On July 27, the labor headquarters made a request to the puppet Ministry of Unification to send the north a letter reflecting its stand to make every possible effort for successful holding of the football match and conveying its views on the period and venue of the match, the list of the delegation, players group and cheering team for it.

But, the ministry turned down the request, asserting that "it can not allow any exchange and cooperation between the south and the north at the present stage".

In June, too, the puppet group disallowed the exchange of a letter between the labor headquarters and the C.C., the GFTUK for the successful holding of the football match.

Infuriated by this, the Confederation of Trade Unions and the Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement in the name of the labor headquarters on August 1 denouncing the puppet group for its unreasonable action.

The statement stressed that they would sustain their efforts to successfully hold the match even under the situation where it has become very hard to hold the match owing to the regime's repeated actions to disallow the correspondence and working consultation.