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Coal: Peter Walker letter to Conservative MPs ("background information" on the strike) [rebuts Scargill claims on pay offers & pit closures] [released 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: THCR 2/6/3/107 f137
Editorial comments: A copy of the NCB's house newspaper, Coal News was sent with the letter.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 13pp
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Pay, Labour Party & socialism, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike