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Coal: Ronnie Millar draft on coal strike for MT (for 1922 speech) [“I am certain the country is just waiting for you to take this gentleman apart”] [released 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: THCR 1/12/24/ f3
Editorial comments: Elements of the Millar draft were used in her 1922 speech, but the enemy within phrase seems not to have been his. Read the speech here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Law & order, Leadership, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, Famous statements by MT, 1984-85 coal strike