T1 1 LL. No. 723 (Unrl METROPOLITAN POLICE rco. .. Reference t? "399?s Registry Folio No .. time police the demonstrators had increased to 80 and were still quiet. 9 police officers plus their supervisors were deployed in loose cor one. By 7.15am numbers had reached 150 and were increasing rapidly;" By 7.30am, 450 people were present and were dispersed?as follows: about 200 to the rirht of the gate: about to the left of the gate and about 100 on the south in foetway opposite the gate. Accordingly?of police officers were deployed at this time and they contains the crowd present by light cordons. At 7.55am the crowd had increas to about 600 in the above dispersed pr0portions. an: J. Drome?? Secretary of the Brent Trade Council and Mr Ba i addressed the demonstrators assembled.i?gturn using PA equip?sgt, the purport of heir speeches are as follows:? I i 2 theqlabour relation situation at Grunwicks Was reviewed and reference was made to Mr Dromey's appearance on yesterday's prOgramme with MggPeter Rawlinson. It was claimed that last Monday peaceful picketing at Cobbold Road?had been successful in persuading several workers to join the strike. In comparison, at Chapter 1 Road, the same day, at 6.30am, 100 police officers had i charged 30 de??hstrators and denied them their right Conservative?Party were apparently using mass picketing by trade unions as a "big stick to beat the unions with and to whip up anti-union frenzy amongst the public? Continued r. types of coaches used by police. green coaches driven by the police themselves, and the greyhgreen coaches. Those present would notice today that only the police driven grey?green coaches were refusing to drive policemen. It ??dtg was then stated that the whole road, if necessary, could be filled by members of their movement who, would not The above addresses to the crowd were greeted by the majority of those present with approval and, at times, applause. Those particularly vociferous were to the right of the gate. At 8.03am, a double decker bus carrying employees approached the Chapter Road entrance and sections of demonstrators in the vicinity of the factory gates. Extreme abuse was used against the police and employees. Police lines held slight injuries to police in the cordons resulting from being nunched and kicked by the demonstrators. At this time, 2 arrests were made. During the restoration of order, a police off?cer, amongst those who had been the crowd was suddenly singled out avoid any immediate disturbance and was re-introduced after 15 minutes with no further problems. no other way disorderly. The crowd were contained during strong police cordons. At 8.25am the situation was still tense but Suddenly, the coach which had entered the factory at 8.03am and was now still visible within the factory yard. started up, apparently to manouevre within present (most of which were young white youths of both sexes). of demonstrators, in an attempt to storm the factory gates was contained by the introduction of extra police, several hundred demonstrators being held at bay by the factory gates. By 8.40am. the crowd had been ?ushed back by police to their original positions with great difficulty resulting in arrests being made. For a time, the situation was very uneasy. WW mm No. 729 (Unrul . Continued 3 Gradually, police and fortunately, was not seriously injured. needed at this time crowd still At 8.50am a request was made by Mr for pickets to attend at the T.U.C. headquarters. There was some movement away but it is not certain that this was afresponse to the request. By 9.00am the numbers of This situation continued until about 5.00pm when the to about 30. The em lo ees coach at 5.45 without disorder. . until 7.00pm when only 5 then quiet and orderly demonstrators and official pickets remained. The situation? COOPER ROAD By 6.40am there were 20 persons sent. minimum. official 6 official pickets at gate ould be appropriate and also tomorrow. He invited speakers from the There was no response. As yesterday. it there were no Asian women in the picket line. addressed by a Scottish Area Miners who was very moderate in his 250 but there was no heref e, a limited number of police Were de 10 ed in loose an APEX official arrived and left with at 9.05am by 9.35am the demonstrators By 10.00am, the employees coach Continued All minutes to be numbered in consecutive order. Continue on other side if necessary. . I mag-incii >l?.ob?ifauhemm a v1- . *9 Nil-H" "Nu n. limits-u.- .JL No. 729 (Unrulet Continued 4 demonstrators did as expected and were prevented from entering Cooper An unidentified spokesman addressed those present claiming that police had not been violent on this accession because Merlin Rees was present. new rapidly decreased until 1.00pm when there was about 25 demonstrators including official pickets. of the afternoon and at 6.45pm, pickets were removed completely from this location and the situation COBBOLD ROAD There was no disorder at this time but on arrival of police, one of the ier common assault which happened to police attendance. He alleged that the driver of a Grunwick company vehicle, particulars not given had allegedly pushed the picket to the ground when challenged on entry. The picket sustained very slight injury and declined medical aid and this incident was reported by the officers present, the complainant being referred to his legal remedy should the identity of the alleged culprit become known. Between 7.45am and 9.00am a number of company vehicles conveying personnel to the factory entered amidst minor abuse and token resistance from the pickets whose numbers never exceeded 25 including official pickets. These instances of slight disorder were easily contained by a light ice cordon. Throughout this earlier part of the morning, ndon Area Executive of APEX representative accompanied a picket official was in attendance at this location. lef 10.30am, having departed at 9.30am. numbers of pickets fluctuated between 6 and During the rest:of the mprning, 15 in total at front and rear. No disorder arose and police in attendance were kept to the minimum. During the afternoon the same situation remained until at about 5.00pm, INSERT The following is an account of 2 incidents which occured on Wednesday, 22nd June, 1977 which have a bearing on the Grunwick's dispute and are worthy of noteabout 11DOam 2 civilian press officers employed by the Metropolitan Police, who have been present at the various locations for several days in order 0 cover the police operation were persistently followed to Wemble olice Station by a White Ford Escort Estate, registration mark of the fact that they The vehicle was subsequently found to be owned by Brunnel University Students union, Kingston Lane, Uibridge, Middlesex (since 11.11.76) Continued All minutes to be numbered in consecutive nrr'lnr II .P. No. 729 (Unrule -../bontinued 5 2. In the other incident at 8.20 am a Ford Transit, owned by Grunwicks was as usual waiting at Willesden Green L.T.E. railway station, to convey The male driver and female passenger were approached by 12 young white males The female passenger saw one of the males break the wing-mirror off the vehicle - otherwise no damage or injury occurred and the youths left. The incident is, at present, being investigated by CID Continued/. . All minutes to be numbered in consecutive order. Continue on other side if necessary.