/5 Germany 1947-8 Old TUC ref: T742 General correspondence and documents as above; protests at appointment of Dr. H. Reusch to the Commission to examine the steel industry. Documents including daily excerpts from German publications, 1948. MSS. 292/943/6 Germany 1948-50 Old TUC ref: T743 General correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/7 Germany 1950-1 Old TUC ref: T743 General correspondence and documents as above; including visits of various German delegations. MSS. 292/943/8 Germany 1951-3 Old TUC ref: T743 Correspondence and documents as above; including question of German rearmament. Democratic German Report, volume 11, no. 5, 27 February 1953. MSS. 292/943/9 Germany 1953-6 Old TUC ref: T743 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/10 Germany 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T1364 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/11 Trade Unions 1945-7 Old TUC ref: 943(200) Correspondence regarding German trade union movement; including post-war reconstruction of; supply of British trade union journals to, 1946; links and contacts with; representation at conferences of trade unions in the British Zone. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943/12 Trade Unions 1947-8 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T744 Correspondence and documents as above; including regarding exchange visits; organisation of German police force; with Hans Gottfurcht as trade union liaison officer. MSS. 292/943/13 Trade Unions 1948 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T744; G206 Correspondence and documents as above; establishment of Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), 1948; World Federation of Trade Unions proposal for a liaison office in Berlin. MSS. 292/943/14 Trade Unions 1948 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T745 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/15 Trade Unions 1948-9 Old TUC ref: T745; 943(200) Correspondence and documents as above; including Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund circulars; restitution of trade union property in the British Zone. MSS. 292/943/16 Trade Unions 1949 Old TUC ref: T746 Correspondence and documents as above; including representation at Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund congresses. MSS. 292/943/17 Trade Unions 1950 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T746 Correspondence and documents as above; including replacement of Hans Gottfurcht as liaison officer by Richard Broh; enquiry regarding Syndicat National des Cadres; amalgamation of Unabhngige Gewerkschafts-Organisation Gross-Berlin (UGO) with Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund. Industrial relations in Germany, 1945-1949, Cmd. 7923, 1950. MSS. 292/943/18 Trade Unions 1950-2 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T747 Correspondence and documents as above; including regarding dismissal of German seamen from service on British ships, 1951. MSS. 292/943/19 Trade Unions 1952-4 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T1872 Correspondence and documents as above; enquiries; German co-determination experiment, 1952. MSS. 292/943/20 Trade Unions 1954-7 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T1872 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/21 Trade Unions 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 943(200); T1872 Correspondence and documents as above; German Musicians Union (DMU) and the Artists' Union, from which the former was expelled, 1959. MSS. 292/943/22 Free Trade Union Movement 1939-45 Old TUC ref: 943(230); T165 Correspondence with Hans Gottfurcht and others regarding the Free German Trade Union Group in Britain; divisions within the trade union group and subsequent expulsions. Documents including circulars, publications. The new German trade union movement, draft proposals, pamphlet. MSS. 292/943/23 Trade Unions: Police Organisation 1949-50 Old TUC ref: 943(240); T748; G224; 943(230) Correspondence regarding the above; including concern at insistence of the authorities that such organisation be completely free from the rest of the trade union movement. MSS. 292/943/24 German Firms in England 1934 Old TUC ref: 943(410); T325; M199; 943(230) Papers regarding the above. MSS. 292/943/25 Dismantling of Factories 1948-50 Old TUC ref: 943(411); T749; G225; G172; 943(230) Correspondence regarding the above and concern at its implications for the European Recovery Programme and the German trade union movement; including discussions with Foreign Office regarding its halting. Documents including reports, memoranda. Report on the planned reactivation of the Htte Braunschweig, October 1948; coverage of the iron and steel demand within the scope of the Marshall Plan with due regard to bottlenecks caused by dismantling, report, 1948; Memorandum on the measures agreed by the UK, US and French Foreign Ministers on the programme for Germany, 1949, Cmd. 7677. MSS. 292/943/26 Political and Economic 1945-52 Old TUC ref: 943(500); T3464; 943(230) Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/943/27 Social Democratic Party 1941-2 Old TUC ref: 943(501) Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including Labour Party International Department reports, 1941. German Social Democratic Party newsletters and pamphlets. MSS. 292/943/28 Free German Movement 1941-5 Old TUC ref: 943(502); T165; 943(501) Correspondence regarding the above; including concern expressed by German Workers Trade Union Centre and others at article in Sunday Dispatch attacking the political German refugee groups, 1942; meetings, rallies, etc.; enquiries regarding Free German League of Culture in Great Britain and Free German Youth in Great Britain. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. The German workers' movement and German nationalism: some reflections on the pamphlet Gollancz in German wonderland, Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1942; memorandum and articles of association of 'Fight for Freedom' Editorial and Publishing Services Limited, 1942, also pamphlet Fight for freedom...... what is it?; Freie Tribne, volume V, no.16, October 1943. MSS. 292/943/29 German Democratic Republic 1953-60 Old TUC ref: 943(504); T1362; G185; 943(501) Correspondence and documents regarding East Germany; including support for demonstrations, 1953 and subsequent formation of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions East German fund; Yorkshire mineworkers delegation, 1956; reunification of Germany; with and regarding Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (East German equivalent of Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund). No chance for West German revanchists, letter from Walter Ulbricht to Konrad Adenauer. MSS. 292/943/30 Post-War Germany 1942-6 Old TUC ref: T13; 943(505); 943(501) Correspondence regarding the above; including with the Never Again Association; concern at War Office plans for post-war reconstruction; treatment of post-war Germany; Face the Facts Association. Documents including various Never Again Association and Face the Facts Association publications etc. The trade unions in a new Germany, by Hans Gottfurcht, February 1944; Re-making Germany, by Mary Saran et al., 1945. MSS. 292/943/31 Publications 1945-56 Old TUC ref: T3464; 943(507) Correspondence with Control Office for Germany and individuals regarding the above; including proposed trade union newspaper in Germany; requests for rules, pamphlets, text books. Documents including various publications, printed ephemera. MSS. 292/943/32 Education 1945-9 Old TUC ref: 943(507) Correspondence regarding the above; including training of trade union officers; summer schools; adult and workers education. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943/33 Education 1949-51 Old TUC ref: 943(508); T748; 943(507) Correspondence and documents as above; including with German Educational Reconstruction, 1951. MSS. 292/943/34 Education 1952-8 Old TUC ref: 943(508); T888; 943(507) Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/35 Education Consultative Committee 1951-3 Old TUC ref: 943(508.1); T748 Correspondence regarding the Foreign Office Consultative Committee on Educational Relationships with Germany; including Trades Union Congress representation on. Documents including minutes, agendas and other related papers. MSS. 292/943/36 Education Consultative Committee 1954-7 Old TUC ref: 943(508.1); T1752 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/37 Education: Wilton Park 1946-9 Old TUC ref: 943(509); T749 Correspondence regarding the Wilton Park Training Centre; including courses for German civilians and arrangements for visits to Transport House; invitation to Trades Union Congress to be represented on a new Advisory Academic Council. Documents including lists of speakers, details of courses and talks. MSS. 292/943/38 Education: Wilton Park 1949-52 Old TUC ref: 943(509); T749 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/39 Education: Wilton Park 1952-60 Old TUC ref: 943(509); T1363 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/40 Political Situation, 1933 1933 Old TUC ref: 943(510); S2; TB413 Correspondence regarding the above; including support for German trade unions in the election campaign; concern at subsequent Nazi atrocities and collapse of German trade union and socialist movement. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Germany under national socialism, by P.J.S. Serrarens, 1933; Down with fascism, by Joseph Compton. MSS. 292/943/41 Political Situation, 1933-4 1933-5 Old TUC ref: 943(510); 225-7; S2 Papers regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, circulars, information sheets, miscellaneous printed ephemera. Come to Germany and you will receive a cordial welcome, 1934; Germany under the Swastika, no. 18, 1934. MSS. 292/943/42 Trade Union Propaganda: Co-ordinating Committee 1935-40 Old TUC ref: 943(513); 943(510) Correspondence regarding the above; including proposed National Council of Labour broadcast on the BBC, which was not transmitted on Foreign Office advice, 1939. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/943/43 United Front 1933-4 Old TUC ref: 943(514); 943(510) Correspondence regarding discussions relating to united action in support of German working class; including with Independent Labour Party and Communist Party (of Great Britain) and subsequent issue of a Trades Union Congress statement. MSS. 292/943/44 Financial Assistance: Matteotti Fund 1933-4 Old TUC ref: 943 (515); T413; 225-7S5; 943 (510) Papers regarding the above; including National Council of Labour and International Federation of Trade Unions circulars. Feed the children, by Ellen Wilkinson. MSS. 292/943/45 Refugees 1933-8 Old TUC ref: 943 (516); T413; 943 (510) General correspondence regarding refugees; including financial help; High Commission for German Refugees. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943/46 Refugees 1934-44, 1967-9 Old TUC ref: 225-7S6; T838; 943 (510) Correspondence regarding the case of Mr and Mrs P. Petroff. MSS. 292/943/47 World Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council 1935-8 Old TUC ref: 943 (517); J182 Papers regarding the above; including boycott of German goods. Boycott Bulletin, volume III, no. 13, 14 April 1938. MSS. 292/943/48 Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 943 (517) Correspondence as above. Do you want war?, Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council leaflet. MSS. 292/943/49 Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council 1935-8 Old TUC ref: 943 (517.1); J200; 943 (517) Minutes, reports, notices regarding meetings of the British Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council. MSS. 292/943/50 Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 943 (517.3); J200; 943 (517) Correspondence regarding Annual General Meetings and luncheons. Documents including minutes, memoranda, circulars. MSS. 292/943/51 Ban on German Goods 1933-4 Old TUC ref: 943 (518); 225-7S3; 943 (517) Circulars, reports, memoranda regarding the above as part of the protests against Hitler. MSS. 292/943/52 Ban on German Goods 1934-9 Old TUC ref: 943 (518); 943 (517) Correspondence and documents as above. Why the boycott of Nazi Germany, British Section of the World Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council; leaflet regarding Women Shoppers' League. MSS. 292/943/53 German Situation 1934-5 Old TUC ref: 943 (519); TB416; 225-7S9; 943 (517) Special reports on the above (three in German, one in English). MSS. 292/943/54 War 1939 1939-40 Old TUC ref: 943 (520); T165 Papers regarding the above; including translations of material sent by International Transport Workers Federation. Inside Nazi Germany, no. 2, mid-November 1939. MSS. 292/943/55 Re-armament 1954-6 Old TUC ref: 943 (528); T888; G192; 943 (520) Correspondence regarding the above; including protests from affiliated bodies at the Labour Party's decision to support the Government's proposals for re-armament, 1954. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943/56 Employment of Scientists 1946-8 Old TUC ref: 943 (540); T750; H237 Correspondence regarding proposals that as part of the German reparation payments, the British Government would have use of the services of specialised German scientists and technicians in Britain (Darwin Scheme). Documents including Board of Trade lists of scientists. MSS. 292/943/57 Employment of Scientists 1948-9 Old TUC ref: 943 (540); T750 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943/58 Social Conditions 1945-53 Old TUC ref: 943 (600); T888; 943 (540) Correspondence regarding the above. MSS. 292/943/59 Social Conditions 1957 Old TUC ref: 943 (600); T1361; 943 (540) Trades Union Congress paper on Federal German pensions insurance scheme. MSS. 292/943/60 Youth 1950-4, 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 946 (601); T691 Correspondence regarding the above; including invitations to attend Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund Youth conferences; visits to Great Britain by youth sections of German political parties; international youth camp, 1954; international youth conferences, 1960. Documents including details of visits. MSS. 292/943/61 Youth 1954-9 Old TUC ref: 943 (601); T1361 Correspondence and documents as above; including Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund international seminars. Internal memorandum, 5 April 1955, regarding candidates for Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund international seminar for young trade unionists [Norman Willis then working at Transport and General Workers Union head offices, one of those suggested]. MSS. 292/943/62 Youth 1953-4 Old TUC ref: 943 (601); T691 Correspondence regarding visit of German Study Commission on Youth Questions, 10-21 February 1954. Documents including tour programme and press-cuttings. MSS. 292/943/63 Women 1946-59 Old TUC ref: 943 (606); T888 Correspondence with women's department of German Social Democratic Party; also regarding Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund women's conferences. News from Germany, volume 2, no. 3, August 1948. MSS. 292/943/64 Prisoners 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 943(700); T207; J181; 943(606) Correspondence regarding the above; including with International Juridical Association; protests at secret trial and execution of Edgar Andre; with Permanent Commission on General Amnesty for the Political Prisoners of Germany. MSS. 292/943/65 Delegations 1946-52 Old TUC ref: 943(910); T750; 943(606) Correspondence regarding delegations to and from Germany. MSS. 292/943/66 National Council of Labour Delegation 1946 Old TUC ref: 943(913); T750; G202; 943(606) Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/943/67-70 Delegations and Visitors 1952-60 Old TUC ref: 943(914); T752; T889 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including Central Office of Information-arranged visits on behalf of Foreign Office. MSS. 292/943/71 Delegation, 1958 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 943(915); T1034 Correspondence regarding invitation by German Government to the Trades Union Congress to send five groups of ten trade union officials to visit Berlin and the Federal Republic; including General Council visit October 1958 and subsequent visits, January 1959, January 1960 (with reports). What the Trades Union Congress is doing, 1959. MSS. 292/943/72 Delegations 1948-50 Old TUC ref: 943(916); T1034; 943(915) Correspondence and documents regarding delegations of women trade unionists. MSS. 292/943/73 Saar 1934-5, 1957 Old TUC ref: 943.1; J185; TB207 Correspondence regarding the position in the Saar; including funds for Saar trade unions - International Federation of Trade Unions Propaganda Fund; protection of union property; 1935 plebiscite. MSS. 292/943/74 Rhineland 1936 Old TUC ref: 943.2; J177; TB207 Correspondence regarding the German re-occupation of the Rhineland in contravention of the Treaty of Locarno; including resolutions from affiliated bodies. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/943/75 Ruhr 1949-55 Old TUC ref: 943.3; T890 Correspondence regarding the above; including international trade union conference, May 1950 (with report); Ruhr Festival, 1955. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/943.6/1 - 15 Austria 1920-1960 MSS. 292/943.6/1 Austria 1936-45 Old TUC ref: T736 General correspondence regarding the above; including German annexation of; with refugee groups in Britain during the war; post-war reconstruction and restoration of democracy; relief. Documents including reports, memoranda, miscellaneous printed ephemera. It started in Vienna, by Oscar Pollak. MSS. 292/943.6/2 Austria 1945-9 Old TUC ref: T736 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at conditions in Austria; Austrian Labour Club programmes of activities. World Federation of Trade Unions Inquiry, conference and resolutions concerning the situation in Austria. MSS. 292/943.6/3 Austria 1950-6 Old TUC ref: T1359 Correspondence and documents as above. Anglo-Austrian Music Club report, 1948-9. MSS. 292/943.6/4 Austria 1939-45 Old TUC ref: 943.6 (200); T737 Correspondence with and regarding the Free Trade Union Movement; including with John Svitanics of the Section/Group of Austrian Trade Unionists in Great Britain; with Free Austrian movement in Great Britain; protests at activities of Group of Austrian Trade Unionists and subsequent International Federation of Trade Unions enquiry into their activities. Documents including reports, memoranda. Group of Austrian Trade Unionists in Great Britain, 1941. MSS. 292/943.6/5 Austria 1946-8 Old TUC ref: 943.6(200); T737 Correspondence regarding Austrian trade unions; including supply of journals to; with sterreichische Gewerkschaftsbund (Austrian Trades Union Congress); help in acquisition of motorcars to assist in their work, also requests for other equipment; annual congresses. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Leaflets and catalogues showing current (1948) ranges of Vauxhall, Austin, Morris, Riley. MSS. 292/943.6/6 Austria 1948-60 Old TUC ref: 943.6(200); T1359 Correspondence and documents regarding Austrian trade unions as above. MSS. 292/943.6/7 Austria 1943-9 Old TUC ref: 943.6(210); T737; 943.6(508) Copies of trade union collective agreements. MSS. 292/943.6/8 Austria 1949-60 Old TUC ref: 943.6(508); T737; G221 Correspondence regarding education; including Austrian trade union summer school and circularisation of affiliated bodies regarding participation on; Salzburg seminar in American Studies. MSS. 292/943.6/9 Austria 1933-6 Old TUC ref: 943.6(530); TB325; 225-7(810) Papers regarding the political situation; including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943.6/10 Austria 1933-4 Old TUC ref: 943.6(530); 943.6(535); TB325; 225-7 S11 Papers regarding a National Council of Labour appeal for aid for workers of Austria. MSS. 292/943.6/11 Austria 1934, 1937-8 Old TUC ref: 943.6(535.1); 943.6(530) Papers regarding the National Council of Labour Appeal; including administration, distribution. MSS. 292/943.6/12 Austria 1934-6 Old TUC ref: 943.6(539); T325; 946(530) International Federation of Trade Unions reports on Austria. MSS. 292/943.6/13 Austria 1945-6 Old TUC ref: 943.6(508); 943.6(910); T737 Correspondence regarding Trades Union Congress delegation to British sector of Vienna and British zone of Austria. MSS. 292/943.6/14 Austria 1947-51 Old TUC ref: 943.6(914); T1876 Correspondence regarding exchange of delegations; including Trades Union Congress and trade unions, etc. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943.6/15 Austria 1951-60 Old TUC ref: 943.6(914); T1876 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943.7/1-14 Czechoslovakia 1920-1960 MSS. 292/943.7/1 Czechoslovakia 1925-39 Old TUC ref: T438; J181-5 General correspondence regarding the above. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943.7/2 Czechoslovakia 1939-46 Old TUC ref: T438 Correspondence and documents as above; including with groups in exile in London; Trades Union Congress delegation to, 1945. The origin of the Czechoslovak Revolutionary trade union movement and its organisation, General Council of Trade Unions, Prague, pamphlet. MSS. 292/943.7/3 Czechoslovakia 1946-51 Old TUC ref: T438 Correspondence and documents as above. Report on Czechoslovakia, by the British All-Party Parliamentary Delegation. MSS. 292/943.7/4 Czechoslovakia 1952-60 Old TUC ref: T1358 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at communist regime. Workers' social security in Czechoslovakia, by Viliam Orel; Law on social security, and The right to social security in Czechoslovakia 1958, by Bohund Erben and Jaromir Marik, 1957. MSS. 292/943.7/5 Czechoslovakia 1939-60 Old TUC ref: 943.7(200); T890 Correspondence regarding the movement; including groups in Britain during the war and formation of a Czech trade union centre, 1941, and its re-formation in London, 1948, following the communist takeover; with other Czech refugee groups. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943.7/6 Czechoslovakia 1938 Old TUC ref: 943.7(520); 943.7(200); T438 Correspondence regarding refugees; including with National Bureau for the Right of Asylum and Aid to Political Refugees. Documents including reports, minutes, etc. MSS. 292/948.7/7 Czechoslovakia 1938-9 Old TUC ref: 943.7(520); 943.7(200); T691 Correspondence regarding refugees; including aid and accommodation for; with British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia. Documents including reports, memoranda, minutes, etc. MSS. 292/943.7/8 Czechoslovakia 1939-40 Old TUC ref: 943.7(520); 943.7(200); T438 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/943.7/9 Czechoslovakia 1940-5 Old TUC ref: 943.7(520); 943.7(200); T691 Correspondence and documents as above; including regarding Trust Fund below. Czech Refugee Trust Fund, Cmd. 6076, 1939. MSS. 292/943.7/10 Czechoslovakia 1946-7 Old TUC ref: 943.7(910); 943.7(200); T639 Correspondence regarding rest holidays for British trade unionists. Documents including various brochures. MSS. 292/943.7/11 Czechoslovakia 1938-9 Old TUC ref: 943.73(510); T437; J181-5 Correspondence regarding international situation following the Munich Agreement. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943.7/12 Czechoslovakia 1938 Old TUC ref: 943.73(511); 943.73(510); T437; J181-5 Documents regarding international situation; including reports, memoranda, minutes, miscellaneous publications, National Council of Labour circulars Deal with the causes of war, by Rt. Hon. C.R. Attlee, M.P. and Peace for whose time? by Herbert Morrison, Labour Party pamphlets, 1938; also The full facts of the Czech crisis, The truth about Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Advertising Club. MSS. 292/943.7/13 Czechoslovakia 1938 Old TUC ref: 943.7(514); 943.7(510); T437; J181-5 Correspondence regarding demonstrations and conferences regarding the Czech situation. MSS. 292/943.7/14 Czechoslovakia 1938 Old TUC ref: 943.73(515); 943.73(515); T437; J181-5 Press-cuttings and circulars regarding financial aid. MSS. 292/943.8/1-8 Poland 1920-1960 MSS. 292/943.8/1 Poland 1936-45 Old TUC ref: T735 Correspondence regarding the above; including concern and protests at arrests/imprisonment/execution of trade union leaders; refugees; Central Polish Committee of Trade Unions Abroad and other refugee groups; with Polish Government in exile; concern at consequences of Yalta Agreement, 1945. Documents including reports, memoranda, miscellaneous publications and printed ephemera. The case of Henryk Erlich and Victor Alter, Liberty Publications, 1943, also Polish delegates to Russia arrested, 1945; How Warsaw fell, 1945. MSS. 292/943.8/2 Poland 1945-53 Old TUC ref: T735 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Friends of Democratic Poland; resettlement of Polish forces; British Polish (Friendship) Society and enquiries regarding; concern at Russian domination; visits. MSS. 292/943.8/3 Poland 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T2729; G203 Correspondence and documents as above; including regarding weekly Polish press reports, with Polish Trade Union Centre in Exile. MSS. 292/943.8/4 Poland 1929-30 Old TUC ref: 943.8 B1; T256 Correspondence regarding situation in Poland relating to position of trade unions; including concern at imprisonment of officials and encouragement of fascists and communist bodies; circularisation of affiliated bodies regarding aid for. Documents including various reports, memoranda, circulars, etc. MSS. 292/943.8/5 Poland 1945-59 Old TUC ref: T207; 943.8(200) Correspondence regarding trade unions; including delegations, enquiries, etc. Central Board of Polish Trade Unions, Monthly Bulletin, April-June 1948. MSS. 292/943.8/6 Poland 1946-52 Old TUC ref: 943.8(203); 943.8(200); T207 Correspondence regarding Polish trade unions in exile; including enquiries regarding existence in Great Britain; with Polish General Workers' Union in Great Britain and Central Workers' Association in Great Britain. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Polish General Workers' Union statutes; Central Board of Polish Trade Unions, Monthly Bulletin, February-March, December 1948. MSS. 292/943.8/7 Poland 1939-44 Old TUC ref: 943.8(520); T207 Correspondence and documents regarding refugees; including aid; Polish Refugee Fund. MSS. 292/943.8/8 Danzig 1933-44 Old TUC ref: 943.81; T514 Correspondence with and regarding the above; including concern at Nazi attacks, 1935, in the run-up to elections. MSS. 292/943.9/1-4 Hungary 1934-1960 MSS. 292/943.9/1 Hungary 1934-48 Old TUC ref: T509 Correspondence regarding the above; including invitations to Annual Congresses; regarding various refugee groups in London during the war; with Szakszervezeti Tanacs (Hungarian Trades Union Congress). Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/943.9/2 Hungary 1949-60 Old TUC ref: T890 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at regime; with groups of exiles in London. MSS. 292/943.9/3 Hungary 1956-9 Old TUC ref: 943.9(520); T1357 Correspondence and documents regarding refugees, as a consequence of 1956 invasion; including aid; assistance to individual refugees; with Hungarian liaison office in London. File regarding case of Dr. D.B. Szanto, 1958-9. MSS. 292/943.9/4 Hungary 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 943.9(520); T1357 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/944/1-20 France 1920-1960 MSS. 292/944/1 France 1936-45 Old TUC ref: T1877 General correspondence regarding France; including involvement with Franco-British Association. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/944/2 France 1945-8 Old TUC ref: T1877 General correspondence and documents as above; including visits; with Confederation Generale du Travail. MSS. 292/944/3 France 1948-51 Old TUC ref: T1877 General correspondence and documents as above; proposed British participation in Centre de Cooperation Culturelle et Sociale camps for young workers. MSS. 292/944/4 France 1952-6 Old TUC ref: T1877 General correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/944/5 France 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T1878 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at situation, 1958. MSS. 292/944/6 France 1936-46 Old TUC ref: 944(200); T1880 Correspondence with and regarding French trade union movement; including with Confederation Generale du Travail; French trade union centre in Great Britain during the war. Documents including various reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/944/7 France 1947-8 Old TUC ref: 944(200); X3; T1880 Correspondence and documents regarding trade unions as above; including concern at divisions within French trade union movement between Communist Party and non-Communist Party factions, 1947-8, and the subsequent decision of the non-communists under L. Jouhaux to leave Confederation Generale du Travail and form Confederation Generale du Travail Force Ouvriere; miners' strike, 1948. MSS. 292/944/8 France 1949-53 Old TUC ref: 944(200); T1880 Correspondence and documents regarding trade unions as above; including with CGT Force Ouvriere. Trades Councils 1950, report to Trades Council Annual Conference, Nottingham. MSS. 292/944/9 France 1954-6 Old TUC ref: 944(200); T1881 Correspondence and documents as above; including visits by French trade unionists. MSS. 292/944/10 France 1956-60 Old TUC ref: 944(200); T1881 Correspondence and documents as above; including regarding twinning of towns. Peterborough Trades Council Diamond Jubilee 1899-1959 Year Book. MSS. 292/944/11 France 1939-40, 1945-6 Old TUC ref: 944(230); T425; G206 Minutes of Anglo-French Trade Union Council. MSS. 292/944/12 France 1939-40 Old TUC ref: 944(231); 944(230); T425 Correspondence regarding Anglo-French Trade Union Council; including formation; meetings. MSS. 292/944/13 France 1944-8 Old TUC ref: 944(231); 944(230); T425 Correspondence regarding meetings of the Anglo-French Trades Union Congress; including reconstitution; meetings. MSS. 292/944/14 France 1936-40 Old TUC ref: 944(232); 944(230) Minutes and related papers of Anglo-French Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/944/15 France 1939-40 Old TUC ref: 944(232); 944(230); T425 Minutes, reports, memoranda, etc. of Anglo-French Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/944/16 France 1944-6 Old TUC ref: 944(232); 944(230); T425 Documents as above. MSS. 292/944/17 France 1953-4 Old TUC ref: 944(250); 944(230) Correspondence regarding strike by French trade unionists; mainly from trade unions and Trades Councils, calling for support from the Trades Union Congress for the strikers. MSS. 292/944/18 France 1936-8 Old TUC ref: 944(510); T437; Z23 Correspondence regarding the Popular Front government; including information on collective agreements and other labour legislation. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/944/19 France 1939-41 Old TUC ref: 944(520); T455; 944(510) Correspondence regarding the effect of the war upon the French trade union movement; including labour conditions. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars, etc. MSS. 292/944/20 France 1944-5 Old TUC ref: 944(910); 944(510); T691 Correspondence regarding a proposed Trades Union Congress delegation to France to visit British units and make contact with Confederation Generale du Travail, November 1944. MSS. 292/945/1-13 Italy 1920-1960 MSS. 292/945/1 Italy 1924-34 Old TUC ref: TB813 Documents regarding the above; mainly reports, memoranda, circulars, etc. Paper by Dr Matteotti, (1924)? MSS. 292/945/2 Italy 1936-48 Old TUC ref: T813 Correspondence and documents regarding Italy; including refugees; Anglo-Italian agreement, 1938; with various refugee groups in London; resumption of democracy and reestablishment of trade unions; with Italian Trades Union Congress. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/945/3 Italy 1949-51 Old TUC ref: T813 Correspondence and documents as above; including delegations. Report on the situation of the working classes of zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste from May 1945 up-to-date, edited by Confederated Chamber of Labour in Trieste, April 1950. MSS. 292/945/4 Italy 1951-6 Old TUC ref: T813 Correspondence and documents as above; including International Confederation of Free Trade Unions appeal for flood victims, 1951-2. An introduction to Cornigliano, pamphlet. MSS. 292/945/5 Italy 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T1356 Correspondence and documents as above; including visits to Fiat by workers from British car factories, May, October 1957; visit to Olivetti by workers of British engineering industry, November 1958. MSS. 292/945/6 Italy 1951-5 Old TUC ref: 945(200); T1882 Correspondence with and regarding trade unions; including with Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL), Italian Trades Union Congress. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/945/7 Italy 1955-60 Old TUC ref: 945(200); T1882 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/945/8 Italy 1955 Old TUC ref: 945(310); 945(200); T890 Correspondence regarding a conference held in Stresa, on human relations in industry, 19-25 September 1955. Documents including reports, conference papers, itineraries. MSS. 292/945/9 Italy 1929 Old TUC ref: 945J1; T256; 945(910) Correspondence regarding Walter Citrine's visit to Italy. Documents including various reports of the visit. MSS. 292/945/10-11 Italy 1951-60 Old TUC ref: 945(914); 945(910); T858; T256 Correspondence regarding delegations and visits to the United Kingdom by trade unionists, journalists, etc., arranged by Central Office of Information on behalf of Foreign Office. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/945/12 Italy 1943-4 Old TUC ref: 945(920); 945(910); T256 Correspondence and documents regarding a delegation by trade unionists to ascertain possibilities of rebuilding the trade union movement, August 1944 (with report). MSS. 292/945/13 Italy 1945-6 Old TUC ref: 945(921); 945(910); T256 Correspondence regarding a Trades Union Congress delegation, December 1945, to North Italy. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/945/14 Trieste 1953-1956 MSS. 292/945/14 Trieste 1953-6 Old TUC ref: 945.5 Correspondence regarding the above; including concern at events, 1953; alleged creation of Confederation of Unified Trade Unions of the Free Territory of Trieste. MSS. 292/945.9/1-2 Malta MSS. 292/945.9/1 Malta Not available by completion of list. MSS. 292/945.9/2 Malta Not available by completion of list. MSS. 292/946/1-46 Spain 1934-60 This series relates to the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath; mostly it describes the support for the Republicans against Franco in the form of aid (medical, financial, etc.), attempts to persuade the British Government to help when other countries (Germany, Italy) were openly breaking the policy of non-intervention, and the boycott on Spanish exports and imports after the Second World War. The series also looks at the refugee problem - Basque children, seamen stranded in Britain and describes fund-raising attempts, camps, clothing, etc. There are also files on both the International Brigade and the International Solidarity Fund. Lastly it shows support for the Spanish trade unionists, both in exile and still in Spain; there is much correspondence with the Foreign Office regarding support for and protests concerning workers, trade unionists imprisoned and on trial in Spain. The series includes a variety of posters, leaflets, pamphlets used for fund-raising and propaganda purposes. Finally, much of the correspondence from Spanish organisations and individuals is in Spanish, but not all has been translated. MSS. 292/946/1 Spain 1936-45 Old TUC ref: T692 General correspondence regarding Spain; including Spanish seamen's strike, 1936; Spanish Union of General Workers; resistance to Franco, etc. MSS. 292/946/2 Spain 1946-8 Old TUC ref: G217, T692 General correspondence regarding Spain; including protests at executions, appeals to help the resistance movement, various individuals, refugees etc.; resolutions and enquiries. Endavant, volume 1, nos. 7-13, July-September 1945; The case against Franco and recognition of the Spanish Republic, United Nations memorandum submitted to the Security Council, March 1946. MSS. 292/946/3 Spain 1948-52 Old TUC ref: G189; T692 Correspondence and documents regarding Spain; including resolutions; enquiries; refugees; appeals, etc. MSS. 292/946/4 Spain 1953-6 Old TUC ref: T1353, G200 Correspondence regarding Spain. Spain and the International Labour Office/Organisation booklet. MSS. 292/946/5 Spain 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T1353, X4 Correspondence regarding Spain; campaign against Franco, etc. Columbia University Forum, volume 11, no. 2, 1959; The travels and troubles of five Spanish sailors, reprinted from The Reporter, 1957; Spain 1958, Organisation for European Economic Co-operation pamphlet. MSS. 292/946/6 Trade Unions 1946-8 Old TUC ref: 946(200); T1883; G217 Correspondence with Trades Councils and trade unions regarding Spanish trade unions; including enquiries about bonafides; appeals regarding campaign against Franco and for aid; with Union General De Trabajadores De Espana (Spanish General Workers Union); arrests of Spanish trade unionists. Various editions of Union General De Trabajadores De Espana Editorial, 1947. MSS. 292/946/7 Trade Unions 1948-9 Old TUC ref: 946(200); T1883; G182 Correspondence as above; including circularisation of trade unions regarding the Union General De Trabajadores De Espana appeal for funds; trade unionists arrested by the Francoist regime. The Trades Union Congress recognised the Union General De Trabajadores De Espana in exile. MSS. 292/946/8 Trade Unions 1949-60 Old TUC ref: 946(200); T1883; G199 Correspondence as above, mainly with or regarding Union General De Trabajadores De Espana in Exile. MSS. 292/946/9 Political Situation, 1934 1934-5 Old TUC ref: 946(510); 946(200); T431; J163 Correspondence with Trades Councils, trade unions, International Federation of Trade Unions regarding the revolution and its aftermath; help for Spanish workers. MSS. 292/946/10 Spanish Rebellion 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 946(520); T430; J183-194 Correspondence with International Federation of Trade Unions, trade unions, Communist Party (of Great Britain) and others regarding the situation; including funds, complaints at the policy of non-intervention and its breach by certain countries. This is what fascism means!, Communist Party (of Great Britain) leaflet. MSS. 292/946/11 Spanish Rebellion 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(520); J164-169; T430 Correspondence as above; including regarding S.S. 'Yorkbrook'; evacuation of children, etc. MSS. 292/946/12 a Spanish Rebellion 1938 Old TUC ref: 946(520); T430; J164-169 Correspondence as above; including deputation to the Foreign Secretary, 6 April 1938, regarding lifting the arms embargo; aid and help for refugees; support against Franco. MSS. 292/946/12 b Spanish Rebellion 1939 Old TUC ref: 946(520) Correspondence as above; including deputation to the Prime Minister to protest at the government's policy of neutrality whilst the German and Italian governments continued to intervene; resolutions and protests regarding the defeat of the Republican Government. MSS. 292/946/13 Spanish Rebellion 1939-42 Old TUC ref: 946(520) Correspondence regarding the aftermath of the Civil War; including protests regarding arrests and executions of the trade union leaders and others, etc. MSS. 292/946/14 Spanish Rebellion 1936 Old TUC ref: 946(521); 946(520); J183-194; T432 Documents regarding the above; including circulars, reports, memoranda, minutes etc. MSS. 292/946/15 a Spanish Rebellion 1936 Old TUC ref: 946(521); 946(520); T431; J183-194 Documents as above; also including resolutions. MSS. 292/946/15 b Spanish Rebellion 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 946(520) Documents as above. MSS. 292/946/16 a Spanish Rebellion 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(521); 946(520); J164-9; T431 Documents as above. MSS. 292/946/16 b Spanish Rebellion 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(520) Documents as above; including regarding the split between Union General De Trabajadores De Espana (Spanish Trades Union Congress) and the Communist Party. MSS. 292/946/17a Spanish Rebellion 1938 Old TUC ref: 946(521); 946(520); J192-201; T431 Documents as above. MSS. 292/946/17b Spanish Rebellion 1939 Old TUC ref: 946(520) Documents as above. Aims of the Spanish Republic: the 13 points of Dr. Negrin's government, leaflet. MSS. 292/946/18a-b Spanish Situation 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(521); 946(520); J164-9; T432 Pamphlets, leaflets, circulars, posters, etc., regarding the above; including fund-raising, propaganda, appeals, etc. MSS. 292/946/19 Spanish Rebellion: Catholic Aspect 1936-9 Old TUC ref: 946(524); 946(520); J183-194; T432 Correspondence including meetings and discussions with the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster regarding a divergence between the Labour movement and the Catholic Community because of accounts of anti-religious exhibitions in Spain being exploited in the Catholic press. The case of the Basque Catholics, by J.De Hiriartia. MSS. 292/946/20 International Conference 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(525); 946(520); J192-201; T432 Report of the above conference on Spain held in London, 10-11 March 1937. MSS. 292/946/21 International Conference 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(525); 946(520); T432; J164-169 Correspondence and documents regarding the above conference on 10-11 March 1937; including accommodation and catering arrangements; interpreters; finances, etc. Reports of the above conference. MSS. 292/946/22 International Conference 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(525); 946(520); J185; T432 Correspondence and documents regarding the above conference on Spain; including infiltration by a representative of the Daily Worker. MSS. 292/946/23 Spanish Rebellion: Shipping from Germany 1936-8 Old TUC ref: 946(526); T434; J164-9 Correspondence with International Transport Workers Federation, trade unions and Foreign Office regarding Spanish ships under the German flag shipping arms to Spain. List of ships interfered with, attacked or sunk during the war in Spain, July 1936-June 1938. MSS. 292/946/24 Spanish Rebellion: POUM Leaders for Trial 1938 Old TUC ref: 946(527); 946(526); T434 Correspondence with Independent Labour Party regarding the forthcoming trial of the POUM leaders and appeals for a fair trial. POUM: the Spanish Workers Party of Marxist Unity, an extreme left party. MSS. 292/946/25a Spanish Seamen in British Ports 1939 Old TUC ref: 946(528); 946(526); T434 Correspondence with Mid-Atlantic Shipping Company Limited, National Union of Seamen, Home Office and others regarding the position of Spanish seamen in British ports; including regarding aid and emigration to South America, employment in Britain, etc. MSS. 292/946/25b Spanish Seamen in British Ports 1939 Old TUC ref: 946(526) Correspondence as above; including lists of men in each port and how much was paid to them. MSS. 292/946/26 Refugees 1939 Old TUC ref: 946(529); 946(526); J202; T438 Correspondence regarding the above; mainly regarding aid; enquiries about relatives still in Spain; financial assistance, etc. MSS. 292/946/27 Refugees 1939-43 Old TUC ref: 946(529); 946(526); T255 Correspondence as above. MSS. 292/946/28 International Solidarity Fund 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 946(530); J192 Correspondence regarding the above, including formation; circularisation of trade unions, Trades Councils, Labour Parties etc., appealing for funds, export to Spain. MSS. 292/946/29 International Solidarity Fund 1937 Old TUC ref: 946(530); J170-2; T433 Correspondence as above. MSS. 292/946/30 International Solidarity Fund 1938 Old TUC ref: 946(530); J171-2; T436 Correspondence as above. MSS. 292/946/31 International Solidarity Appeal 1947-51 Old TUC ref: 946(530); T255 Correspondence regarding the above; including circularisation of trade unions regarding formation of the fund; donation from the New Zealand Federation of Labour; relief for Spanish miners. MSS. 292/946/32 Fund Collection and Administration 1938-40 Old TUC ref: 946(530); J192-201 Correspondence mainly with Spanish Relief Committee and Co-operative Wholesale Society, International Federation of Trade Unions regarding the above; including shipments of goods, especially milk, etc. MSS. 292/946/33 International Solidarity Fund 1939 Old TUC ref: 946(532); 946(530); T432; J192-201 Summary of replies to a circular on the above. MSS. 292/946/34 Spanish Rebellion: International Brigade 1937-42 Old TUC ref: 946(535); 946(530); T434 Correspondence with and regarding the International Brigade; including appeals by the British Section for aid; enquiries and resolutions; the Dependants and Wounded Aid Committee; National Memorial Fund; funds and aid for former members of the Brigade. These prisoners of war need your help, International Brigade leaflet. MSS. 292/946/35 Spanish Rebellion: International Brigade 1942-54 Old TUC ref: 946(535); 946(530); T1355 Correspondence as above; mainly regarding members held as prisoners of war in France and Spain. Tooling up for mass repression, by Laurent B. Frantz, reprinted from The Nation; The Volunteer for liberty, volume 3, no. 7, 1942. MSS. 292/946/36 Spanish Rebellion: Voluntary Industrial Aid 1937-9 Old TUC ref: 946(536); 946(530); T434; J164-169 Correspondence with the above organisation. [Voluntary Industrial Aid hoped to produce the goods required in Spain by the use of voluntary labour, thus reducing labour costs]. 1 enclose, Voluntary Industrial Aid leaflet, also Spain and the Trades Union Congress, Voluntary Industrial Aid memorandum submitted to the Labour Party Committee on Spain, 1938. MSS. 292/946/37 Spanish Conflict: Basque Children 1937-8 Old TUC ref: 946(537); J194 Correspondence regarding the above; including formation of a fund; camps; shoes and clothing, etc. MSS. 292/946/38 Basque Children's Committee 1938-49 Old TUC ref: 946(537); J195-201; T435 Correspondence with and regarding the above Committee; including funds and fund-raising activities, homes, etc. National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief report, 1941. MSS. 292/946/39 Basque Children's Committee 1937-8 Old TUC ref: 946(537.1); 946(537); J174 Minutes of the above committee, 1937-8. Other documents, including circulars, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/946/40 Basque Children's Committee 1938-9 Old TUC ref: 946(537.1); 946(537); T435; J195-201 Minutes as above, 1938-9. MSS. 292/946/41 Medical Aid 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 946(539); T536; J193 Correspondence with and regarding the Spanish Medical Aid Committee; also the Scottish Ambulance Unit; including supplies, staffs, funds, etc. MSS. 292/946/42 Medical Aid 1937-40 Old TUC ref: 946(539); J192-201 Correspondence as above; including Ray Cox Memorial. MSS. 292/946/43 Spanish Medical Aid Committee 1938-9 Old TUC ref: 946(539.1); 946(539); T436 Minutes of the above committee. MSS. 292/946/44 Prisoners Interned in England 1945-6 Old TUC ref: 946(540); T509 Correspondence with International Federation of Trade Unions, Trades Councils, trade unions regarding Spanish republican prisoners; including campaign for their release; deputation to the Home Secretary and Secretary of State for War. MSS. 292/946/45 Boycott 1946-8 Old TUC ref: 946(550); 946(540); T509 Correspondence with World Federation of Trade Unions and others regarding the former's policy of boycotting Spanish exports and imports; resolutions; discussions with the Government. MSS. 292/946/46a Trials, Prisoners and Executions 1948-53 Old TUC ref: 946(700); 946(540); T858 Correspondence with Union General De Trabajadores De Espana in Exile, Foreign Office and others regarding arrests, trials, imprisonment, etc., of Spanish trade unionists and workers. MSS. 292/946/46b Trials, Prisoners and Executions 1954-60 Old TUC ref: 946(540) Correspondence as above. MSS. 292/946.9/1 Gibraltar 1942-1960 MSS. 292/946.9/1 Gibraltar 1942-60 Old TUC ref: T255 Correspondence regarding the above; including complaints by Dockyard Mobile Squad, 1942-3; Gibraltar Confederation of Labour. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Continues at 948/1. MSS. 292/947/1-81 Russia 1915, 1918, 1921-60 The highlights of this series include the Anglo-Russian Joint Advisory Committee (1925-8); and the Anglo-Russian Trade Union Committee (1941-9). Other points of interest include an investigation into whether the Zinoviev letter was a forgery; Help for Russia Fund following the German invasion, 1941; and various trade union delegations, in the 1940s before the World Federation of Trade Unions/International Confederation of Free Trade Unions divide. Also included are files on Lithuania, Latvia, Esthonia and Georgia. NB much of the material is in Russian and not all of it has been translated. MSS. 292/947/1 Russia 1915, 1918, 1921-5 Old TUC ref: TB38 Miscellaneous documents regarding Russia; including reports, press statements/releases; press-cuttings, etc. Soviet Russia Pictorial (Lenin Memorial Number), March 1924, no.9. MSS. 292/947/2 Holiday Excursions 1925 Old TUC ref: 18/2/11; T72 Proposals from All-Russian Trade Union Council regarding organisation of holiday excursions of British trade unionists to Russia. MSS. 292/947/3 Russia 1924-30 Old TUC ref: TB38; 947I General correspondence regarding the above; including enquiries. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/947/4 Russia 1924-8 Old TUC ref: TB38; 947Ia Correspondence and documents as above; including with Soviet Embassy and All-Russian Council of Trade Unions. MSS. 292/947/5 Russia 1927 Old TUC ref: 947IB; TB38 Press-cuttings. MSS. 292/947/6 Russia 1924-8 Old TUC ref: TB38 Documents regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. The real truth about the Soviet Government of Russia, National Union of Seamen pamphlet. MSS. 292/947/7 Russia 1931-5 Old TUC ref: 947II; T38 General correspondence and documents as above; including regarding prison camps; conditions; employment, etc. MSS. 292/947/8 Russia 1936-45 Old TUC ref: 947III; T51 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/947/9 Russia 1946 Old TUC ref: 947IV; T51 Correspondence and documents as above. Constitution of the trade unions of the USSR, 1949. MSS. 292/947/10 Russia 1952-6 Old TUC ref: 947V; T1352 Correspondence and documents as above; including visit of soviet leaders, 1956. Britain's guests Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchov their lives and work, Soviet News booklet, 1956; Bulletin, Institute for the Study of the USSR, volume 11, no. 10, October 1955; The big smile, an analysis of the Soviet 'new look', by Matthew Woll and Jay Lovestone, American Federation of Labor, October 1955; Taxation in Eastern Europe, booklet; Trade unions in the USSR, by Solomon M. Schwarz. MSS. 292/947/11 Russia 1956-60 Old TUC ref: 947VI Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/947/12 Russia 1934 Old TUC ref: 947E1; J166; TB51 Correspondence regarding deputation to Soviet Ambassador to protest at summary executions that followed the assassination of M. Kirov, 31 December 1934. Documents including press-cuttings. MSS. 292/947/13 Russian Relations 1925 Old TUC ref: 947(220); 18/2/51; TB113 Papers regarding meeting of International Federation of Trade Unions to discuss relations with Russian trade unions and proposals to admit All-Russian Federation of Trade Unions to International Federation of Trade Unions. MSS. 292/947/14 International Federation of Trade Unions and Russian Unity 1925 Old TUC ref: 947(220); TB65; TB114; 18/2/52 Papers regarding the International Federation of Trade Unions discussions. MSS. 292/947/15 International Federation of Trade Unions Conference 1925 Old TUC ref: 947(220); TB113; 18/2/54 Correspondence and documents regarding joint meeting of International Federation of Trade Unions and Trades Union Congress General Council to discuss relations between International Federation of Trade Unions and Moscow (with report). MSS. 292/947/16 Russia and Unity 1925 Old TUC ref: 947(220); TB Press-cuttings regarding International Federation of Trade Unions refusal to allow Russian trade unions to affiliate. MSS. 292/947/17 International Federation of Trade Unions and Russia 1927 Old TUC ref: 947(220); TB113; 18/2/56 Correspondence and documents regarding proposed affiliation of Russian trade unions to International Federation of Trade Unions. MSS. 292/947/18 Anglo-Russian Conference 1925 Old TUC ref: 9/8/7; 947(220); TB114 Correspondence regarding the above, held 6-8 April, at which Trades Union Congress and All-Russian Trades Union Congress were represented, to discuss international unity and formation of Anglo-Russian committee. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars. MSS. 292/947/19 Anglo-Russian Committee 1925 Old TUC ref: 947(220); TB114; 9/8/3 Correspondence regarding the above; including formation; meetings. MSS. 292/947/20 Anglo-Russian Committee 1926-8 Old TUC ref: 947(220); 18/2/41; Box 113 General correspondence regarding the above; including meetings. MSS. 292/947/21 Anglo-Russian Committee 1926-7 Old TUC ref: 947(220); T113; 18/2/42 Correspondence with Russian trade union bodies regarding meetings of Anglo-Russian Joint Advisory Committee. MSS. 292/947/22 Anglo Russian Committee 1926 Old TUC ref: 947(220); Box 113; 18/2/43 Correspondence regarding meeting of the above, Paris, 30-1 July 1926 (with reports). MSS. 292/947/23 Anglo-Russian Committee 1926-7 Old TUC ref: 947(220); T113; 18/2/44 Correspondence regarding meeting of the above, held Berlin, 23-5 August 1926 (with report). MSS. 292/947/24 Anglo-Russian Committee 1926-7 Old TUC ref: 947(220); T113; 18/2/45 Correspondence and documents regarding meeting Berlin, 29 March - 1 April 1927 (with report). MSS. 292/947/25 Anglo-Russian Committee 1925-7 Old TUC ref: 947(220); T114; 13/1/37 Minutes of Anglo-Russian Joint Advisory Committee. MSS. 292/947/26 Anglo-Russian Committee 1925-7 Old TUC ref: 947(220); TB113; I92; 18/2/49 Reports relating to original conference and subsequent meetings of the above. MSS. 292/947/27 Anglo-Russian Committee 1925-7 Old TUC ref: 947(220); 18/2/48; Box 113 Miscellaneous documents regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, resolutions, press statements, etc. Russia and international unity, Trades Union Congress printed report. MSS. 292/947/28 Trade Union Unity 1936 Old TUC ref: 947(220); T114 Correspondence regarding National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants resolution on international trade union unity. Summarised history of Anglo-Russian Joint Advisory Committee. MSS. 292/947/29 Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee 1941-4 Old TUC ref: 947(230); T625 Minutes and related papers of the above. MSS. 292/947/30 Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee 1943 Old TUC ref: 947(230); T625 Minutes of meetings of the above. MSS. 292/947/31 Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee 1943 Old TUC ref: 947(230); T625 Minutes of the above. MSS. 292/947/32 Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee 1941-9, 1954 Old TUC ref: 947(231); 947(230); T625 Correspondence regarding A-S Trades Union Congress; including formation; meetings; calls for further meetings. MSS. 292/947/33 Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee 1941-3 Old TUC ref: 947(232); 947(230); T625 Documents regarding the above; including reports, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, etc. MSS. 292/947/34 Anglo-Russian Trade Union Council 1941-2 Old TUC ref: 947(233); Correspondence regarding employment of interpreters. MSS. 292/947/35 Soviet Delegations 1941-4 Old TUC ref: 947(234); 947(233); H85 Correspondence regarding invitations and hospitality for Soviet trade union delegations in Britain for Anglo-Soviet Trades Union Congress; including travel arrangements; itineraries; visits. Documents including itineraries, reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/947/36 Soviet Delegations 1942, 1944-7 Old TUC ref: 947(234); 947(233); T454 Correspondence and documents as above. Menu of luncheon in honour of Soviet trade union delegation, 27 January 1942. MSS. 292/947/37 Trading Relations 1929-34 Old TUC ref: 947D; TB323 Correspondence regarding the above; including calls for extension of credit; trade agreements. The five year plan, address by D.V. Bogomoloff, 22 April 1931. MSS. 292/947/38 Trade Embargo and English Prisoners 1933 Old TUC ref: 947D1; TB323; E100-101 Correspondence regarding the trial of British engineers of Metro-Vickers Company and subsequent trade embargo; including National Council of Labour protests at the embargo. The Moscow trial: new light on the case, four articles reprinted from The Times, 22-5 May 1933 with the leading article. MSS. 292/947/39 Prisoners 1924-7 Old TUC ref: 947F; 947(410); T179 Correspondence regarding the above; including calls for release of political prisoners. MSS. 292/947/40 Prisoners 1927 Old TUC ref: 947F1; 947(410); T179 Correspondence regarding the imprisonment of and deportation of Mr Scott (member of National Union of Seamen) and press-cuttings regarding subsequent Scott v. Pollitt, Beech, and Strudwick case of defamatory libel. MSS. 292/947/41 Break in Anglo-Russian Relations (ARCOS) 1927 Old TUC ref: 947D4; 947(420); T114 Correspondence regarding the above and calls by Russians for a meeting of Anglo-Russian Trades Union Congress; including resolutions of protest at actions of British Government sent in by affiliated bodies. Documents including various reports, memoranda. Documents illustrating the hostile activities of the Soviet Government and the Third International against Great Britain, Cmd. 2874, 1927. On 12 May 1941 the premises of ARCOS and Soviet Trade delegation were occupied by armed police and during the course of the raid an employee was assaulted. The Russians held this to be a flagrant violation of article 5 of a 1921 Trade Agreement regarding diplomat immunity of premises of the Soviet Trade Agent. The British government then severed diplomatic relations. MSS. 292/947/42 Zinoviev Letter 1924-5 Old TUC ref: TB51; 947(420); 18/2/7 Papers of Labour Party/Trades Union Congress Joint Advisory Committee on International Questions relating to the above; including suggested resolution; also Labour Party inquiry into the alleged letter and refusal of Conservative government to hold an official inquiry. Documents including press-cuttings. MSS. 292/947/43 Zinoviev Letter 1924-5 Old TUC ref: 947(500); 947(420) Reports and press-cuttings regarding the above. Telegram from Zinoviev, October 1924, insisting letter a forgery and inviting Trades Union Congress to examine records in Moscow; telegrams from delegation reporting results of investigation, November-December 1924. MSS. 292/947/44 War 1941-3 Old TUC ref: 947(S20); 947(420); T51 Correspondence regarding the Russo-German war; including support for the Russians; resolutions sent in by affiliated bodies. MSS. 292/947/45 Delegate Conferences 1941-3 Old TUC ref: 947(S23); 947(420) Correspondence regarding trade union delegate conferences, held early 1942, to discuss the Edinburgh Congress proposals concerning formation of an Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee; including arrangements. Documents including circulars, tickets, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/947/46 Speakers at Meetings 1941 Old TUC ref: 947(S24); 947(420) Correspondence regarding requests for speakers at Aid for Russia meetings and at trade union delegate conferences and at talks on Russia. MSS. 292/947/47 Help for Russia Fund 1941-7 Old TUC ref: 947(S25); T624 Correspondence regarding the above; including formation; registration as a War Charity; shipment of monies. Documents including accounts (1941-5). MSS. 292/947/48 Help for Russia Fund 1941-2 Old TUC ref: 947(S25); T624 Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including reports, memoranda, lists of donations, circulars. MSS. 292/947/49 Help for Russia Fund 1942 Old TUC ref: T625 Correspondence regarding a Festival of Music and Entertainment held at London Coliseum, 20 September 1942, in aid of the above; including programme. MSS. 292/947/50 Help for Russia Fund 1941-5 Old TUC ref: H98; 947(S25) Lists of consignments. MSS. 292/947/51 Help for Russia Fund 1941-2 Old TUC ref: 947(S25.1); 947(S25); T624 Correspondence regarding the above; including donations; spending of the fund. MSS. 292/947/52 Help for Russia Fund 1942-3 Old TUC ref: 947(S25.1); 947(S25); T624 Correspondence as above; including fund-raising events. MSS. 292/947/53 Stalingrad Hospital 1943-5 Old TUC ref: 947(S25.2); 947(S25); T624 Correspondence regarding the building of the above under the Help for Russia Fund; including donations. MSS. 292/947/54 Anglo-Russian Parliamentary Committee 1928-40 Old TUC ref: 947(612) Correspondence with and regarding the above. Documents including Weekly Bulletins, minutes. MSS. 292/947/55 Congress of Peace and Friendship with the USSR 1935-9 Old TUC ref: 947(613); 947(612) Correspondence with and regarding the above; including invitation to the Trades Union Congress to be associated; enquiries from affiliated bodies. MSS. 292/947/56 The Great Britain - USSR Association 1958 Old TUC ref: 947(614); 947(612) Papers regarding the formation of the above. MSS. 292/947/57 Anglo-Soviet Committee and Societies 1941-9 Old TUC ref: 947(619); 947(612); T454 Correspondence regarding the above; including invitations to Trades Union Congress to be involved, enquiries from affiliated bodies regarding bonafides. Documents including circulars, publicity, miscellaneous printed ephemera. Joint Committee for Soviet Aid annual report, 1942-3. MSS. 292/947/58 Prisoners and Trials 1936-7 Old TUC ref: 947(700); 947(612); T44 Correspondence regarding the above; mainly regarding the 1936 trials of Zinoviev and others on the charge of assassinating Kirov in 1934. The witchcraft trial in Moscow, by Friedrich Adler, 1936. MSS. 292/947/59 Russian Delegation 1924-5 Old TUC ref: 947(910); 947(612); TB64 Press reports on Trades Union Congress delegation to Russia to investigate Zinoviev letter and industrial conditions in Europe. MSS. 292/947/60 Trades Union Congress Delegation to Russia 1920, 1924-5 Old TUC ref: 947(910); 947(612); TB64 Miscellaneous documents regarding the above; including press-cuttings. Report of British Labour delegation to Russia, 1920; The state of labour in Leningrad during 1924, atlas of diagrams. MSS. 292/947/61 Delegations 1925 Old TUC ref: 947(910); 947(612); TB64 Papers regarding the above. MSS. 292/947/62 Trade Union Delegations and Contacts 1944-51 Old TUC ref: 947(911); T1354; D16 Correspondence regarding the above; including exchanges of correspondence; visits arranged by Central Office of Information and Foreign 0ffice. MSS. 292/947/63 Exchange of Delegations 1951-60 Old TUC ref: 947(911); T1354; Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/947/64 Delegations 1944-6 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.1); T639 Correspondence regarding proposed Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen delegation. MSS. 292/947/65 Delegations 1944-52 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.2); 947 (911); T639 Correspondence regarding National Union of Railwaymen delegations to Russia, April 1946 and November 1951 (with reports). MSS. 292/947/66 Delegations 1947 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.3); 947 (911.1); T639 Correspondence regarding proposed National Union of Vehicle Builders delegation. MSS. 292/947/67 Delegations 1947 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.4); 947 (911.1) Correspondence regarding a proposed Tobacco Workers' Union delegation. MSS. 292/947/68 Delegations 1947 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.5); 947 (911.1) Correspondence regarding a proposed National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers delegation. MSS. 292/947/69 Delegations 1946-7 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.6); T639; 947 (911.1) Correspondence regarding proposed Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers delegation. MSS. 292/947/70 Delegations 1946-8 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.7); 947 (911.1) Correspondence regarding Amalgamated Engineering Union delegation, November December 1946 (with report). MSS. 292/947/71 Delegations 1947 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.8); 947 (911.1); T639 Correspondence regarding a proposed visit by representatives of USSR Machine Builders Trade Union. MSS. 292/947/72 Delegations 1947 Old TUC ref: 947 (911.9); 947 (911.1); T639 Correspondence regarding proposed Electrical Trades Union delegation. MSS. 292/947/73 Delegations 1944-7, 1950 Old TUC ref: 947 (912); 947 (911.1); T639 Correspondence regarding Iron and Steel Trades Confederation delegation to Russia, July-August 1945 (with report); also regarding visit by Russian steelworkers, June 1947 (with reports). MSS. 292/947/74 British Council Soviet Relations Committee 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 947 (935); T454 Minutes of the above. MSS. 292/947/75 British Council Soviet Relations Committee 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 947 (935); T454 Notices, agendas and documents, etc. of the above. MSS. 292/947/76 British Council Soviet Relations Committee 1955-7 Old TUC ref: 947 (935); T454 General correspondence and papers regarding the above. Socialist Commentary, November 1957. MSS. 292/947/77 Monthly Reports 1936 Old TUC ref: 947 (991); 947 (935) Papers regarding the above compiled by Ernest Bell. MSS. 292/947/78 Lithuania 1925-7, 1935, 1939, 1951 Old TUC ref: 947.3; T449 Correspondence regarding the above; including concern at persecution of trade unionists, 1927. MSS. 292/947/79 Latvia 1927-36, 1957 Old TUC ref: 947.4 Correspondence regarding the above; including alleged murder of a policeman, 1929; persecution of trade unionists, 1934. MSS. 292/947/80 Esthonia 1929-49 Old TUC ref: 947.5 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/947/81 Georgia 1924-8 Old TUC ref: 947.9 Papers regarding the above. MSS. 292/948/1-5 Norway 1924-1960 MSS. 292/948/1 Norway 1924-46 Old TUC ref: T512 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Arbeidernes Faglige Landsorganisation I Norge (Norwegian Trades Union Congress); German invasion, 1940 and evacuation of trade union centre to the free zone of Norway and eventually to London, 1941; re-establishment in Norway, 1945-6; exchange of delegations. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-releases. MSS. 292/948/2 Norway 1946-53 Old TUC ref: T512 Correspondence and documents as above; including exchange of delegations. MSS. 292/948/3 Norway 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T512 Correspondence and documents as above; including itineraries of Central Office of Information tours. MSS. 292/948/4 Norway 1952-60 Old TUC ref: T470; 948 (508) Correspondence and documents regarding Anglo-Norwegian Cultural Convention, which provided for cultural exchanges between the two countries (trade unionists were to be included in this). MSS. 292/948/5 Norway 1952-9 Old TUC ref: 948 (508.1); T470 Correspondence regarding the Cultural Convention; including British Summer School at Oslo. Documents including reports on the courses, circulars, application forms. MSS. 292/948.5/1-5 Sweden 1923-1960 MSS. 292/948.5/1 Sweden 1923-38 Old TUC ref: T693 Correspondence regarding the above; including with I Sverige (Swedish Trades Union Congress). Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/948.5/2 Sweden 1940-6 Old TUC ref: T693; D31 Correspondence and documents as above; including exchange of delegations. Anglo-Swedish Society annual report, 1940. MSS. 292/948.5/3 Sweden 1947-9 Old TUC ref: T693 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/948.5/4 Sweden 1950-3 Old TUC ref: T693 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/948.5/5 Sweden 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T1108 Correspondence and documents as above. Works councils in Sweden, by Lennant Vallstrand (Union Studies no.1); TCO pamphlet on Central Organisation of Salaried Employees in Sweden. MSS. 292/948.7/1-6 Finland 1926-1960 MSS. 292/948.7/1 Finland 1926-38 Old TUC ref: T1291; J218 Correspondence regarding the above; including financial aid for, 1928; discussions relating to proposed boycott of Finnish imports due to low wages paid to Finnish workers, 1933-4. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/948.7/2 Finland 1940-1, 1945-52 Old TUC ref: T1291 Correspondence and documents as above; including Russian invasion, 1941; G. Chester's attendance at annual congress, 1947; exchange of delegations; situation regarding World Federation of Trade Unions and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Finland, interim report of Labour Delegation, 1940. MSS. 292/948.7/3 Finland 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T1291 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Suomen Ammattiyhdistysten Keskuslitto (SAK) r.y. (Finnish Trades Union Congress). MSS. 292/948.7/4 Finland 1940, 1942 Old TUC ref: 948.7 (510); T100 Correspondence regarding war situation; including National Council of Labour delegation to study the situation, January-February 1940 (with reports). Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. Finnish facts, Labour Party pamphlet 1940. MSS. 292/948.7/5 Finland 1940-1 Old TUC ref: 948.7(515); 948.7(510); T100 Correspondence regarding the Finnish appeal fund; including circularisation of affiliated bodies regarding. MSS. 292/948.7/6 Finland 1947-55 Old TUC ref: 948.7(920); T858; 948.7(510) Correspondence regarding Finnish delegations to the United Kingdom; including Central Office of Information organised tours. Documents including itineraries. Photographs of the Finnish trade union school at Kiljava. MSS. 292/948.9/1-3 Denmark 1925-1960 MSS. 292/948.9/1 Denmark 1925-48 Old TUC ref: T480 Correspondence regarding the above; including with De Samvirkende Fagforbund I Danmark (Danish Trades Union Congress). Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/948.9/2 Denmark 1948-9 Old TUC ref: T480 Correspondence and documents as above; including Danish delegations in the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/948.9/3 Denmark 1950-60 Old TUC ref: T480 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/948.9/4-5 Iceland 1950-1959 MSS. 292/948.9/4 Iceland 1950-7 Old TUC ref: T470; 948.99 Correspondence regarding the above; including delegations to United Kingdom as organised by Central Office of Information. Documents including reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/948.9/5 Iceland 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 948.99 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949/1 Balkans 1925-1949 MSS. 292/949/1 Balkans 1925-8, 1939-49 Papers regarding position of trade unions in the Balkans. MSS. 292/949/2 - 949.2/2 Netherlands 1924-1960 MSS. 292/949/2 Netherlands 1924-46 Old TUC ref: 949.2I; T327 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including with Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen (Dutch Trades Union Congress). Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/949/3 Netherlands 1946-50 Old TUC ref: 949.2II; T327 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949/4 Netherlands 1951-6 Old TUC ref: 949.2III; T327 Correspondence and documents as above; including Dutch delegations to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/949.2/1 Netherlands 1957-60 Old TUC ref: 949.2V; T1350 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.2/2 Netherlands 1939-43 Old TUC ref: 949.2(212); T327 Correspondence regarding special visa arrangements for members of the Dutch Trades Union Congress in the event of the Germans invading Holland. MSS. 292/949.3/1-4 Belgium 1935-1960 MSS. 292/949.3/1 Belgium 1935-46 Old TUC ref: T641 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Confederation Generale du Travail de Belgique (Belgian Trades Union Congress); Belgian trade union centre in London during the war. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/949.3/2 Belgium 1946-9 Old TUC ref: T641; J230 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.3/3 Belgium 1950-60 Old TUC ref: T641 Correspondence and documents as above; including Central Office of Information organised tours of Belgian trade unionists (with itineraries). MSS. 292/949.3/4 Belgium n.d. Old TUC ref: TB317 Miscellaneous papers MSS. 292/949.31/1-2 Luxembourg 1927-1960 MSS. 292/949.31/1 Luxembourg 1927-48 Old TUC ref: T1361 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Luxembourg Trades Union Congress. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/949.31/2 Luxembourg 1948-60 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.31/3-4 Switzerland 1924-1960 MSS. 292/949.31/3 Switzerland 1924-51 Old TUC ref: 949.4I; T1234 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Union Syndicale Suisse (Swiss Trades Union Congress). Documents including reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/949.31/4 Switzerland 1951-60 Old TUC ref: 949.4II; T1234 Correspondence and documents as above; including regarding Swiss delegations to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/949.5/1-25 Greece 1920-1960 MSS. 292/949.5/1 Greece 1925-46 Old TUC ref: T292 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Greek Trades Union Congress; concern at position of trade unions, 1944-6, in the course of the Greek civil war. Documents including reports, memoranda, press releases. Documents regarding the situation in Greece, January 1945, Cmd. 6592. MSS. 292/949.5/2 Greece 1946-8 Old TUC ref: T292 Correspondence and documents as above; including League for Democracy in Greece; concern at treatment of democrats, trade unionists, etc. MSS. 292/949.5/3 Greece 1948-52 Old TUC ref: T292; X4 Correspondence and documents as above; including Greek delegations to the United Kingdom; concern at abductions of Greek children. News Letter, of the General Confederation of Greek Workers, no. 18, December 1950. MSS. 292/949.5/4 Greece 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T883 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.5/5 Greece 1946 Old TUC ref: 949.5(200); T953; G208 Correspondence regarding trade unions; including position of Greek Federation of Labour following Greek Supreme Court's decision to declare trade union elections illegal and its subsequent suppression - mainly resolutions of protest from affiliated bodies, deputation to Foreign Office, 16 October 1946 (with report); discussions regarding the Braine proposals (put forward by the Foreign Office). Documents including reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/949.5/6 Greece 1947-8 Old TUC ref: 949.5(200); T953; G214 Correspondence and documents as above; including further attempts to reconstitute the Greek Trades Union Congress; concern and protests at arrests and deportations of Greek trade union leaders. MSS. 292/949.5/7 Greece 1948-9 Old TUC ref: 949.5(200) Correspondence and documents as above; including monthly reports on Greek situation; with Greek Trades Union Congress. World Federation of Trade Unions report on the trade union situation in Greece. MSS. 292/949.5/8 Greece 1949-52 Old TUC ref: 949.5(200); T954; G193 Correspondence and documents as above; including International Confederation of Free Trade Unions delegation, 1950, on which Percy Knight (National Union of Seamen) served. MSS. 292/949.5/9 Greece 1953-8 Old TUC ref: 949.5(200); T954 Correspondence and documents as above; including Greek delegations to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/949.5/10 Greece 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 949.5(200); T1290 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.5/11 Greece 1943-7 Old TUC ref: 949.5(212); 949.5(200);T735 The Federation of Greek Maritime Unions had its headquarters in Cardiff, which had been set up during the war. Correspondence regarding the Greek maritime unions; including dispute between Federation of Greek Maritime Unions and the Greek Maritime Court, 1944-5; withdrawal of recognition for the Federation by Greek government, April 1945, in favour of the Pan-Hellenic Confederation of Seamen and Pan-Hellenic Union of Captains and Engineers of the Mercantile Marine. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars. Destroy the last vestiges of fascism, printed appeal by Federation of Greek Maritime Unions. MSS. 292/949.5/12 Greece 1947-56 Old TUC ref: 949.5(212); 949.4(200); T735 Correspondence and documents as above, mainly with and regarding Federation of Greek Maritime Unions. MSS. 292/949.5/13 Greece 1953-5 Old TUC ref: 949.5(601); 949.5(200); T515 Correspondence regarding the Greek earthquakes, 1953; including donations to the Greek Earthquake Appeal. MSS. 292/949.5/14 Greece 1948-9 Old TUC ref: 949.5(700); T293 Correspondence regarding prisoners, arrests and executions, mainly of trade union leaders and officials; including enquiries; protests and discussions with and to the Foreign Office; resolutions and protests sent in by affiliated bodies; trial of Federation of Greek Maritime Unions seamen, 1948. Documents including reports, memoranda, petitions, miscellaneous printed ephemera. MSS. 292/949.5/15 Greece 1949-53 Old TUC ref: 949.5(700); T293 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.5/16 Greece 1953-60 Old TUC ref: 949.5(700); T293 Correspondence and documents as above; including League for Democracy in Greece. MSS. 292/949.5/17 Greece 1945 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T287 Correspondence regarding Trades Union Congress delegation to Greece, February-June 1945. MSS. 292/949.5/18 Greece 1945 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T287 Documents regarding Trades Union Congress delegation to Greece; including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, etc. MSS. 292/949.5/19 Greece 1945 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T287 Agreements and reports, relating to Trades Union Congress delegation to Greece. MSS. 292/949.5/20 Greece 1945 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T287 Miscellaneous correspondence and papers brought back from Greece. MSS. 292/949.5/21 Greece 1945 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T287 Papers regarding agreement relating to reconstitution of Greek General Confederation of Labour temporary executive. MSS. 292/949.5/22 Greece 1945 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T287 Miscellaneous papers regarding Trades Union Congress delegation; including press-cuttings, newspapers, printed ephemera. MSS. 292/949.5/23 Greece 1944-8 Old TUC ref: 949.5(910); T515 Correspondence regarding Trades Union Congress delegations to Greece to examine the situation, oversee elections and reconstitution of Greek Confederation of Labour. Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/949.5/24 Greece 1945-6 Old TUC ref: 949.5(912); 949.5(910); T515 Correspondence regarding World Federation of Trade Unions delegation to Greece, November-December 1945 (with reports). The case of the Greek seamen, Federation of Greek Maritime Unions pamphlet, 1945. MSS. 292/949.5/25 Greece 1946-8 Old TUC ref: 949.5(913); 949.5(910); T515 Correspondence regarding World Federation of Trade Unions delegation to Greece to assist in formation of a reconstituted Greek Confederation of Labour, April-May 1947. MSS. 292/949.5/26 Turkey 1920-1931 MSS. 292/949.5/26 Turkey 1920-31 Old TUC ref: 949.6; T109 Reports, memoranda, etc., on Turkey and the Near East; including deputation to the Prime Minister, 21 September 1922. See also 956.2/5 MSS. 292/949.61/1-8 Cyprus 1920-1960 MSS. 292/949.61/1 Cyprus 1931-44 Old TUC ref: T806 Correspondence regarding the above; including concern at the high cost-of-living. Documents including reports, memoranda. The Ministry of Labour Gazette, volume LI, no.6, June 1943. MSS. 292/949.61/2 Cyprus 1945-51 Old TUC ref: T806 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at the situation in Cyprus and imprisonment of Cypriot trade unionists; Committee for Cyprus Affairs. Labour conditions in Cyprus during the war years, 1939-45, prepared by C.A. Ashiotis, August 1945; Trial of Cypriot trade union leaders, published by Committee for Cyprus Affairs, 1946; The people of Cyprus accuse Great Britain: an appeal to the United Nations, 1949. MSS. 292/949.61/3 Cyprus 1951-5 Old TUC ref: T806; G238 Correspondence and documents as above; including with and regarding Cyprus Workers Confederation; earthquakes, 1953; concern at Communist activities. Cyprus: information on conditions and costs, Fifty facts about Cyprus pamphlets. MSS. 292/949.61/4 Cyprus 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T807 Correspondence and documents as above; including continued concern at the situation and detentions of trade unionists and others. MSS. 292/949.61/5 Cyprus 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T807; F179 Correspondence and documents as above; including enquiries regarding Cyprus Emergency Fund; Cyprus Workers' Federation; allegations of British government violations of trade union freedom. MSS. 292/949.61/6 Cyprus 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T807 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/949.61/7 Cyprus 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T812; F202 Correspondence and documents as above. Cyprus: a review of events in 1956, 1955-7, pamphlets issued by Government of Cyprus. MSS. 292/949.61/8 Cyprus 1954-6 Old TUC ref: T812 Miscellaneous papers regarding Cyprus. MSS. 292/949.7/1 Bulgaria 1924-1960 MSS. 292/949.7/1 Bulgaria 1924-5, 1932-60 Old TUC ref: TB318 Correspondence with and regarding the above; including with Allgemeiner Freier Gewerkschaftsbund in Bulgaria (Bulgarian Trades Union Congress). Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/949.7/2 Roumania 1925-1959 MSS. 292/949.7/2 Roumania 1925-59 Old TUC ref: 949.8 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Roumania Trades Union Congress. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/949.9/1-5 Yugoslavia 1920-1960 MSS. 292/949.9/1 Yugoslavia 1931-50 Old TUC ref: T690 Correspondence regarding the above; including Yugoslavia Emergency Committee; calls for assistance for. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, five laws bearing on the forthcoming elections, 1945. MSS. 292/949.9/2 Yugoslavia 1950-3 Old TUC ref: T690 Correspondence and documents as above; including Yugoslav delegations to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/949.9/3 Yugoslavia 1953-7 Old TUC ref: T690 Correspondence and documents as above; including exchange of delegations. Tito's elections, by Dr. Milorad M. Drashkovich, 1953. MSS. 292/949.9/4 Yugoslavia 1957-60 Old TUC ref: T690 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at imprisonment of socialists and trade union leaders. Sequel to Djilas: Tito jails old Socialists, by Walter Padley, MP, report from New Dawn, 22 February 1958. MSS. 292/949.9/5 Yugoslavia 1950-1, 1954 Old TUC ref: 949.9(910); T1349 Correspondence regarding delegations and visits to; including by V. Feather, June 1951 (with report); General Council delegation October 1951 (with report). Report of Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers delegation to Yugoslavia, August 1954. MSS. 292/950/1-959.4/5 Asia 1920-1960The series on Asia is divided into three sections: Far East, Middle and Near East, and East Indies and South East Asia, in accordance with the Trades Union Congress' arrangement. However, the same themes are reflected throughout, especially trade union development. There is a great deal of correspondence with trade unions and Trades Union Congress equivalents and topics discussed include strikes, disputes, training, education and, in some cases, persecution. Other themes include aid, especially for China and Korea. Of interest are the files relating to the Sino-Japanese war, and discussions on the situation in Palestine. MSS. 292/950/1 - 954.9/2 Far East 1925-61 This section has been divided into the following countries: General (Trades Union Congress ref. no. 950) China (TUC ref. no. 951) Hong Kong (TUC ref. no. 951.5) Formosa (Taiwan) (TUC ref. no. 951.7) Korea (TUC ref. no. 951.9) Japan (TUC ref. no. 952) India (TUC ref. no. 954) Pakistan (TUC ref. no. 954.5) Burma (TUC ref. no. 954.8) Ceylon Sri Lanka (TUC ref. no. 954.9) MSS. 292/950/1-20 Far East, general 1920-1960 MSS. 292/950/1 Far East 1929-56 Old TUC ref: T109 General correspondence regarding the above; including proposed Asiatic Trade Union Conference, 1929; Asian Federation of Labour. Documents including reports, itineraries. MSS. 292/950/2 Far East 1957-9 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/950/3 Labour Conditions 1925-6 Old TUC ref: T109; 6/2/1 Papers regarding the above. MSS. 292/950/4 Labour Conditions 1925-6 Old TUC ref: T109; 6/2/2 Miscellaneous documents regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, minutes, papers of Trades Union Congress Far Eastern Labour Conditions Committee. MSS. 292/950/5 Textile Delegation 1926-7 Old TUC ref: T109; 6/2/3 Report and correspondence regarding International Federation of Textile Associations' delegation to India. MSS. 292/950/6 Labour Conditions 1925-6 Old TUC ref: T109; 13/1/47 Minutes of the Far Eastern Labour Conditions Committee. MSS. 292/950/7 International Federation of Trade Unions Delegation 1931-2 Old TUC ref: T109 Correspondence regarding a proposed visit to India and Japan to investigate trade union organisation and work, which had to be postponed due to the international situation and the internal situation in Germany. MSS. 292/950/8 Far Eastern Bureau 1932-4 Old TUC ref: 950 B1; TB109 Correspondence regarding proposals for the formation of the above. MSS. 292/950/9 International Transport Federation Delegation 1931-2 Old TUC ref: 950 J2; T109 Correspondence regarding attempts by Citrine and others to obtain a visa from the Indian Government for Edo Fimmen of the International Transport Workers Federation to enter India on trade union business whilst in the Far East. The visa was refused because the government felt that Fimmen would take part in political matters from the communist standpoint. MSS. 292/950/10 British Asian and Overseas Socialist Fellowship 1953, 1957-61 Old TUC ref: 950(501); T3467 Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including British Asian and Overseas Socialist Fellowship circulars, reports. MSS. 292/950/11 Columbo Plan Students 1953-6 Old TUC ref: 950(508); T952 Correspondence regarding visits by the above to meet Trades Union Congress and trade union officials. Documents including itineraries, Fact Sheets. MSS. 292/950/12 Columbo Plan Students 1956-7 Old TUC ref: 950(508); T952 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/950/13 Columbo Plan Students 1957-1960 Old TUC ref: 950(508); T952 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/950/14 Columbo Plan Students 1960 Old TUC ref: 950(508); T952 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/950/15 Columbo Plan Students 1960 Old TUC ref: 950(508) Correspondence regarding proposed improvements in the training provided for trade union officials under the Columbo plan. MSS. 292/950/16 World Federation of Trade Unions Delegation 1945-8 Old TUC ref: 950(910); T443 Correspondence regarding the above to Japan, March-April 1947 (with reports), to study trade union economic and social conditions and liaison with Control Commission. MSS. 292/950/17 International Labour Office/Organisation Asiatic Regional Conferences 1946-50 Old TUC ref: 950(920); 950(910); T1348; X7 Correspondence and documents regarding the above, held New Delhi, October 1947 (with report); Ceylon, January 1950. MSS. 292/950/18 International Labour Office/Organisation Asiatic Regional Conferences 1953-8 Old TUC ref: 950(920); 950(910); T1348 Correspondence and documents as above; including Tokyo, September 1953; New Delhi, November 1957. MSS. 292/950/19 International Labour Office/Organisation Conference 1955-6 Old TUC ref: 950(921); T1034; G234 Correspondence regarding the above on vocational training for industry, held Rangoon, November-December 1955 (with report). Nomination forms for a Council for Technical Co-operation in South and South East Asia course of training in trade unionism in the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/950/20 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions South East Asia Delegation 1950-1 Old TUC ref: 950(930); T443; 950(921) Correspondence regarding the above, June-August 1950 (with report). MSS. 292/951/1-10 China 1920-1960 MSS. 292/951/1 China 1931-46 Old TUC ref: T882 General correspondence regarding the above; including with Chinese Association of Labor. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. China's apostle of charity Joseph Lo Pa Hong, booklet. MSS. 292/951/2 China 1947-54 Old TUC ref: T882 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/951/3 China 1955-8 Old TUC ref: T455 General correspondence and documents as above; including question of admittance into the United Nations. Crisis over China, pamphlet, 1955; Does liberation mean war?, by Professor Augustus Popa, published by the Committee of One Million. MSS. 292/951/4 China 1937-42 Old TUC ref: 951(540) Correspondence regarding the Sino-Japanese war; including concern; deputation to the Prime Minister, 25 January 1938; China Relief Fund; aid and assistance. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/951/5 China 1937-40 Old TUC ref: 951(541); 951(540); J203 Documents regarding the Sino-Japanese war; including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, circulars, printed newsletters. When will China win?, by Jack Chen. MSS. 292/951/6 China 1927, 1932 Old TUC ref: 951(541); T882; 951 (540) Papers regarding the above; including relating to Japanese invasion of Manchuria, 1932. MSS. 292/951/7 China 1937-9 Old TUC ref: 951(543.1); 951(543); T364; J203 Documents regarding boycott of Japanese goods following Sino-Japanese conflict; including circulars, press-cuttings, reports, memoranda, printed ephemera, etc. MSS. 292/951/8 China 1942-5 Old TUC ref: 951(545); T697 Correspondence regarding the United Aid to China Fund; including circularisation of affiliated bodies regarding donations to. Documents including reports, memoranda, miscellaneous printed ephemera, circulars, minutes. MSS. 292/951/9 China 1945-50 Old TUC ref: 951(545); T697 Correspondence and documents as above; including proposed reconstitution, 1950. Memorandum and articles of association of British United Aid to China. MSS. 292/951/10 China 1949-55 Old TUC ref: 951(619); 951(545); T3467 Correspondence regarding the British China Friendship Association; including enquiries from affiliated bodies regarding. MSS. 292/951.5/1-2 Hong Kong 1946-1964 MSS. 292/951.5/1 Hong Kong 1946-64 Old TUC ref: T717 Correspondence regarding the above; including Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council. MSS. 292/951.5/2 Hong Kong 1954-60 Old TUC ref: T717; F239 Correspondence as above. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/951.5/3 Formosa (Taiwan) 1954-1956 MSS. 292/951.5/3 Formosa (Taiwan) 1954-6 Old TUC ref: 951.7 Correspondence regarding the above; mainly protests by affiliated bodies at United States intervention. MSS. 292/951.9/1-3 Korea 1950-1960 MSS. 292/951.9/1 Korea 1950-2 Old TUC ref: T882; X3 Correspondence regarding the above; including protests by affiliated bodies at communist aggression in South Korea and the subsequent Korean War. Documents including various reports, memoranda, miscellaneous printed ephemera etc. International Free Trade Union News, volume 5, no.8, August 1950; Who has lied, Sir John Pratt and aggression in Korea, United Nations Association pamphlet. MSS. 292/951.9/2 Korea 1952-60 Old TUC ref: T882 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at proposed extension of war to China following the United States' decision to stop enforcing Formosa's neutrality, 1952-3; calls for the cessation of hostilities; South Korean delegations to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/951.9/3 Korea 1953-4 Old TUC ref: 951.9(510); T882 Correspondence regarding United Nations Korea Relief Fund; including circularisation of affiliated bodies regarding donations to. MSS. 292/952/1-13 Japan 1920-1960 MSS. 292/952/1 Japan 1928-31 Old TUC ref: TB880 Papers regarding trade unions in Japan. MSS. 292/952/2 Japan 1934-50 Old TUC ref: T642 General correspondence regarding the above; including General Federation of Labor of Japan; visits to Britain; post-war re-organisation and reconstruction; General Council of Trade Unions of Japan. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/952/3 Japan 1950-1 Old TUC ref: T642 General correspondence and documents as above; including Japanese delegations to the United Kingdom (with itineraries). MSS. 292/952/4 Japan 1951-2 Old TUC ref: T642; G179 General correspondence and documents as above; including concern at proposed anti-trade union legislation in Japan. MSS. 292/952/5 Japan 1952-4 Old TUC ref: T880 Correspondence and documents as above; including alleged Communist Party infiltration of General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (Sohyo). MSS. 292/952/6 Japan 1954-8 Old TUC ref: T880 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/952/7 Japan 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T880 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/952/8 Japan 1954-6 Old TUC ref: 952(200); T1893 Correspondence regarding trade unions; including with and regarding Sohyo; enquiries; annual congresses. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Japan Trades Union Congress Report, volume 1, nos. 1, 5, 1 April, 1 June 1955. MSS. 292/952/9 Japan 1956-8 Old TUC ref: T1893; 952(200) Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/952/10 Japan 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 952(200); T1893 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/952/11 Japan 1951-4 Old TUC ref: 952(920); T1895 Correspondence regarding Japanese delegations and visitors to Britain; including trade unionists; Central Office of Information/Foreign Office tours. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries, etc. MSS. 292/952/12 Japan 1954-7 Old TUC ref: 952(920); T1895 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/952/13 Japan 1957-60 Old TUC ref: 952(920); T1895 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/954/1-38 India 1920-1960 MSS. 292/954/1 India 1925-31 Old TUC ref: T698 Documents regarding the above; including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/954/2 India 1935-44 Old TUC ref: T698 General correspondence regarding the above; including with Indian trade unions; with The India League. Documents including reports, memoranda, miscellaneous printed ephemera, etc. MSS. 292/954/3 India 1944-8 Old TUC ref: T698 General correspondence and documents as above; including with All-India Trades Union Congress; formation of a pilots union, 1947. MSS. 292/954/4 India 1948-51 Old TUC ref: T698 General correspondence and documents as above; including enquiries; visits and delegations. MSS. 292/954/5 India 1951-3 Old TUC ref: T879 General correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/954/6 India 1953-5 Old TUC ref: T879 General correspondence and documents as above. International Bulletin of Workers' education, no.3, Summer 1953. MSS. 292/954/7 India 1955-8 Old TUC ref: T879 General correspondence and documents as above; including regarding trade unionism; with Hind Mazdoor Sabha (Indian Trades Union Congress). MSS. 292/954/8 India 1958-61 Old TUC ref: T1347 General correspondence and documents as above. Memorandum of settlement between Vazir Sultan Tobacco Company Limited and Vazir Sultan Tobacco Company workers' union, 29 September 1961. MSS. 292/954/9 India 1929 Old TUC ref: 954.H3; T379 Papers regarding the Royal Commission on Labour in India. MSS. 292/954/10 India 1929-32 Old TUC ref: 954 H5; 954(211); K224; TB319 Papers regarding Indian Trades Union Federation. MSS. 292/954/11 India 1933-51 Old TUC ref: T881; 954(211); G191 Correspondence regarding trade union Federations; including Indian National Trade Union Federation formation, 1933; also with All India Trades Union Congress to which National Trade Union Federation later affiliated as a unit; Indian Federation of Labour, formed 1941 because of splits in the movement over attitudes to the war; formation of Indian National Trades Union Congress and Hind Mazdoor Sabha as reactions to Communist Party-dominated All India Trades Union Congress, Hind Mazdoor Sabha being formed because it was felt by them that Indian National Trades Union Congress was the tool of the Congress Party. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Labour research bureau, Hind Mazdoor Sabha pamphlet, 1949; We accuse the Indian National Trades Union Congress, by Asoka Mehta, Hind Mazdoor Sabha, 1949; Towards new trade unionism: three vital reforms, by N.M. Joshi, 1949; Trade Union Record (All India Trades Union Congress), volume 9, nos. 5-9, volume 10, no.1, December 1950-April 1951, August 1951. MSS. 292/954/12 India 1948, 1951-60 Old TUC ref: 954(211); T881 Correspondence regarding trade union Federations as above; including invitations to annual congresses; visits. Hind Mazdoor Sabha constitution, 1948. MSS. 292/954/13 India 1932-3, 1938 Old TUC ref: 954(220); T319 Correspondence regarding trade union unity; including amalgamation of Indian Trade Union Federation and All-India Railwaymen's Federation, 1932-3. MSS. 292/954/14 India 1928, 1937-40 Old TUC ref: 954(230); 954(220); T513 Correspondence regarding proposed appointment of a trade union advisor to assist with the organisation of Indian workers; also regarding training of Indian trade union officials in British trade union offices; tuition in Britain. MSS. 292/954/14 India 1940-6 Old TUC ref: 954(240); 954(220); T513 Correspondence regarding Indian munition trainees in England. MSS. 292/954/15 India 1928-54 Old TUC ref: 954(300); 954(220); T319 Correspondence regarding industrial disputes; including Bengal-Nagpur Railway strike, 1937. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/954/16 India 1925-8 Old TUC ref: 954(302); T319; 9/4/5; 954(220) Papers regarding Bombay textile strike; including report of a deputation to Lord Birkenhead, 3 December 1925. MSS. 292/954/17 India 1926-8 Old TUC ref: 954(303); 954 C3; T319; 954(220) Papers regarding Bengal-Nagpur Railway dispute. MSS. 292/954/18 India 1929-30 Old TUC ref: 954(307); 954 C7; 954(220); T319; K181 Papers regarding Golmuri tin dispute. MSS. 292/954/19 India 1928-32 Old TUC ref: 954(313); 954 C13; 954(220); T319 Papers regarding various railway disputes. MSS. 292/954/20 India 1926, 1931-3 Old TUC ref: 954(431); TB319; 954 D2 Correspondence regarding the textile industry; including concern at wage cuts and lock-outs enforced by the employers. Documents including various reports. Bombay Textile Labour Union labour representation submitted to the Indian Tariff Board (Cotton Textile Industry Enquiry) and the union's replies to the Board's questionnaire, 1926. MSS. 292/954/21 India 1930-3 Old TUC ref: 954(511); 954(431); K222; 954 (H6) Correspondence, reports and memoranda regarding Indian labour representation at the Round Table Conference. MSS. 292/954/22 India 1932-7 Old TUC ref: 954(520); 954(431); T513; J165 Correspondence regarding constitutional reform; including labour representation on the Joint Select Committee of Parliament; Government of India Bill; Indian Delimitation Committee Report. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. East India (Constitutional Reforms) Communal Decision, 1932, Cmd. 4147. MSS. 292/954/23 India 1939-47 Old TUC ref: 954(520); 954(431); T513; G219 Correspondence and documents as above; including various independence proposals. A national government for India, by V.K. Krishna Menon, 1942; India by George Ridley MP, 1942. MSS. 292/954/24 India 1943, 1946 Old TUC ref: 954 (601); T513 Correspondence regarding the Indian famine; including appeals for relief funds. MSS. 292/954/25 India 1950-2 Old TUC ref: 954 (680); 954 (601); T443 Correspondence regarding education; including training of Indian and Pakistani trade union officials in Britain. Documents including itineraries. MSS. 292/954/26 India 1952-3 Old TUC ref: 954 (680); T443; 954 (601) Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/954/27 India 1959 Old TUC ref: 954 (681); 954 (601); T443 Comments by trade unions on proposals to send trade union journals to the Indian federations and the trade union training college at Indore. MSS. 292/954/28 India 1930-1, 1933, 1941-3 Old TUC ref: 954 (700); 954 (601); T513 Correspondence regarding prisoners; including concern at imprisonment of trade union and nationalist leaders. MSS. 292/954/29 India 1929-34 Old TUC ref: 954 (740); 954 (601); T319; I171; 954 (F11) Documents regarding the Meerut prisoners; including circulars, press-cuttings, reports, memoranda, etc. Judgement in the Meerut Communist Conspiracy case; Meerut release the prisoners, National Council of Labour statement, 1933; Meerut conspiracy case, pamphlet by Romain Rolland; Judgement in the appeal, 1933. In 1929, many Indian and English communists were arrested, and were taken to Meerut where the trial was to be held. MSS. 292/954/30 India 1930-4, 1938 Old TUC ref: 954 (910); T513 Correspondence regarding organisations; including the Commonwealth of India League; Indian Statistical Institute. MSS. 292/954/31 India 1930-51 Old TUC ref: 954 (920); T1898; G227 Correspondence regarding exchange of delegations. Documents including reports, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/954/32 India 1956-8 Old TUC ref: T1898; 954(920); 954(910) Correspondence and documents regarding delegations and visitors as above; including Central Office of Information tours (with itineraries). MSS. 292/954/33 India 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 954(920); 954(910); T1899 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/954/34 India 1927-8 Old TUC ref: 954(921); 954J1.1; T1898 Report of a Trades Union Congress delegation to India (November 1927 - March 1928) to study labour conditions. MSS. 292/954/35 India 1944-6 Old TUC ref: 954(922); 954(921); T1898 Correspondence regarding an Indian Federation of Labour delegation to Britain June-September 1944; also regarding an All India Trades Union Congress delegation, March-April 1945. MSS. 292/954/36 India 1951 Old TUC ref: 954(923); 954(921); T1898 Correspondence regarding Trades Union Congress delegation to India and Pakistan (September-October 1951) with report. MSS. 292/954/37 India 1956-7 Old TUC ref: 954(924); 954(921); T1346 Correspondence regarding a Food Foundation survey to define the role of industrial labour, January-March 1957. MSS. 292/954/38 India 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 954(926); 954(921); T1346 Correspondence and documents regarding General Council visits to India. File regarding R. Willis' visit, November 1959. File regarding F. Cousins and H. Douglas' visit, January-February 1960. File regarding H. Collison's visit, February 1960. MSS. 292/954.5/1-2 Pakistan 1949-1960 MSS. 292/954.5/1 Pakistan 1949-57 Old TUC ref: T675 Correspondence regarding the above; including with the various Trade Union Federations; Pakistani delegations and visits to the United Kingdom; annual congresses; enquiries; Pakistani Institute for trade union education. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/954.5/2 Pakistan 1957-60 Old TUC ref: T675 Correspondence and documents as above; including exchange of delegations; training of Pakistani trade unionists. MSS. 292/954.8/1-3 Burma 1946-1960 MSS. 292/954.8/1 Burma 1946-53 Old TUC ref: T97 Correspondence regarding the above; including Trades Union Congress delegation to advise on questions of trade union organisation, 1946-7; delegations and visits to the United Kingdom; with Trades Union Congress (Burma). Documents including itineraries, reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/954.8/2 Burma 1953-6 Old TUC ref: T97 Correspondence and documents as above; including help in establishing a trade union library. MSS. 292/954.8/3 Burma 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T97 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/954.9/1-2 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1928-1960 MSS. 292/954.9/1 Ceylon 1928-48 Old TUC ref: T697; K226 Correspondence regarding the above; including with All-Ceylon Trade Union Congress and Ceylon Federation of Labour; labour conditions; appointment of a trade union labour advisor by the Government of Ceylon. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/954.9/2 Ceylon 1950-60 Old TUC ref: T1345 Correspondence and documents as above; mainly with and regarding various trade unions. MSS. 292/956/1 - 956.9/8 Middle and Near East 1928-60 This section has been divided into the following countries: General (TUC ref. no. 956) Persia (Iran) (TUC ref. no. 956.1) Iraq (TUC ref. no. 956.2) Syria (TUC ref. no. 956.3) Lebanon (TUC ref. no. 956.4) Turkey (TUC ref. no. 956.6) Aden (TUC ref. no. 956.8) Palestine (Israel) (TUC ref. no. 956.9) MSS. 292/956/1-4 Middle and Near East, general 1939-1959 MSS. 292/956/1 Middle and Near East 1939-47 Old TUC ref: T910 General correspondence regarding the above; including goodwill trade mission to Iraq, 1946. MSS. 292/956/2 Middle and Near East 1950-9 Old TUC ref: T910 General correspondence as above; including delegations to the United Kingdom. Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/956/3 Crisis 1958 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 956(510); T910 Resolutions and protests sent in by affiliated bodies at the despatch of British and United States troops to Jordan and the Lebanon. MSS. 292/956/4 Labour Party Working Party 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 956(520); T910 Correspondence, minutes and related papers of the Labour Party Middle East Working Party. MSS. 292/956.1/1-2 Parsia (Iran) 1946-1960 MSS. 292/956.1/1 Persia (Iran) 1946-9 Old TUC ref: T1035 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Iranian Trades Union Congress; World Federation of Trade Unions delegation to, 1947 (with report); trade union developments. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/956.1/2 Persia (Iran) 1949-60 Old TUC ref: T1035 Correspondence and documents as above; Persian delegations to the United Kingdom. Leicester and District Trades Council year book, 1954. MSS. 292/956.2/1 Iraq 1949-1960 MSS. 292/956.2/1 Iraq 1949-60 Old TUC ref: T3541; F332 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/956.2/2 Syria 1950-1960 MSS. 292/956.2/2 Syria 1950-60 Old TUC ref: 956.3 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including Syrian delegations to the United Kingdom (with itineraries). MSS. 292/956.2/3-4 Lebanon 1946-1960 MSS. 292/956.2/3 Lebanon 1946-56 Old TUC ref: 956.4; T1035 Correspondence regarding the above; including World Federation of Trade Unions delegation to; Lebanese delegations to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/956.2/4 Lebanon 1956-60 Old TUC ref: 956.4 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/956.2/5 Turkey 1948-1960 MSS. 292/956.2/5 Turkey 1948-60 Old TUC ref: T1344; 956.6 Correspondence regarding the above; including Turkish delegations to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. See also 949.5/26. MSS. 292/956.8/1-6 Aden 1952-1960 MSS. 292/956.8/1 Aden 1952-7 Old TUC ref: T878; F240 Correspondence regarding the above; including with trade unions in; Commission of Inquiry into strikes and disturbances, and Trades Union Congress representation on, 1956; with Aden Trades Union Congress. Documents including reports, memoranda, Aden Trades Union Congress general circulars. MSS. 292/956.8/2 Aden 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T878 Correspondence and documents as above; including general strike, 1958. MSS. 292/956.8/3 Aden 1957 Old TUC ref: T878 Papers regarding A.E. Lewis' visit. MSS. 292/956.8/4 Aden 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T878 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/956.8/5 Aden 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T878 Correspondence and documents as above; concern at actions of British administration against Aden trade union movement and subsequent visits by James Young and Andrew Dalgliesh on behalf of Trades Union Congress to try to sort out the industrial unrest. MSS. 292/956.8/6 Aden 1960 Old TUC ref: T1023; F230 Correspondence and documents as above; including further attempts to settle the industrial unrest. A Bill entitled an ordinance to make provision for the prevention and settlement of trade disputes: for the establishment of an industrial court: and relating to matters arising out of or connected with trade disputes, 1960. MSS. 292/956.9/1-8 Palestine (Israel) 1928-1960 MSS. 292/956.9/1 Palestine 1928-31 Old TUC ref: K227 Correspondence regarding labour conditions during the construction of harbour at Haifa. Documents including reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/956.9/2 Palestine (Israel) 1936-9 Old TUC ref: T318 General correspondence regarding Palestine; including with General Federation of Jewish Labour and Jewish socialist Labour Party; concern at situation and curtailing of immigration; proposed appointment of a factory inspector, 1937-8. Documents including various reports. Palestine and the Jews, by Lord Melchett, report from Empire Review, December 1936. MSS. 292/956.9/3 Palestine (Israel) 1940-4 Old TUC ref: T318; H115 Correspondence and documents as above; including protests at the implementation of a government White Paper which virtually prohibited Jews from buying land; protests at new labour legislation; workmen's compensation. The road to a new life, by Freda Whittaker. MSS. 292/956.9/4 Palestine (Israel) 1942, 1944-8 Old TUC ref: T318; K400 Correspondence and documents as above; concern at deteriorating situation. Social policy and social insurance in Palestine, by I. Kanievsky, 1942. MSS. 292/956.9/5 Palestine/Israel 1947-53 Old TUC ref: T963 Correspondence and documents as above; including partition, 1948; exchange of delegations. Central Office of Information report on Israel, 1949. MSS. 292/956.9/6 Palestine/Israel 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T963 Correspondence and documents as above. Transport workers in Israel pamphlet also Building workers' union in Israel. MSS. 292/956.9/7 Palestine 1947-8 Old TUC ref: 956.9(910); T318; G176-9 Correspondence regarding a World Federation of Trade Unions delegation, January 1948. MSS. 292/956.9/8 Palestine/Israel 1950-60 Old TUC ref: 956.9(920); 956.9(910); T699 Correspondence and documents regarding Israeli delegations and visits to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/959/1 - 959.4/5 East Indies and South East Asia 1929-60 This section has been divided into the following countries: East Indies - North Borneo, Sarawak, Philippines (Trades Union Congress ref. no. 959) Malaya (TUC ref. no. 959.1) Singapore (TUC ref. no. 959.19) Indonesia (TUC ref. no. 959.2) Vietnam (Indo-China) (TUC ref. no. 959.4) Thailand (Siam) (TUC ref. no. 959.5) Solomon Islands (TUC ref. no. 959.7) Fiji (TUC ref. no. 959.9) MSS. 292/959/1-2 East Indies 1929-1960 MSS. 292/959/1 East Indies 1946-60 General correspondence regarding the above; including North Borneo, Sarawak, Philippines, Brunei. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, itineraries etc. MSS. 292/959/2 East Indies 1929-30 Old TUC ref: 959(110); TB320 Correspondence regarding employment of Chinese coolies in Sumatra. Documents including various reports. MSS. 292/959.1/1-9 Malaya 1920-1960 MSS. 292/959.1/1 Malaya 1939, 1946-9 Correspondence regarding the above; including Incorporated Society of Planters of Malaya; with trade union advisor in Malaya; delegations and visits to the United Kingdom; communist disruptions and alleged persecutions of trade unionists. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/959.1/2 Malaya 1947-8, 1951 Reports of trade union advisor on trade unionism in Malaya; report of the Seamen's Inquiry Commission in the colony of Singapore, 1951. MSS. 292/959.1/3 Malaya 1948-51 Correspondence and documents regarding Malaya, as above; including Malayan Trade Union Council. Annual report of Trade Union advisor on Federation of Malaya, 1948. MSS. 292/959.1/4 Malaya 1951-2 Old TUC ref: T479 Correspondence and documents as above; including Malayan Trades Union Council Newsletters. MSS. 292/959.1/5 Malaya 1952-4 Old TUC ref: T814; G222 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/959.1/6 Malaya 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T814 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/959.1/7 Malaya 1955 Old TUC ref: T479 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/959.1/8a Malaya 1956-60 Old TUC ref: F237; T814 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/959.1/8b Malaya 1956-62 Documents as above; including itineraries of Central Office of Information organised delegations. MSS. 292/959.1/9 Malaya 1953-6 Old TUC ref: T699 Correspondence regarding rubber plantations; including development of joint consultative machinery. Dunlop Plantation Courier, no.3, 1954. MSS. 292/959.19/1-3 Singapore 1952-1960 MSS. 292/959.19/1 Singapore 1952-6 Old TUC ref: T815 Correspondence regarding the above; including with trade unions and Singapore Trades Union Congress. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. Programme of the Variety Concert at the Victoria Theatre, 2-4 July 1954. MSS. 292/959.19/2 Singapore 1957 Old TUC ref: T815 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/959.19/3 Singapore 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T815 Correspondence and documents as above; including delegations and visits to the United Kingdom. MSS. 292/959.2/1-3 Indonesia 1945-1960 MSS. 292/959.2/1 Indonesia 1945-53 Old TUC ref: T696 Correspondence regarding the above; including protests from affiliated bodies at British intervention to support Dutch suppression of independence, 1945-7; delegations and visits to the United Kingdom; trade unions; training for trade unionists. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. Summary of Government statement, 21 September 1950. MSS. 292/959.2/2 Indonesia 1953-5 Old TUC ref: T696 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/959.2/3 Indonesia 1950-60 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/959.4/1 Vietnam (Indo-China) 1950-1960 MSS. 292/959.4/1 Vietnam (Indo-China) 1950-60 Old TUC ref: T1142 Correspondence regarding the above; including Vietnamese delegations to the United Kingdom, also Cambodian and Laotian delegations. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/959.4/2 Thailand (Siam) 1949-1959 MSS. 292/959.4/2 Thailand (Siam) 1949-59 Old TUC ref: 959.5 Correspondence regarding the above; including delegations and visits to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/959.4/3 Solomon Islands MSS. 292/959.4/3 Solomon Islands Old TUC ref: 959.7 Not available by completion of list. MSS. 292/959.4/4-5 Fiji 1950-1960 MSS. 292/959.4/4 Fiji 1957 Old TUC ref: 959.9; T1342 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/959.4/5 Fiji 1950-60 Old TUC ref: 959.9; T1342 Correspondence regarding the above; including development of trade unionism; study courses; visits and delegations to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/960/1 - 968.51/3 Africa 1922-61The Trades Union Congress Registry divided Africa as follows, North, West, East and South, and the files reflect the Trades Union Congress' involvement and interest in Britain's former colonies and protectorates. These files mainly relate to the development of native trade unions with correspondence with trade unions and a Trades Union Congress equivalent; there is also discussion regarding education and training of trade union officials. Some interesting points highlighted include reactions to the 1956 Suez Crisis; concern at harsh trade union legislation in Kenya and the repercussions of the Mau Mau rebellion on treatment of trade unions; position of trade unions in South Africa following the election of the Nationalist Party in 1948 and the commencement of their apartheid programme and the passing of the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950. This section has been divided into the following countries: General (Trades Union Congress ref. no. 960) Egypt (TUC ref. no. 962) Sudan (TUC ref. no. 962.1) Abyssinia/Ethiopia (TUC ref. no. 963) Eritrea (TUC ref. no. 963.2) Tunisia, Morocco, Tangier, Algeria (TUC ref. no. 964.1) Libya (TUC ref. no. 964.2) West Africa (TUC ref. no. 966 Gambia (TUC ref. no. 966.1) Gold Coast/Ghana (TUC ref. no. 966.2) Nigeria (TUC ref. no. 966.3) Cameroons (TUC ref. no. 966.31) Sierra Leone (TUC ref. no. 966.4) The Congo/Zaire (TUC ref. no. 966.6) St. Helena (TUC ref. no. 966.9) East Africa (TUC ref. no. 967) Kenya (TUC ref. no. 967.1) Somalia (TUC ref. no. 967.11) Tanganyika/Tanzania (TUC ref. no. 967.2) Uganda (TUC ref. no. 967.3) Nyasaland (Malawi) (TUC ref. no. 967.4) Zanzibar (TUC ref. no. 967.5) Seychelles (TUC ref. no. 967.7) Madagascar (TUC ref. no. 967.8) Mauritius (TUC ref. no. 967.9) South Africa (TUC ref. no. 968) Northern Rhodesia/Zambia (TUC ref. no. 968.1) Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (TUC ref. no. 968.2) Bechuanaland/Botswana (TUC ref. no. 968.51) Swaziland (TUC ref. no. 968.52) Lesotho/Basutoland (TUC ref. no. 968.53 MSS. 292/960/1 - 960.1/3 Africa, general 1920-1960 MSS. 292/960/1 Africa 1922-37 Old TUC ref: T1901 General correspondence regarding Africa; including with clubs, societies and associations. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/960/2 Africa 1938-50 Old TUC ref: T1901 General correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/960/3 Africa 1951-7 Old TUC ref: T1902 General correspondence and documents as above; including trade union development. Africa Bureau report, March 1952 - November 1953; A journey in Africa, by M. Philips Price, MP, reprinted from Manchester Guardian, November-December 1954. MSS. 292/960/4 Africa 1957-60 Old TUC ref: T1902 General correspondence and documents as above; including Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara; Committee of African Organisations; Africa Bureau. British Africa, Labour Party discussion notes, no. 25, April 1960. MSS. 292/960/5 Indians in Africa 1925-7, 1947-8 Old TUC ref: 960(510); TB30 Correspondence regarding the above; including in Portuguese territories, 1926-7; in South Africa, 1947-8. MSS. 292/960/6 The Capricorn Africa Society 1957 Old TUC ref: 960(601); T3479 Papers regarding the above; including draft and amendments of the Capricorn contract. MSS. 292/960/7 Royal Institute of International Affairs 1956-8 Old TUC ref: 960(608); 960(601); T3479 Royal Institute of International Affairs Department of Racial Studies summaries of press news and comment. MSS. 292/960/8 Books for Africa Appeal 1959-61 Old TUC ref: 960(681); 960(601); T3479; F329 Correspondence regarding the above, organised by the English-Speaking Union; including circularisation of affiliated bodies. The idea of the appeal was to collect new and second-hand books on a wide variety of subjects, which would reflect all types of life and activity in the United Kingdom; these books to be sent for distribution at African Universities, Missions, Schools and other educational and social institutes. MSS. 292/960/9 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Delegation 1950-2 Old TUC ref: 960(910); T1901; 960(601); G164 Correspondence regarding International Confederation of Free Trade Unions delegation, January-March 1951, to West and Central Africa to various British, French and Belgian colonies to study the trade union situation; including arrangements. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/960/10 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Delegation 1951 Old TUC ref: T1901; 960(910) Correspondence, etc., regarding the above to West and Central Africa. MSS. 292/960/11 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Delegation 1951-2 Old TUC ref: 960(911); T1901; G165 Correspondence regarding the above to East Africa, October-December 1951 (with report). MSS. 292/960/12 Hood's Visit 1955 1955-6 Old TUC ref: 960(912); 960(913); T3479; G246 Correspondence regarding Walter Hood's visit to Kenya, North and Southern Rhodesia and West Africa. MSS. 292/960/13 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Mission 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 960(913); 960(911); T3479 Correspondence and documents regarding the above, March-April 1958. MSS. 292/960/14 Mr Hood's Visit 1960 Old TUC ref: 960(914); 960(911); T3479 Correspondence regarding the above to Southern Rhodesia, Nysaland and Uganda. Documents including various reports. MSS. 292/960/15 International Labour Office/Organisation Advisory Committee 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 960(925); 960(911); T1034 Correspondence regarding the above. MSS. 292/960.1/1 Central African Federation 1951-5 Old TUC ref: T791; G220 Correspondence regarding the above; including concern expressed by affiliated bodies, and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions that the local peoples would not be able to express their views; discussions with Government to secure a reconsideration of the proposals. Documents including reports, memoranda, press summaries. Closer association in Central Africa, 1951, Cmd. 8411. MSS. 292/960.1/2 Central Africa Federation 1955-60 Old TUC ref: T791 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at deteriorating situation and treatment of Africans. MSS. 292/960.1/3 East and Central Africa 1957-60 Old TUC ref: 960.2; T3479 Correspondence regarding the above; including delegations to the United Kingdom; trade union legislation. Documents including reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/962/1 - 6 Egypt 1920-1960 MSS. 292/962/1 Egypt 1926-31 Old TUC ref: T1903 Papers regarding the above; including Labour Party/Trades Union Congress joint reports. MSS. 292/962/2 Egypt 1935-60 Old TUC ref: T1903 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade unions; visits and delegations to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/962/3 Egypt 1956, 1960 Old TUC ref: 962 (510); T1030; F174 General correspondence regarding the Suez crisis; including resolutions sent in by affiliated bodies. Documents including various reports, memoranda. Britain and the Suez Canal, by D.C. Watt, 1956. MSS. 292/962/4 Egypt 1956-7, 1960 Old TUC ref: 962 (510); T1030; F174 Correspondence regarding the Suez crisis; mainly protests at the use of armed force against Egypt. Documents including various reports, memoranda. An act of disastrous folly, Labour Party leaflet. MSS. 292/962/5 Egypt 1956-7 Old TUC ref: 962 (510); T1030; F174 Protests at use of armed force against Egypt over Suez, sent in by trade union branches, shop stewards, Labour Parties and individuals etc. MSS. 292/962/6 Egypt 1956-7 Old TUC ref: 962 (510); T1030; F174 Protests at use of armed force, sent in by Trades Councils and Trades Council Federations. MSS. 292/962/7-9 Sudan 1948-1960 MSS. 292/962/7 Sudan 1948-57 Old TUC ref: 962.1; T1030 Correspondence regarding the Sudan; including appointment of a trade union officer; trade union development; delegations and visits to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/962/8 Sudan 1957-60 Old TUC ref: 962.1 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/962/9 Sudan 1951, 1955 Old TUC ref: 962.1; T1030 Notes left by W. Hood on retirement. MSS. 292/963/1-3 Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1935-1954 MSS. 292/963/1 Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1946-54 Old TUC ref: T2748 General correspondence regarding the above. MSS. 292/963/2 Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1935-44 Old TUC ref: 963 (510); T1; Z1 Correspondence regarding the Italian invasion; including concern expressed at the impending crisis; protests; resolutions. Documents including reports, memoranda, resolutions, statements. MSS. 292/963/3 Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1936 Old TUC ref: 963 (513); T1; J188 Protests, sanctions, demonstrations etc., against Italian invasion of Abyssinia. MSS. 292/963/4 Eritrea 1950-1952 MSS. 292/963/4 Eritrea 1950-2 Old TUC ref: 963.2 Correspondence regarding the above. MSS. 292/964.1/1-3 North Africa 1951-1961 MSS. 292/964.1/1 North Africa 1951-6 Old TUC ref: T1905 Correspondence regarding Tunisia, Morocco, Tangier, Algeria; including trade union development; delegations and visits to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/964.1/2 North Africa 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T1905 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at situation in Algeria. Essential notions about Algeria, pamphlet. MSS. 292/964.1/3 Morocco: Agadir Earthquake 1960-1 Old TUC ref: 964.1 (601); F200 Correspondence regarding the above; including circularisation of affiliated bodies for donations to an International Confederation of Free Trade Unions appeal fund. MSS. 292/964.1/4 Libya 1950-1960 MSS. 292/964.1/4 Libya 1950-60 Old TUC ref: 964.2 Correspondence and reports regarding the above; including trade union development. The Tripolitania Gazette, no. 4 (ns), 1 May 1951. MSS. 292/966/1-2 West Africa 1926-1960 MSS. 292/966/1 West Africa 1926, 1929-41 General correspondence regarding the above; including organisation of labour; Gambian labour dispute, 1929. Documents including various reports, memoranda MSS. 292/966/2 West Africa 1943-60 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/966/3 Gambia 1945-1960 MSS. 292/966/3 Gambia 1945-60 Old TUC ref: 966.1 Correspondence regarding the Gambia; including trade union development; with Gambia Labour Union. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/MSS.966.2/1-6 Gold Coast/Ghana 1942-1960 MSS. 292/966.2/1 Gold Coast 1942-51 Old TUC ref: T1907 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development and education. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/966.2/2 Gold Coast 1952-4 Old TUC ref: T1907 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/966.2/3 Gold Coast 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T1907 Correspondence and documents as above; including mining dispute; with Gold Coast Trades Union Congress. National Union of Teachers (Gold Coast) constitution and rules, 1951. MSS. 292/966.2/4 Gold Coast/Ghana 1956-8 Old TUC ref: T1908 Correspondence and documents as above; including visits and delegations. MSS. 292/966.2/5 Ghana 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1908 Correspondence and documents as above; including Industrial Relations Bill. The parliament of Ghana, Hansard Society pamphlet, 1959. MSS. 292/966.2/6 Ghana 1953-8 Old TUC ref: T1907 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/966.3/1-11 Nigeria 1941-1960 MSS. 292/966.3/1 Nigeria 1941-8 Old TUC ref: T808 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development. Documents including various reports, memoranda. The Nigerian Seamen's Union, rules and regulations, 1941. MSS. 292/966.3/2 Nigeria 1948-51 Old TUC ref: T808 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Nigerian Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/966.3/3 Nigeria 1951-60 Old TUC ref: T808 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/966.3/4 Nigeria 1951-3 Old TUC ref: T808 Correspondence and documents as above; including Nigerian Labour Congress and various trade unions; scholarships and training. MSS. 292/966.3/5 Nigeria 1953-5 Old TUC ref: T809 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/966.3/6 Nigeria 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T809; G248 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/966.3/7 Nigeria 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T809 Correspondence and documents as above; including problems within All-Nigerian Trade Union Federation. MSS. 292/966.3/8 Nigeria 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T1021 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/966.3/9 Nigeria 1958-9 Old TUC ref: T1021 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/966.3/10 Nigeria 1959 Old TUC ref: T1021 Correspondence and documents as above; alleged communist disruptions within Trades Union Congress of Nigeria. MSS. 292/966.3/11 Nigeria 1959-60 Old TUC ref: T1022 Correspondence and documents as above; including affiliation to International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. MSS. 292/966.31/1-3 Cameroons 1950-1960 MSS. 292/966.31/1 Cameroons 1950-5 Old TUC ref: T1341 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Cameroons Development Corporation Workers' Union and other trade unions; training. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/966.31/2 Cameroons 1952-6 Old TUC ref: T1341 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/966.31/3 Cameroons 1955-60 Old TUC ref: T1341 Correspondence and documents as above; including Likomba Plantation Workers' Union. MSS. 292/MSS.966.4/1-2 Sierra Leone 1941-1960 MSS. 292/966.4/1 Sierra Leone 1941-53 Old TUC ref: T875 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with Sierra Leone Trades Union Congress. The African Standard, volume VIII, no. 32, 9 August 1946. MSS. 292/966.4/2 Sierra Leone 1954-60 Old TUC ref: T875 Correspondence and documents as above; including training and education. The Hurricane, volume III, no.V, 9 February 1955. MSS. 292/966.4/3 The Congo/Zaire 1960 MSS. 292/966.4/3 The Congo/Zaire 1960 Old TUC ref: T1909 Correspondence regarding the above. MSS. 292/966.9/1 St. Helena 1958-1960 MSS. 292/966.9/1 St. Helena 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1099 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including St. Helena General Workers Union. MSS. 292/966.9/2-6 East Africa 1925-1960 MSS. 292/966.9/2 East Africa 1925-39 Old TUC ref: 967; T947; J246 General correspondence regarding the above; including Kenya, Tanganyika; with the Labour Trade Union of East Africa. Documents including Labour Party/Trades Union Congress joint memoranda. MSS. 292/966.9/3 East Africa 1939-48 Old TUC ref: 967; T947 Correspondence as above; including trade union development; attempted deportation of Makhan Singh from Kenya. Documents including various reports. MSS. 292/966.9/4 East Africa 1949-60 Old TUC ref: 967; T947; G249 Correspondence and documents as above; including formation of East African Trades Union Congress; education and training; delegations. MSS. 292/966.9/5 Tanganyika 1958-9 Old TUC ref: 967 (910) Papers relating to D. Barrett's visit to the above as a representative of the Plantation Workers International Federation (on secondment from Trades Union Congress), to help and advise on trade union organisation; including formation of Tanganyika Sisal and Plantation Workers' Union. MSS. 292/966.9/6 Tanganyika 1958-60 Old TUC ref: 967 (910); T1109 Correspondence regarding D. Barrett's visit. Documents including press-cuttings, reports. MSS. 292/967.1/1-12 Kenya 1920-1960 MSS. 292/967.1/1 Kenya 1948-52 Old TUC ref: T792 Correspondence regarding Kenya; including trade union development; Trade Union (Registration) Bill which required all trade unions registered before 20 April 1948 to re-register within a month of commencement of the Bill; Kenya Trade Union Bill, 1952, which it was felt would be a retrogressive step as far as trade union development was concerned and attempts to secure amendments. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. Trade Unions - the organisation of a trade union, by Jas. Patrick. The 1952 Ordinance appeared to encourage the development of sub-trade unions (small Company Unions) rather than stimulate growth of bona fide unions. Also to be introduced was a probationary period for trade unions, with harsh standards laid down to be used for de-registration. All trade union officers should from hence-forth be actually with the trade union concerned. A great many restrictions introduced regarding Annual Returns to make it very difficult for a small union to comply. New harsh clauses regarding picketing were also in the Ordinance. MSS. 292/967.1/2 Kenya 1953 Old TUC ref: T792 Correspondence and documents as above; including Kenya Federation of Trade Unions; concern at Mau Mau rebellion and treatment of trade unions; International Confederation of Free Trade Unions mission to Kenya. MSS. 292/967.1/3 Kenya 1953 Old TUC ref: T792 Correspondence and documents as above; including further concern at situation. MSS. 292/967.1/4 Kenya 1954 Old TUC ref: T793 Correspondence and documents as above; including continuing concern at the situation. Documents including press summaries of the situation. Kenya Calling, nos. 28, 30-2, 36, 44, 46, 48, 50-2, 55, 57-8; Kenya Notes, nos. 14-16, 19. MSS. 292/967.1/5 Kenya 1954 Old TUC ref: T793 Correspondence and documents as above. Kenya Calling, nos. 59-60, 62-3, 65, 67-74, 76; Kenya Notes, nos. 21-2, 24. MSS. 292/967.1/6 Kenya 1954-8 Old TUC ref: T792 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/967.1/7 Kenya 1955 Old TUC ref: T793; G237 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Kenya Federation of Labour (previously Kenya Federation of Trade Unions). Documents including Kenya Federation of Labour Newsletters. MSS. 292/967.1/8 Kenya 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T877 Correspondence and documents as above; including threatened de-registration of Kenya Federation of Labour because of its political activities, 1956. MSS. 292/967.1/9 Kenya 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T877; F228 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.1/10 Kenya 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T877 Correspondence and documents as above: MSS. 292/967.1/11 Kenya 1958-9 Old TUC ref: T700 Correspondence and documents as above; including with various trade unions. MSS. 292/967.1/12 Kenya 1959-60 Old TUC ref: T700 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.1/13 Somalia 1959-1960 MSS. 292/967.1/13 Somalia [formerly Somaliland Protectorate] 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 967.11 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/967.2/1-4 Tanganyika / Tanzania 1948-1960 MSS. 292/967.2/1 Tanganyika 1948-56 Old TUC ref: T876 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with Tanganyika Federation of Labour. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/967.2/2 Tanganyika 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T876; F223 Correspondence and documents as above; including Trade Union Ordinance, 1956. MSS. 292/967.2/3 Tanganyika 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T876 Correspondence and documents as above; concern at situation in the Sisal industry. MSS. 292/967.2/4 Tanganyika 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T876 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.3/1-3 Uganda 1948-1960 MSS. 292/967.3/1 Uganda 1948-58 Old TUC ref: T1278 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with Labour Department, Kampala. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/967.3/2 Uganda 1958-9 Old TUC ref: T1278 Correspondence and documents as above; including with trade unions, especially Railway African Union - Uganda, and with Uganda Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/967.3/3 Uganda 1959-60 Old TUC ref: T1278; F235 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.4/1-3 Nyasaland (Malawi) 1953-1960 MSS. 292/967.4/1 Nyasaland (Malawi) 1953-8 Old TUC ref: T1098 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with trade unions especially Nyasaland Railways African Workers' Union. Documents including various reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/967.4/2 Nyasaland 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1098; F234 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.4/3 Nyasaland 1955-7 Old TUC ref: T1098 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/967.4/4 Zanzibar 1957-1960 MSS. 292/967.4/4 Zanzibar 1957-60 Old TUC ref: 967.5; T1109 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/967.4/5 Seychelles 1955-1960 MSS. 292/967.4/5 Seychelles 1955-60 Old TUC ref: 967.7; T2753 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Seychelles Building Trade Union. MSS. 292/967.4/6 Madagascar 1952-1959 MSS. 292/967.4/6 Madagascar 1952, 1954-6, 1959 Old TUC ref: 967.8 Correspondence regarding the above. MSS. 292/967.9/1-6 Mauritius 1938-1960 MSS. 292/967.9/1 Mauritius 1938-50 Old TUC ref: T701 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with Trade-Union Council Mauritius and various trade unions. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/967.9/2 Mauritius 1950-4 Old TUC ref: T701 Correspondence and documents as above. Manchester and Salford Trades Council annual report and directory, 1952-3. MSS. 292/967.9/3 Mauritius 1955-7 Old TUC ref: T701; F236 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.9/4 Mauritius 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T701 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/967.9/5 Mauritius 1955 Old TUC ref: T701 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/967.9/6 Mauritius 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1099 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/968/1-19 South Africa 1920-1960 MSS. 292/968/1 South Africa 1924-36 Old TUC ref: T1910 General correspondence regarding the above; including Rand Prisoners, 1924; with South Africa Trades Union Congress (later South Africa Trades and Labour Council) and trade unions; native policy - Colour Bar Act; labour conditions. Documents including press-cuttings, reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/968/2 South Africa 1936-9 Old TUC ref: T19 Correspondence and documents as above; with Friends of Africa. MSS. 292/968/3 South Africa 1940-7 Old TUC ref: T1910 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/968/4 South Africa 1947-51 Old TUC ref: T1911 Correspondence and documents as above; including Seretse Khama; Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 and subsequent divisions within South Africa Trades and Labour Council. Suppression of liberty in South Africa, 1950; Belfast and District Trade Union Council annual report, 1950. MSS. 292/968/5 South Africa 1951-3 Old TUC ref: T1911; G200 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at situation, especially interference in trade union affairs on the basis of the Suppression of Communism Act. MSS. 292/968/6 South Africa 1953-4 Old TUC ref: T1912 Correspondence and documents as above; including Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Bill, 1953; various issues of Press Digest. South African Trade Union Assurance Society Limited (TRADUNA), annual report and accounts, 1952-3, also Staff Magazine, volume 1, no.1, December 1953; Industrial Conciliation Bill. MSS. 292/968/7 South Africa 1954 Old TUC ref: T1912 Correspondence and documents as above; especially Industrial Conciliation Bill; formation of South Africa Trade Union Council. The above would put a stop to mixed trade unions. MSS. 292/968/8 South Africa 1954-5 Old TUC ref: T1912 Correspondence and documents as above; mainly concern at the Nationalist Government's apartheid legislation. South African Trade Union Assurance Society Limited (TRADUNA) annual report, 1953-4. MSS. 292/968/9 South Africa 1955-7 Old TUC ref: T1913; F171 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at police activity against trade unions; arrests and treason trials of trade union leaders. MSS. 292/968/10 South Africa 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T1913 Correspondence and documents as above. The Paperworker, volume XCIII, no.4, August 1957. MSS. 292/968/11 South Africa 1958-9 Old TUC ref: T1913 Correspondence and documents as above; including South Africa Freedom Association. MSS. 292/968/12 South Africa 1959-60 Old TUC ref: T1914; F194-199 Correspondence and documents as above; including case of Mrs E. Mafekeng; calls for a boycott of South African goods. MSS. 292/968/13 South Africa 1960 Old TUC ref: T1914; F194-199 Correspondence and documents as above; including protests from affiliated bodies at Sharpeville massacres. MSS. 292/968/14 South Africa 1926-35 Old TUC ref: 968(220); TB320 Correspondence with and regarding the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa; including attempted affiliation to South Africa Trade Union Congress; appointment of an adviser; appeals for financial assistance and concern at its position. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union was the black workers trade union. MSS. 292/968/15 South Africa 1927-34 Old TUC ref: 968(221); 968(220); TB320 Documents regarding the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union; including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, minutes. MSS. 292/968/16 South Africa 1953-65 Old TUC ref: 968(230); 968(220); T1157 Correspondence regarding the Solly Sachs Fund for African Democracy, including enquiries from affiliated bodies regarding; also regarding his book The anatomy of apartheid. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/968/17 South Africa 1927-30 Old TUC ref: 968(810); T944 Correspondence regarding the Native Administration Bill; including attempts to amend some of its more objectionable clauses. Native Administration Bill. MSS. 292/968/18 South Africa 1944-6 Old TUC ref: 968(910); 968(810) Correspondence regarding the visit of Mr Bussey, on behalf of the General Council, April-June 1945. Documents including reports, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/968/19 South Africa 1953-5 Old TUC ref: 968(911); 968(810) Correspondence regarding delegation by Crawford and Bell to investigate the position and condition of the trade union movement, November-December 1953. Documents including various reports. MSS. 292/968.1/1-11 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia MSS. 292/968.1/1 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1940-45 Old TUC ref: T874 Correspondence regarding the above; including copper mines dispute, 1940, and subsequent Commission of Enquiry; trade union development; deportation of Mr Maybank, General Secretary of Mineworkers Union and attempts to secure his return. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/968.1/2 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1946-54 Old TUC ref: T874; G224 Correspondence and documents as above; including Northern Rhodesia Mine Workers' Union; development of African trade unions; Northern Rhodesia Trades Union Congress; training and education. The African Miner, volume 1, nos. 3, 5, 7, November 1953, January-March, June 1954. MSS. 292/968.1/3 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1954-6 Old TUC ref: T946 Notes left by Walter Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/968.1/4 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1954-5 Old TUC ref: T874; G235 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at situation on the Copper Belt relating to negotiations between African trade union and copper companies. MSS. 292/968.1/5 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T946; F231 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/968.1/6 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T946 Correspondence and documents as above; including situation in the copper industry; with various trade unions and Northern Rhodesia Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/968.1/7 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1958 Old TUC ref: T946 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/968.1/8 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1020 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at persecution of trade unionists; African Advancement. MSS. 292/968.1/9 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1944-5 Old TUC ref: 968.1(212); T873 Correspondence regarding the appointment of a General Secretary of the Northern Rhodesia Mineworkers' Union. MSS. 292/968.1/10 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1958 Old TUC ref: 968.1(912); T873 Correspondence regarding Walter Hood's visit (with report). MSS. 292/968.1/11 Northern Rhodesia/Zambia 1958 Old TUC ref: 968.1(912); T873 Documents collected by Walter Hood during his visit relating to European mineworkers' strike. MSS. 292/968.2/1-3 Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 1943-1960 MSS. 292/968.2/1 Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 1943-54 Old TUC ref: T873 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade unions and Rhodesian Trades Union Congress; development of African trade unions. Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/968.2/2 Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 1954-7 Old TUC ref: T873; F233 Correspondence and documents as above; including Native Industrial Workers' Unions Bill and other legislation; education and training. MSS. 292/968.2/3 Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 1957-60 Old TUC ref: T1101; F233; T1102 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/968.51/1 Bechuanaland/Botswana 1952-1960 MSS. 292/968.51/1 Bechuanaland/Botswana 1952-3, 1960 Old TUC ref: T2755 Correspondence regarding the above; including Seretse Khama. MSS. 292/968.51/2 Swaziland 1957-1960 MSS. 292/968.51/2 Swaziland 1957-60 Old TUC ref: 968.52 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/968.51/3 Lesotho/Basutoland 1953-1960 MSS. 292/968.51/3 Lesotho/Basutoland 1953, 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 968.53 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/971/1-13 Canada 1926-60This brief series mainly relates to trade union matters and relations with Trades and Labor Congress of Canada/Canadian Congress of Labour. MSS. 292/971/1 Canada 1936-46 Old TUC ref: T702; I97 General correspondence regarding the above; including with trade unions; with Trades and Labor Congress of Canada; enquiries; labour conditions. Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/971/2 Canada 1946-52 Old TUC ref: T702 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Canadian Congress of Labour. Declaration of positive economic philosophy, by the Canadian Congress of Labour, 1950. MSS. 292/971/3 Canada 1952-6 Old TUC ref: T702 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/971/4 Canada 1956-8 Old TUC ref: T674 Correspondence and documents as above including delegations. MSS. 292/971/5 Canada 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T674 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/971/6-9 Trades and Labor Congress [later Canadian Labour Congress] 1938-60 Old TUC ref: 971(211); T870 Correspondence regarding the above; mainly representation at Trades and Labor Congress conventions. Documents including reports, memoranda, delegates credentials. MSS. 292/971/10 Trades and Labor Congress of Canada 1926 Old TUC ref: T147; 971(212) Correspondence regarding a delegation to the Trades and Labor Congress Convention. MSS. 292/971/11 Canadian Congress of Labour 1928-54 Old TUC ref: 971(212); T702 Correspondence with and regarding the above. MSS. 292/971/12 Newfoundland Loggers Dispute 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 971(310); 971(212) Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including concern regarding. MSS. 292/971/13 John Mitchell Memorial Scholarship 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 971(508); 971(212) Correspondence regarding the above, which would enable a Canadian to take part in the Trades Union Congress' education programme. MSS. 292/972/1-972.9/15 West Indies 1925-60This, like the series on Africa and Asia, is mainly concerned with the development of Colonial trade unionism and, like the former, looks mostly at the former British colonies. There is considerable correspondence with trade unions and Trades Union Congress equivalents. Subjects discussed include education and training, communist infiltration leading to splits in the movement, requests for financial assistance, concern at labour conditions. This section is divided into the following countries: Jamaica (TUC ref. no. 972.1) Antigua (TUC ref. no. 972.21) Dominica (TUC ref. no. 972.22) St. Kitts and Anguilia (TUC ref. no. 972.23) St. Lucia (TUC ref. no. 972.24) St. Vincent (TUC ref. no. 972.25) Grenada (TUC ref. no. 972.26) Barbados (TUC ref. no. 972.27) British Honduras/Belize (TUC ref. no. 972.28) Turks Island (TUC ref. no. 972.29) Bermuda (TUC ref. no. 972.3) Bahamas (TUC ref. no. 972.35) Dominican Republic (TUC ref. no. 972.72) Cuba (TUC ref. no. 972.73) British Guiana/Guyana (TUC ref. no. 972.8) Trinidad (TUC ref. no. 972.9) MSS. 292/972/1-6 West Indies 1939-1956 MSS. 292/972/1-3 West Indies Not available by completion of list. MSS. 292/972/4 Wages-United States Air Bases 1941-2 Old TUC ref: 972(111); T452; H115 Correspondence regarding wage rates fixed by the government for workers employed in the construction of new United States air bases. MSS. 292/972/5 Frank Walcott 1952-6 Old TUC ref: 972(201); T2758; 972(111) Correspondence with and regarding the above, who was the West Indies representative of the Trades Union Congress and was General Secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union. MSS. 292/972/6 Training of Young Trade Unionists 1939-43 Old TUC ref: 972(601); 972(111); T514; G156 Correspondence regarding trade union scholarships for West Indian students to study at Ruskin College. MSS. 292/972.1/1-6 Jamaica 1937-1960 MSS. 292/972.1/1 Jamaica 1937-41 Old TUC ref: T673; I98 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; education and training; with trade unions. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/972.1/2 Jamaica 1942-7 Old TUC ref: T673 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Trades Union Council of Jamaica; banana subsidy; strikes; People's Nationalist Party. MSS. 292/972.1/3 Jamaica 1947-52 Old TUC ref: T673; G221 Correspondence and documents as above; busmen's strike; with Trades Union Congress Jamaica; allegations of Communist Party influence, 1951-2 and subsequent splits in Trades Union CongressJ and formation of National Labour Congress and National Workers' Union. MSS. 292/972.1/4 Jamaica 1953-5 Old TUC ref: T673 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.1/5 Jamaica 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T1123 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at Communist Party-dominated Jamaica Federation of Trade Unions. MSS. 292/972.1/6 Jamaica 1951-2 Old TUC ref: 972.1(601); T452; G221 Correspondence regarding the Hurricane Appeal Fund; including donations from affiliated bodies sent in response to a Trades Union Congress circular. MSS. 292/972.1/7 Antigua 1939-1957 MSS. 292/972.1/7 Antigua 1939-57 Old TUC ref: 972.21 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with Antigua Trades and Labour Union; education and training. Documents including various reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/972.22/1-3 Dominica 1939-1960 MSS. 292/972.22/1 Dominica 1939-51 Old TUC ref: T442 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with Dominica Trade Union; eviction of tenants. Documents including reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/972.22/2 Dominica 1951-60 Correspondence and documents as above; including provision and purchase of equipment. MSS. 292/972.22/3 Dominica 1952-5 Old TUC ref: T442 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.23/1 St. Kitts and Anguilia 1934-1960 MSS. 292/972.23/1 St. Kitts and Anguilia 1934, 1939-60 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including with St. Kitts Workers' League regarding trade union development; with St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union. Memorandum and articles of association of the St. Kitts Workers' League Limited, 1934. MSS. 292/972.23/2-3 St. Lucia 1939-1960 MSS. 292/972.23/2 St. Lucia 1939-60 Old TUC ref: 972.24; T442 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; labour conditions; with St. Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/972.23/3 St. Lucia 1950, 1956-7 Old TUC ref: 972.24; T442 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.23/4 St. Vincent 1939-1960 MSS. 292/972.23/4 St. Vincent 1939-60 Old TUC ref: 972.25 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including trade union development. MSS. 292/972.23/5-6 Grenada 1938-1960 MSS. 292/972.23/5 Grenada 1938-60 Old TUC ref: 972.26; T452 Correspondence regarding the above; including with E. Maresse Donovan, later President of Grenada Trade Union; with Grenada Workers' Union. Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/972.23/6 Grenada 1955 Old TUC ref: 972.26; T452 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.27/1-3 Barbados 1939-1960 MSS. 292/972.27/1 Barbados 1939-57 Old TUC ref: T1273; G258 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Barbados Progressive League; with Barbados Workers' Union and other trade unions; training and education; financial assistance for Barbados Workers' Union. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/972.27/2 Barbados 1957-60 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.27/3 Barbados 1953-8 Old TUC ref: T1273 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.28/1-2 British Honduras/Belize 1939-1960 MSS. 292/972.28/1 British Honduras/Belize 1939-52 Old TUC ref: T872 Correspondence regarding the above; including with British Honduras General Workers' Union. Documents including reports, memoranda. The Unionist, nos. 3,7-8, September-October 1952. MSS. 292/972.28/2 British Honduras/Belize 1953-60 Old TUC ref: T872; G185 Correspondence and documents as above; including assistance for General Workers' Union; British Honduras Development Union; Christian Democratic Union formed by former General Secretary of General Workers' Union, 1956. The Truth Shall Out (Christian Democratic Union), volume 1, nos.1-2, September-October 1956. MSS. 292/972.28/3 British Honduras 1952-5 Old TUC ref: T1872 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.28/4 Turks Island 1950-1957 MSS. 292/972.28/4 Turks Island 1950-7 Old TUC ref: 972.29 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including Turks Islands Workers' Union; concern at military construction work. MSS. 292/972.3 Bermuda MSS. 292/972.3 Bermuda Not available by completion of list. MSS. 292/972.35 Bahamas MSS. 292/972.35 Bahamas Not available by completion of list. MSS. 292/972.72/1 Dominican Republic 1951-1960 MSS. 292/972.72/1 Dominican Republic 1951-60 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including International Confederation of Free Trade Unions delegation to, 1951; proposed boycott of, 1956-7; concern at Trujillo dictatorship. MSS. 292/972.72/2 Cuba 1950-1960 MSS. 292/972.72/2 Cuba 1950-60 Old TUC ref: 972.73; T1273 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Confederation of Cuban Workers; post-Castro situation; delegations to the United Kingdom. Documents including reports, memoranda, etc. MSS. 292/972.8/1 British Guiana/Guyana 1920-1960 MSS. 292/972.8/1 British Guiana/Guyana 1937-9 Old TUC ref: T816 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union development; with British Guiana Congress of General Workers; labour conditions; British Guiana Workers' League. Documents including various reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. British Guiana, report of Lenora Enquiry Commission, 23 March 1939. MSS. 292/972.8/2 British Guiana/Guyana 1939-42 Old TUC ref: T816 Correspondence and documents as above; including British Guiana Petroleum Bill. British Guiana Clerks' Association rules, 1940. MSS. 292/972.8/3 British Guiana/Guyana 1942-50 Old TUC ref: T816 Correspondence and documents as above; including formation of Trades Union Council; British Guiana Labour Union. MSS. 292/972.8/4 British Guiana/Guyana 1951-3 Old TUC ref: T817 Correspondence and documents as above; including training and education; Man-Power Citizens Association and problems of Communist Party activities and subsequent suspension of the constitution by British government. MSS. 292/972.8/5 British Guiana/Guyana 1954-5 Old TUC ref: G241 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at the situation; problems with Communist Party-dominated trade unions and infiltration of Man-Power Citizens Association. MSS. 292/972.8/6 British Guiana/Guyana 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T817; G261 Correspondence and documents as above; including with British Guiana Trades Union Congress; Man-Power Citizens Association regional reports; partial resumption of constitution. MSS. 292/972.8/7 British Guiana/Guyana 1956 Old TUC ref: T818; F215 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.8/8 British Guiana/Guyana 1952-7 Old TUC ref: T816 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.8/9 British Guiana/Guyana 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T818 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.8/10 British Guiana/Guyana 1957-9 Old TUC ref: T818 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.8/11 British Guiana/Guyana 1959-60 Old TUC ref: T818; F227 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.8/12 British Guiana/Guyana 1954-6 Old TUC ref: 972.8(220) Correspondence regarding visits of A. Dalgleish to act as an adviser to the trade unions, May-August 1955, February-June 1956 (with reports). MSS. 292/972.8/13 British Guiana/Guyana 1953-4 Old TUC ref: 972.8(520); T818; G241 Correspondence and documents regarding British Guiana Constitutional Committee upon which G. Woodcock served (with report). MSS. 292/972.9/1-15 Trinidad 1920-1960 MSS. 292/972.9/1 Trinidad 1925-35 Old TUC ref: TB321 Correspondence regarding the above; including Trinidad and Tobago National Trade Union Centre and Trinidad Workingmen's Association Incorporated, the latter being regarded as the bona fide organisation. Documents including various reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/972.9/2 Trinidad 1937-41 Old TUC ref: T321 Correspondence and documents as above; including trade union development and labour conditions; Trinidad and Tobago Trades Union Council. The case for sugar workers, by The Hon. Adrian C. Rienzi, 1938. MSS. 292/972.9/3 Trinidad 1941-7 Old TUC ref: T321 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at social and economic conditions. MSS. 292/972.9/4 Trinidad 1948-53 Old TUC ref: T819 Correspondence and documents as above; including with various trade unions and Trinidad and Tobago Federation of Trade Unions (non-Communist Party), run by Seamen and Waterfront Workers' Trade Union. The Railway Workers' Organ, no.1, April 1951. MSS. 292/972.9/5 Trinidad 1953-5 Old TUC ref: T819 Correspondence and documents as above; including visit of F. Dalley, 1953-4 to assess industrial conditions and labour relations (with report); problems with Communist Party activities; legislation. MSS. 292/972.9/6 Trinidad 1955-6 Old TUC ref: T819 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.9/7 Trinidad 1953-5 Old TUC ref: T819 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/972.9/8 Trinidad 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T945; F216 Correspondence and documents as above; opening of new headquarters for Seamen and Waterfront Workers' Trade Union, 1957. MSS. 292/972.9/9 Trinidad 1957-8 Old TUC ref: T945 Correspondence and documents as above; including amalgamation of Trades Union Congress and Federation of Trade Unions into Trinidad and Tobago National Trades Union Congress. MSS. 292/972.9/10 Trinidad 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T945 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/972.9/11 Trinidad 1936-8 Old TUC ref: 972.9(200); T321 Correspondence and documents regarding trade unions; including with various trade unions; enquiries regarding etc. MSS. 292/972.9/12 Trinidad 1957-8 Old TUC ref: 972.9(210); 972(200); T321 Correspondence regarding the visits of M. Pounder, on behalf of the Trades Union Congress, to assist and guide All-Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers' Trade Union. MSS. 292/972.9/13 Trinidad 1932-7 Old TUC ref: 972.9(899); 972.9(200); TB321 Correspondence regarding the Trade Union Act, 1932. MSS. 292/972.9/14 Trinidad 1933-4 Old TUC ref: 972.9(800); 972.9(200); TB321 Correspondence regarding legislation; mainly enquiries into labour legislation. Documents including copies of legislation, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/972.9/15 Trinidad 1938 Old TUC ref: T321; 972.9(800); 972.9(200) Papers regarding labour legislation; mainly the Shops' Ordinance. MSS. 292/973/1-50 America 1918-60This sequence of files covers trade unionism, relations with American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organisations, which merged in 1955. Also included are the American Federation of Labor-Trades Union Congress war-time Joint Committee and files on various delegations, exchanges and missions. The files relating to the English Speaking Union and its travel grants for trade unionists are also of interest. MSS. 292/973/1 America 1936-40 Old TUC ref: T197 General correspondence regarding the above; including visits and delegations; enquiries; with trade unions, American Federation of Labor; articles. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/973/2 America 1940-2 Old TUC ref: T197; 225-7; S12 Correspondence and documents as above; including Committee to Aid Britain by Reciprocal Trade; Anglo-American Friendship. File on arrangements and discussions regarding Trades Union Congress/British Employers' Confederation, Ministry of Labour welcome luncheon for American Ambassador, J.G. Winant. MSS. 292/973/3 America 1946-50 Old TUC ref: T197 Correspondence and documents as above; including various miscellaneous publications. Note in file 'File weeded by Mr Bell, 1936 - December 1950, November 1952'. MSS. 292/973/4 America 1950-2 Old TUC ref: T197 Correspondence and documents as above; including Congress of Industrial Organisations. MSS. 292/973/5 America 1953-4 Old TUC ref: T866 Correspondence and documents as above; including concern expressed by affiliated bodies at the case of Rosenbergs; legislation. McCarthyism in the courts, the story of the Steve Nelson frame-up, by Mel Fiske, 1953. MSS. 292/973/6 America 1954-6 Old TUC ref: T866 Correspondence and documents as above; including campaign against Smith Act and the Sedition Laws. MSS. 292/973/7 America 1956-7 Old TUC ref: T866 Correspondence and documents as above. British-American Associations annual report, 1956-7; Sidney Hillman Health Center pamphlet regarding, 1957. MSS. 292/973/8 America 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1283 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/973/9 Trade Unions 1927-39 Old TUC ref: 973(200); T719 Correspondence regarding the above; including with various trade unions; visits and delegations; with American Federation of Labor. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, miscellaneous publications etc. Christianity and industrial relations, by B. Seebohm Rowntree, 1937. MSS. 292/973/10 Trade Unions 1940-1 Old TUC ref: 973(200); T503 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/973/11 Trade Unions 1941-6 Old TUC ref: 973(200); T719; H107 Correspondence and documents as above; including messages and resolutions of support; concern at statement made by W. Brown, General Secretary of Civil Service Clerical Association, on a lecture tour of United States, 1941; Congress of Industrial Organisations. MSS. 292/973/12 Trade Unions 1947-9 Old TUC ref: T719; 973(200) Correspondence and documents as above; including concern at anti-labour legislation. UE Steward, volume 2, no. 12, October 1949. MSS. 292/973/13 America 1950-2 Old TUC ref: T503 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/973/14 Unions 1953-6 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/973/15 America 1956-8 Old TUC ref: T503 Correspondence and documents as above; including with merged American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrail Organisations. MSS. 292/973/16 Trade Unions 1959-60 Old TUC ref: 973(200) Correspondence and documents as above; including various articles by Fannia M. Cohn, of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. MSS. 292/973/17 American Federation of Labor 1918-34 Old TUC ref: 973(210); 973(200); T504 Correspondence with and regarding the above. Documents including various reports, memoranda. MSS. 292/973/18 American Federation of Labor 1935, 1943-55 Old TUC ref: 973(210); 973(200); T504 Correspondence and documents as above; including delegations and visits; with Free Trade Union Committee Labor's Monthly Survey, volume 10, nos. 8-9, August-September 1949. MSS. 292/973/19 American Federation of Labor 1925-6 Old TUC ref: 973(210); 973(200); TB147 Reports and related correspondence of American Federation of Labor Convention, 5-16 October 1925. MSS. 292/973/20 American Federation of Labor 1926 Old TUC ref: 973(210); 973(200); T147 Correspondence regarding fraternal delegates to the American Federation of Labor Convention. MSS. 292/973/21-3 American Federation of Labor 1949-56 Old TUC ref: 973(211); T867 Correspondence regarding attendance of Trades Union Congress fraternal delegates at the American Federation of Labor annual convention. Documents including reports, memoranda, delegates, credentials. MSS. 292/973/24 American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations Conventions 1956-60 Old TUC ref: 973(211); T867; F188 Correspondence and documents regarding attendance of Trades Union Congress fraternal delegates at the above. MSS. 292/973/25 Congress of Industrial Organizations 1944-9 Old TUC ref: 973(212); T868; G204 Correspondence with and regarding the above; including exchange of delegations and visits. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, press-releases. MSS. 292/973/26 Congress of Industrial Organizations 1950-6 Old TUC ref: T868; 973(212) Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/973/27 Congress of Industrial Organizations 1952-5 Old TUC ref: 973(212.1); 973(212); T868 Correspondence and documents regarding memorials for Philip Murray and Allan Heywood. MSS. 292/973/28 American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organisations Merger 1955-61 Old TUC ref: T1283; 973(213) Correspondence and documents regarding the above and subsequently with the merged organisation. MSS. 292/973/29 British Embassy: Washington 1928 Old TUC ref: 973(221); 973(213) Memorandum regarding allegations that the above was being built by non-union labour. MSS. 292/973/30 British Seamen and American Unions 1937 Old TUC ref: 973(222); 973(213); T71 Discussions regarding concern felt at International Longshoremen's Association forcing crews of British ships to join them. MSS. 292/973/31 American Federation of Labour-Trades Union Congress Joint Committee 1942-3 Old TUC ref: 973(230); 973(213); T503; H105 Minutes and related papers of the above. MSS. 292/973/32 American Federation of Labour-Trades Union Congress Joint Committee 1942-5 Old TUC ref: 973(231); 973(213); T503; H105 Correspondence regarding the above; also regarding proposed tri-partite committee with the Soviets. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/973/33 Strikes 1925-60 Old TUC ref: 973(300); 973(213); T1285 Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars, publicity etc. MSS. 292/973/34 Industrial Relations Commission 1938 Old TUC ref: 973(310); 973(213); T71 Correspondence regarding the above set up by the United States Department of Labour and which visited Britain (with report). MSS. 292/973/35 American Prosperity 1926 Old TUC ref: 973(410); 973(213); T71 Two letters from B. Austin. MSS. 292/973/36 Government Mission to the United States 1926 Old TUC ref: 973(411); 973(213); T71 Correspondence regarding the above, appointed to discover the secret of prosperity and high wages. MSS. 292/973/37 Industrial Recovery Act 1926, 1933-5, 1954 Old TUC ref: 973(412); T71 Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, miscellaneous publications. MSS. 292/973/38 Prisoners 1924, 1927, 1929-30, 1934-8, 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T1285; 973(700); 973(412) Correspondence regarding the above; mainly calls for the release/retrial of various people; including Mooney and Billins, 1924; Greco-Carillo, 1927; Tom Mooney Molders' Defence Committee. Documents including reports, memoranda, circulars. MSS. 292/973/39 American and British-Commonwealth Association 1943-5 Old TUC ref: 973(911); T503; 973(412) Correspondence with the above. MSS. 292/973/40 English Speaking Union 1948-9 Old TUC ref: 973(912) Correspondence with and regarding the above; including trade union representation on the English Speaking Union Common Interests Committee. Documents including notices and agendas, reports, memoranda. English Speaking Union annual report, 1948; Common Interests Committee minutes, 1948-9. MSS. 292/973/41 English Speaking Union 1950-4 Old TUC ref: 973(912); T869 Correspondence and documents as above; including British-American Associations. MSS. 292/973/42 English Speaking Union 1943-6 Old TUC ref: 973(912); T869 Correspondence and documents as above; including with Commonwealth-American Current Affairs Unit. English Speaking Union annual report, 1955. MSS. 292/973/43 English Speaking Union 1954-6 Old TUC ref: T944; 973(913) Correspondence regarding English Speaking Union travel grants for trade unionists to visit the United States and vice versa. Documents, including application forms, details of applicants, reports of visits. MSS. 292/973/44 English Speaking Union 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T944; 973(913) Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/973/45 Mr Citrine's Visit 1934-5 Old TUC ref: 973(922); T504; 973(913) Correspondence regarding Walter Citrine's visit to attend American Federation of Labor Convention, September 1934 and to undertake a campaign against fascism (with report). MSS. 292/973/46 Sir Walter Citrine's Visit 1941-2 Old TUC ref: 973(923); 973(913); T703 Correspondence and documents regarding Citrine's visit to the American Federation of Labor Annual Convention. MSS. 292/973/47 British Employers Confederation/Trades Union Congress Government Mission 1941 Old TUC ref: 973(924); T703; 973(913) Correspondence regarding the above, sent to tour United States defence industries (with report). MSS. 292/973/48 Exchange of Workers 1942-6 Old TUC ref: T504 Correspondence regarding the above; including arrangements, nominations. Documents including reports, memoranda, biographical details, itineraries etc. MSS. 292/973/49 Visit of Trade Union Team 1949-55 Old TUC ref: 973(927); T734; H282 Correspondence, reports, memoranda regarding visit of trade union productivity team, October-December 1949, to America regarding study of the extent of active American trade union participation in productivity projects; including nominations, arrangements (with report). MSS. 292/973/50 Information Service 1942-53 Old TUC ref: T504; 973(991); 973(927) Correspondence with and regarding the above. Documents including press releases. MSS. 292/980/1 - 982/2 South America 1924-60A brief series mainly relating to trade union affairs. The series is divided into the following countries: General (TUC ref. no. 980) Argentina (TUC ref. no. 980.1) Brazil (TUC ref. no. 980.2) Bolivia (TUC ref. no. 980.21) Colombia (TUC ref. no. 980.3) Chile (TUC ref. no. 980.31) Ecuador (TUC ref. no. 980.4) Peru (TUC ref. no. 980.5) Uruguay and Paraguay (TUC ref. no. 980.7) Venezuela (TUC ref. no. 980.8) Falkland Islands (TUC ref. no. 980.9) Mexico (TUC ref. no. 982) Guatemala (TUC ref. no. 982.1) MSS. 292/980/1 South America 1929-46 Old TUC ref: T514 General correspondence regarding the above; including with trade unions and Trades Union Congress equivalents. Documents including reports, memoranda etc. MSS. 292/980/2 South America 1946-9 Old TUC ref: T810 Correspondence and documents as above. Bill of rights of the workers proclaimed by General Juan Peron, 24 February 1947. MSS. 292/980/3 South America 1950-60 Old TUC ref: T810 General correspondence and documents as above; including Sir William Bowen Scholarship for a South American student to study in Britain. MSS. 292/980.1/1 Argentina 1950-60 Old TUC ref: T514 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union movement; enquiries. Documents including various reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/980.1/2 Brazil 1950-8 Old TUC ref: 980.2; T277 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade union affairs; visits and delegations. Documents including various reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, itineraries, miscellaneous publications. The Building Worker, volume 12, no.7, July 1958. MSS. 292/980.1/3 Bolivia 1952-5 Old TUC ref: F285; T2760; 980.21 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/980.3/1 Colombia 1950-60 Correspondence regarding the above; including Confederacion de Trabajadores Colombianos. Documents including reports, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/980.3/2 Chile 1952-60 Old TUC ref: 980.31; T2461 Correspondence regarding the above; including delegations and visits; trade unions. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/980.3/3 Ecuador 1950-9 Old TUC ref: 980.4 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including delegations and visits. MSS. 292/980.3/4 Peru 1950-60 Old TUC ref: 980.5 Correspondence regarding the above; including delegations and visits. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/980.3/5 Uruguay and Paraguay 1950-61 Old TUC ref: 980.7; T3239 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade unions; visits and delegations. Documents including reports, memoranda, itineraries. MSS. 292/980.3/6 Venezuela 1951-60 Old TUC ref: 980.8; T1336 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including delegations and visits; concern at political situation. MSS. 292/980.81/1 Venezuela 1950-4 Old TUC ref: T810 Correspondence regarding Vincente Gamboa Marcano, a trade unionist living in exile in Trinidad, and attempts to extradite him. MSS. 292/980.81/2 Falkland Islands 1945-59 Old TUC ref: 980.9; T810 Correspondence regarding the above; including with Falkland Islands Labour Federation. Documents including reports, memoranda, legislation. Falkland Islands Labour Federation annual reports, 1952-3, 1954-5, 1956-9. MSS. 292/980.81/3 Mexico 1928-40 Old TUC ref: 982; T1019 Correspondence regarding the above; including trade unions and Mexican Trades Union Congress; visits and delegations. Documents including various reports, memoranda etc. Constitution of the United States of Mexico. MSS. 292/980.81/4 Mexico 1941-60 Old TUC ref: 982; T1019 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/982/1 Mexico 1924, 1928 Old TUC ref: 982H; T256 Fraternal delegate's report of Mexican Trade Union Convention. MSS. 292/982/2 Guatemala 1951-9 Old TUC ref: 982.1; T3961 Correspondence and documents regarding the above. MSS. 292/993/1-11 Australia 1924-60A brief series mainly relating to trade union affairs and emigration. MSS. 292/993/1 Australia 1926-31 Old TUC ref: T942 Documents regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings, minutes. MSS. 292/993/2 Australia 1924-34 Old TUC ref: T942 Correspondence regarding the above; including with trade unions; concern at position of British immigrants; with Australasian Council of Trade Unions. MSS. 292/993/3 Australia 1935-41 Old TUC ref: T942 Correspondence as above. Documents including reports, memoranda, miscellaneous publications, press-cuttings, minutes. MSS. 292/993/4 Australia 1941-6 Old TUC ref: T942; T322 Correspondence and documents as above; delegations and visits. MSS. 292/993/5 Australia 1946-9 Old TUC ref: T942 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/993/6 Australia 1949-52 Old TUC ref: T943 Correspondence and documents as above; including enquiries regarding emigration. Report of Royal Commission inquiring into the origins, aims, objects and funds of the Communist Party in Victoria and other related matters, 1950. MSS. 292/993/7 Australia 1951 Old TUC ref: T943 Notes left by W. Hood on his retirement. MSS. 292/993/8 Australia 1953-6 Old TUC ref: T943 Correspondence and documents as above. Arbitration at the cross roads, by Muriel A. Hoagney. MSS. 292/993/9 Australia 1956-60 Old TUC ref: T1090 Correspondence and documents as above; including delegations and visits. Australasian Council of Trade Unions constitution, 1957. MSS. 292/993/10 Tasmania Railway Immigrants 1957-9 Old TUC ref: 993(904); T1286 Correspondence regarding the case of J. Richmond and others who went to Tasmania to work for Tasmanian Government Railways and subsequently complained about the misrepresentation of conditions. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/993/11 Publicity Correspondence 1936-46 Old TUC ref: 993(990); 993(904); T514 Correspondence regarding the above. Documents including miscellaneous printed ephemera, press-cuttings. New ZealandMSS. 292/993.1/1-9 A brief series mainly relating to trade union affairs. 1924-60 MSS. 292/993.1/1 New Zealand 1929-30 Old TUC ref: T322 Correspondence and documents regarding the above; including New Zealand Alliance of Labour. MSS. 292/993.1/2 New Zealand 1924-34 Old TUC ref: TB322 Documents regarding the above; including reports, memoranda, minutes, miscellaneous printed material. Constitution and rules of New Zealand Alliance of Labour. MSS. 292/993.1/3 New Zealand 1931-5 Old TUC ref: TB322 Correspondence regarding the above; mainly with New Zealand Alliance of Labour and with trade unions. MSS. 292/993.1/4 New Zealand 1935-45 Old TUC ref: T322 Correspondence as above; including enquiries; with New Zealand Federation of Labour. Documents including reports, memoranda, press-cuttings. MSS. 292/993.1/5 New Zealand 1946-51 Old TUC ref: T703 Correspondence and documents as above; including legislation; emigration; disputes. The 'Tridale' strike, pamphlet regarding, 1949; Power, volume 2, no.8, November 1949, Journal of North Island Electrical Industrial Union of Workers; The price of full employment, by George Fraser, 1950. MSS. 292/993.1/6 New Zealand 1951-8 Old TUC ref: T703 Correspondence and documents as above; including delegations and visits; concern at butter dumping. New Zealand Federation of Labour annual report, 1956-7. MSS. 292/993.1/7 New Zealand 1958-60 Old TUC ref: T703 Correspondence and documents as above. MSS. 292/993.1/8 Earthquake Compensation Cases 1932-3 Old TUC ref: 993.1(801); TB322 Correspondence regarding the cases of Brooker v. Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Australasia) Limited and Ryan v. the same company, which arose out of the Hawke's Bay earthquake, 1931; the cases went on appeal to the Privy Council who found in favour of the Appellants. Judgement of the Privy Council in the above and other cases, 28 July 1933. MSS. 292/993.1/9 Mr Holmes' Visit 1941 1940-2 Old TUC ref: 993.1(921) Correspondence regarding Holmes' visits, at the invitation of government, to South Africa, New Zealand and Australia to explain the British war effort (with reports). Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents |