TROTSKYIAT ACTIVITIES AMONG DOCK WORKERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000710003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 4, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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4. November 1947
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As re,: r of the longshoremen's strike in Antwerp last Spring
and ,. f1A1~,~$nsp9.~" labor d ff3cu3.tiee there and Rotterdam ,
it is ship-owners in both ports recentl;, formed a
i3ecre ; f ,.:ee:~ont which arranges for the re-routing of ships from
one port to ~;ie other in the event of a strike n If dockers in
Rotterdam are. out oA strike., ships destined for that port could
diverted tt Antwerp for unloading.
To thwart 'this talan, the Secretary-General of the Rotterdam
Dockers' Union (Syndicst nie,ue des Dockers) is said to have co
.g3iir e i iy cto cr to negotiate for an erohange of union
?a 5twoea th two poste. I e mole poae of these workers
e ,.c ry ? uY :' 't keep the respective ayndicat?s of Rotterdez
ax ss t.ntwe:' irfcri-mod of tie re-routing of vessels whh . . strike
oe,Uurol, Z v that cn pwra :moo b eon. the n ons ro' 1d prevent their
des r. X? by ca .ing a str . at th a3ter`aatc ports
:iQker_13 Union aie te-s e. reaz rted to have bean ohosen 'for
t wr c U r,. 4.11.... //~~yyliv { f n ?# Gk d3$ `Cyin each of 1the ports,,
r k .. l7 of th,C" dlergc~,te3 bas tot 3~~'~l cn establiehed,+
ifs. -'-.1 .~~r`"??: ' iae g-., -geon of the RotUrda a Dn(+ker?Z Union
z s i e l of a coL-. tro:l. of Dutch ( rote. elemonts. This
Union" n a : noba 'chip of some 17,,000,.
while in : ruesai}?d the Dutch Union official attended, was ,an
observer, a met: g of-the principal mi'.item Trofia is t trade
unions of Bigi on 12 October 1947,, according to Source?
LUG?;-z t Contains information affecting the
n ti_onc c e united "tates within the meaning,
of the espionage Act 0 and 32 as amended,
Its transmission or the relation is in any
manner to an unauthorized person is prohibits
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