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Unemployment: requests for relief measures. Includes report of clashes between supporters...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/883/7

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This record is about the Unemployment: requests for relief measures. Includes report of clashes between supporters... dating from 1947 May 19-1947 Sep 11 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 137/883/7
Date
1947 May 19-1947 Sep 11
Description

Unemployment: requests for relief measures.

Includes report of clashes between supporters of the People's National Party (PNP) and the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, and a telegram from Mr Norman Manley to the Secretary of State protesting against the Governor's decision to ban a demonstration scheduled for 27 May 1947.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
69202
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8912701/

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Unemployment: requests for relief measures. Includes report of clashes between supporters...

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