3.3. No. 1 (Plain)
Special Report}

SUBJECT   
Grunwick

Processing

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1. The large?scale picket at the factory of Grunwick
Processing Laboratories Ltd., attracted an estimated
number of 900 demonstrators today. It had been forcast
by the organisers that today's turnout would be very high
but in the event they must have been disappointed with the
relatively small number who appeared compared with

the demonstration of Friday of last week when 2000 people
were present. 

2. Of those at the factory gates, the preponderance
awaiting the 08.00hrs bus appearedto be union members,
amongst whom SOGAT, NATSOPA and. other print unions were
strongly represented. The ultra left, mainly represented
today by out-eof?town student contingents, found themselves
to be isolatedas they awaited the arrival of the 10.00em
delivery of workers, many of the more mature demonstrators
.aving left before 09.00hrs. It would be pertinent to
observe that those provincial, students, although obviously
prepared and waiting to challenge the, police lines, - lacked
the leadership which they may have? been entitled tic: expect
from the more experienced London, sts. Those London
Trotskyists, although present, were few in number and
seemingly unwilling to engineer a battle with authority

as personified by the police.

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h; Little new came from these addresses. MITCHELL
of Natsopa announced in the middle of his speech that
he had just heard that a member of his union had been
arrested. If this were true members of his union would
be present on the picket until the battle had been won.
His utterances, received with loud applause, were

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strongly, even aggressively delivered. MITCHELL was
followed by George JEROME of National Graphical Association
who endorsed the line taken by his predecessor. NOne

of the George Ward Companies would have printing

produced by members of their respective unions.

Grunwick's printing would be "blacked".

5. George SMITH said that the campaign should be
stepped up and picketing increased. July the 11th was
the important date and on no account should the Court
of Inquiry, initiated by the Government, deflect
workers from the course upon which they had embarked.
He referred to the absence of the Special Patrol Group
(erroneously, they were present, but held in reserve
away from Chapter Road). He called them the men
and said that they were "legalised thugs". Senior
officers ignored their actions on the picket line and
their supervising officers encouraged them_in their
activities.. He claimed that complaints had been'made
to the Home Office to curb the SPG and, affecting an
Ukbridge accent, he said that the Heme Office had replied
that "they were only carrying out their duties?.

representing a faction from

Kilburn Polytech?l?i?declared that his 'brothers'
would stop students from being recruited to perform
summer vacation work at Grunwick. 

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7. It had been announced earlier in the week that
Hugh SCANLON would be at Chapter Road, with his executive
committee, on Monday next, but no mention of that was
made today and it remains to be seen whether the heirarchy
of the AHEW still wish to be seen to go along with the
militants at Cricklewood.: 

8. The first bus arrived at Chapter Road at 0800
hours. Before it appeared, news came in that arrests
had taken place at Cpoper Road (later learned to
number six). Shortly afterwards the contingents of
print union.men left for Cooper Road. Half-hearted
pushing against police cordons greeted the arrival of
the first bus and speeches followed, whilst the crowd
thinned from 600 to 200 over the next thirty minutes.

. The second conveyance went through the front
gates at 0935 hours. Determined assaults on the police
?did not occur if compared with earlier occasions.

Six arrests followed the arrival of that Second vehicle
and there should be no doubt,given leadership from the
'locals; the provincials were ready to make a fight

of it.
R.LuWilliams
., Detective Inspector