World Labor Unity/Chapter 8
VIII. British and Russian Unions Fraternize
Meantime a delegation from the Russian Trade Unions had visited the British Trades Union Congress at Hull in September, 1924, The delegation was given a hearty reception and the Trades Union Congress voted to send a return delegation to Russia in time for the All-Russian Congress of Trade Unions, which opened in Moscow November 11, 1924. A. A. Purcell, who had been a member of the British Trade Union Delegation to Russia in 1920 and who was then chairman of the British Trades Union Congress, headed the British Delegation to the Russian Congress.
In the course of its visit to Russia the British Delegation arranged for the organization of an Anglo-Russian Committee for the promotion of world unity in the trade union movement. Bramley, in his speech cited above, gives a report on these negotiations, including the British proposals for joint action on world labor unity.
The resolution passed by the Amsterdam General Council at its meeting (February 6–7, 1925) practically ended negotiations with Moscow. As soon as this decision was reported to the General Council of the British Trades Union Congress, the latter body immediately called an Anglo-Russian Trade Union Conference "for the purpose of discussing the difficulties arising from the Amsterdam International Council meeting." This Anglo-Russian Conference was held in London on April 6–8, 1925.