TRADE UNION CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R005800510006-0
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2
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December 20, 2016
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January 23, 2006
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6
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September 22, 1950
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REPORT
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L; t..:iciUi~9 >; CONFIDENTIAL Approved I~br+iraT1`13 &iA` P82-0045`0-0~ MFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY Czeclaosloirakia SUBJECT Trra to Union Conference in Prague PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. 114ts voCUS7Et i.;a11TA1Sd9 I%F'07f81d't!Ofd ihFG16CTlllt3 T14m NATiOI{d4i]EFL'A314 OI TOM "NITSD VOW= ai1T11161 THE SIEA0-f1IG OF TV.8 MPWN* Z ACT 5 +~.s. C., as ASLD Z2. AS ARTN02D. rT$SGAW3t31J$IOU OR r.13 122MIATIOR a7P d7?.?.. CONTem gm AEIR aawr1If To &eI OOTAUTcoaft< e PCRm I3 PLW ff1Af1D BY LAW, RZr VZVVCTKf 1 OP T1113 FORtl 95 PRi721n)T{fD. 22 :s;Y `a DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES NO. OF ENCLS. (LUSTrrD BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 1. The attendance at the trade union conference held in Prague* was deliberately restricted. It was at first considered that the Cor;ninform call a largo trade union congress in Budapest or Prague., at which time the founding of a trade union publication, patterned after the CominfordQs"For Peace and Peoplets Democracy", would be discussed. Allegedly, upon the advice of 25X6 such a larme meeting was disapproved. Deno has been. a personal friend 25X6 of ;iartin flornikf'"'for a long time and lived with him during, his exile, focussed 25X6 attention on i s critical condition and on the resolution, passed about 9r wt= Trieste Austria cast Germany east Germany Spain Yugoslavia Pecs Vidali Martin 11ornik Lambe rt , T,, o me I lclxaa nn Fritz ##risner Sireano, who is not a Communist but a leftist Socialist of the Prieto group name not ?mown, a refugee because of his Cortinform connections CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL AIR NAVY rs5rta_ '" ,.. DISTRIBUTION ~ three months sago, orbVdding Communist particiliation in the trade unions. There- rara, it was decided that, to avoid difficulties, the Prague meeting not be a Large one. This decision was simplified by the fact that IIornik's theories for the Coruini- ni st penetration of the London trade unions had been approved by the Cominform, thus making similar debate superfluous. The Prague meeting desired to evolve tactics which would realize the aim of the conference without resulting; in a eol.it. Stith this. in mind the conference discarded the plan for an international publication and decided that conflict over any issue, including peace propaganda, was to be shunned. Representatives of almost all countries were present. Among then! weret This document Is hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the letter of 16 October 1978 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivist of the (Vof6e eFor Rele se 2006/01/30 CI Next Review Date: 2008 Approved For R #D,JNTJAL82-00457R005800510006-0 GE-,,Y RAL IUMLIGEAIGF AGENCY _2_ Person name not k not,m, a delegate _f rom Greece and not an emigrant A friend of Toledano, whom Ho3mik has knotm for a long time After Hornik's statements, the following resolutions were made: 1a. Any split in the unity of the trade unions was to be avoided at all costs. In the future struggle, special care should be given that an eventual strike not separate one trade union from other workers' groups. For e3ariplo, in Italy an industrial strike and an a ;ricultural strike were combined. All trade unions are to form a central committee for peace. At a special meeting the 'lorld Federation of Trade Unions ('JFTU) is to establish a central peace bureau. The Corriu-ist functionaries who belong to the Lon- don organization of the trade union are to do their utmost to minimize their contact with this central peace bureau. d. The !-JIM was instructed to work with the central organization in the sabotaging of arms deliveries. e4 The 15TU will send delegates to the central recce bureau, whose location of headquarters has not yet been determined. f. The Immediate announcement of a ' TFTU publication will be prevented in order to avoid increased strain. Cl r.:rte : Presumably in May 1950. a . Usrtin Nornik is a hell-known Austrian Corrnaunist,, Approved For Release X5/30 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005800510006-0