AS the battle over Cruise and Trident missiles hots up in the Labour Party, the letter we reproduce here sheds interesting light on how the right in the party is organising to fight against nuclear disarmament.
Signed by former Labour MP Alan Lee Williams (a leading figure in the pro-Common Market campaign in 1975) the letter reveals that the Labour and Trades Union Committee for Understanding' is supported by a Transatlantic wide range of right-wingers inside the party - and is entirely funded by NATO!
Among the vice-chairmen of the committee are MPs Rodgers, Roy Hattersley. Owen, Roy Manson, Tom Bradley James Wellbeloved.
Owen, it was revealed two weeks ago by the Sunday Times, was part of a secret committee under the Labour government took the first steps towards orderfy (AUEW), William Weighell David David they which Dear Mr • that wa fourt 1980 ing Trident missiles.
Among the trade union leaders represented on the committee are: Frank Chapple (EETPU), Terry DufBill Sirs (ISTC), Sidney (NUR), Hector (Blastfurnacemen), and Chalmers (Boilermakers). It is no surprise that this motley crew stand for the British bomb, Cruise missiles and NATO. When speak up against the resolutions to the party conference on disarmament, we'll know who is Both dune, 1980 reguesting Intormation about the Labour and rade:
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