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1980 Feb 15 - 1980 Mar 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/310
Nationalised Industries (British Steel Corporation; industrial action by steel unions; pay negotiations; contingency planning) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 226
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Date Value Title
80 Feb 15 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Department of Industry internal minute to Keith Joseph PS ("BSC: pay negotiations") ["bungled"] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 18 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: Department of Industry record of conversation (Steel strike) [Adam Butler, Patrick Mayhew, Derek Norton, Len Murray] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 18 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Keith Joseph, Michael Havers, Geoffrey Howe, Willie Whitelaw) [legislative reform to address mass intimidation through secondary picketing] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 19 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Prior minute to MT ("Steel strike: longer term effects") [views on lines to take with the media] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 19 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Prior letter to General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (Steel strike: mass picketing) [notes "widespread public concern" and the legal requirement to picket peacefully] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 19 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Chairman of Hadfields Ltd (Steel strike: mass picketing) [MT pushing for change in law to address obstruction and intimidation] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 19 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (Steel strike) [Interdepartmental Contingency Group report on latest developments] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 20 We Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Steel dispute: Sheerness") [latest developments] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 21 Th Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Barry Jones MP (EEC aid to the Shotton area) [steel plant closures] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 21 Th Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to William Samuel (Steel strike) [legislation to address secondary picketing] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 22 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Steel dispute") ["we still don't seem anywhere near a settlement"] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 22 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("British Steel Corporation") ["taking on financial commitments which it may not be able to meet"] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 22 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: R. Halstead letter to MT (Steel strike) [comments based on perspective as non-executive Director of British Steel Corporation: urges MT to publicly emphasise that no Government bailout will be offered] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 22 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (Steel strike) [Interdepartmental Contingency Group report on latest position] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 25 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: Department of Industry internal minute to Keith Joseph PS ("BSC: the breakeven target") ["the breakeven target is... what the law, as imposed by the Labour Government, requires"] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 25 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Peter Shore MP (Steel strike) [picketing; the Employment Bill; negotiation] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 25 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (Steel strike) [ISTC proposals to British Steel Corporation for a settlement] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 26 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (Steel strike) [Interdepartmental Contingency Group report on latest position] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 26 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to N. John Hunt (Steel strike) ["we are determined to redress the balance of power in our society in favour of the wealth producers"] [declassified Dec 2010]
80 Feb 29 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (Steel strike) [Interdepartmental Contingency Group report on latest position] [declassified Dec 2010]