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Coal: FCO letter to Powell (“Afghan Aid for UK Miners”) [suggestion of involvement of Afghan government in provision of financial support to NUM] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1578 f92
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Labour Party & socialism, Foreign policy (Middle East), Energy, Privatized & state industries, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike