Government of address and that the Soviet Government had expressed Phillips’s its consent to the arrival to the Soviet Union of the delegation of the ‘Good Will’ Labour Party National Executive Committee. On the 10th of June a communication was published in and other Pravda Soviet newspapers under the heading the Arrival to the USSR of the “On ‘Good delegation of the Labour Party National Executive in which Will’ Committee”, factual reference to the arrival to the Soviet Union was given. delegation’s It was specially stated in the communication that it was not the first time that the question of the Labour Party delegation visit to the USSR had been raised, and that the Soviet Government had always been positive on this question. On the 15th of June 1946 Acting Chargé of the USSR in Britain, d’Affaires Comrade Kukin, was paid a visit by Morgan Phillips, the Labour Party Secretary. Morgan Phillips communicated that the delegation of the Labour Party was going to the USSR to express the feelings of the British people, especially the Labour movement, to the peoples of the Soviet Union, and to meet with Soviet trade union and political activists. Morgan Phillips himself intended to use the visit to study the Soviet system. He had never been to the Soviet Union and was very pleased with the forthcoming visit. In reply to Comrade questions, Morgan Phillips communicated: Kukin’s The delegation plans to take a flight from London via Berlin on the 27th of July. Plans to stay in the USSR for about two weeks. Will not express any wishes to meet with this or that political or trade union figure and will allow us to decide on the issue ourselves. Has no issues that it would like to discuss in Moscow. Will have no objections if it is offered to visit other places in the USSR apart from Moscow. Comrade Kukin reminded Morgan Phillips that Laski, during his visit to Moscow in 1941, was going to talk about his plan for an Organisation of the
Government of Phillips’s address and that the Soviet Government had expressed its consent to the arrival to the Soviet Union of the ‘Good Will’ delegation of the Labour Party National Executive Committee. On the 10th of June a communication was published in Pravda and other Soviet newspapers under the heading “On the Arrival to the USSR of the ‘Good Will’ delegation of the Labour Party National Executive Committee”, in which factual reference to the delegation’s arrival to the Soviet Union was given. It was specially stated in the communication that it was not the first time that the question of the Labour Party delegation visit to the USSR had been raised, and that the Soviet Government had always been positive on this question. On the 15th of June 1946 Acting Chargé d’Affaires of the USSR in Britain, Comrade Kukin, was paid a visit by Morgan Phillips, the Labour Party Secretary. Morgan Phillips communicated that the delegation of the Labour Party was going to the USSR to express the feelings of the British people, especially the Labour movement, to the peoples of the Soviet Union, and to meet with Soviet trade union and political activists. Morgan Phillips himself intended to use the visit to study the Soviet system. He had never been to the Soviet Union and was very pleased with the forthcoming visit. In reply to Comrade Kukin’s questions, Morgan Phillips communicated: The delegation plans to take a flight from London via Berlin on the 27th of July. Plans to stay in the USSR for about two weeks. Will not express any wishes to meet with this or that political or trade union figure and will allow us to decide on the issue ourselves. Has no issues that it would like to discuss in Moscow. Will have no objections if it is offered to visit other places in the USSR apart from Moscow. Comrade Kukin reminded Morgan Phillips that Laski, during his visit to Moscow in 1941, was going to talk about his plan for an Organisation of the
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