1985 Jan 21 - 1985 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1579
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 16)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 382 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Monday 21 January 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Coal: NCB record of conversation (NCB-NUM Representatives) [miners' strike: NCB and NUM consider potential resumption of discussions] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Coal: Wybrew minute to Redwood (“Coal Dispute”) [statistics on striking miners and coal production: 'The picture is encouraging...'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Coal: Turnbull note to MT (call from Irene McGibbon of Miners' Wives Back to Work Campaign) [concern about NCB-NUM talks: 'working miners will be sold short'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Coal: Hatfield minute to Butler (reports on the strike: follow-up actions) ['I can confirm that those responsible for producing these reports are well seized of the need to be alert to the opportunities for follow-up action'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 21 Mo | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 22 Tu | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 22 January 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 22 Tu | Major | Coal: NCB press release (“‘Think Again’ Call to Miners Leaders”) ['we do not want another round of talks in which the NUM yet again persist with their one impossible demand'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 23 We | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 23 January 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 23 We | Major | Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 24 Th | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 24 January 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 24 Th | Major | Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker-King-Gregson) [“Coal Dispute”: NCB-NUM talks; NUM’s 'position still fell a long way short of what was needed for a satisfactory settlement'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 24 Th | Major | Coal: FCO letter to Charles Powell (“Sequestrators’ Action”) [sequestration of NUM funds: interference by the Luxembourg Government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 24 Th | Major | Coal: NUM Secretary Heathfield letter to NCB Director of Industrial Relations Ned Smith (miners' strike: NUM willing to negotiate with NCB) [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 25 January 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Coal: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“MISC 101(85) 4th Meeting: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Coal: Redwood minute to MT (“The Coal Dispute”) [future of the coal industry and resolution of the miners' strike: 'Let’s not snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Coal: Wybrew minute to MT (“Coal - Millstone or Miracle?”) [future of the coal industry: 'The immediate human costs of [re-structuring the industry] would be large, but so would the corresponding gains in competitiveness'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Coal: No.10 Duty Clerk note to Turnbull (views of “Miners’ Wives Back to Work Campaign” on NUM-NCB talks) ['there should not be a rushed settlement'] [declassified Dec 2014] |