1985 Mar 1 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1580
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 17)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 372 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 1 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | Coal: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“MISC 101(85) 9th Meeting: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 4 Mo | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Monday 4 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 4 Mo | Major | Coal: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Lessons of the Miners’ Strike”) [proposal for a study] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 4 Mo | Major | Coal: Redwood minute to MT (miners' return to work: line to take) [Redwood's suggestion: 'The return of the miners voluntarily...is an historic victory for common sense'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 5 Tu | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 5 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 6 We | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 6 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 6 We | Major | Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 7 Th | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 6 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 8 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Coal: Wybrew minute to MT (“Coal Dispute - Endurance, and New Colliery Review Procedure”) ['We are now in a unique position to succeed'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Rebuilding Power Station Coal Stocks”) [options] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Coal: Rees letter to Walker (“Miners Redundancy Pay and Pensions”) ['I was disturbed to hear that there is a possibility of miners being eligible for pension in respect of periods on strike'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 11 Mo | Major | Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Walker-Tebbit-Havers-Bottomley-Gregson-Redwood) [modified Colliery Review Procedure: next steps in implementing NACODS-NCB agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 11 Mo | Major | Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Walker-Gregson-Redwood) ["Rebuilding Power Station Coal Stocks"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 11 Mo | Minor | Coal: Alison letter to Walker (“Mr Brian Askew”) [candidate for NCB chairmanship] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 20 We | Major | Coal: Redwood minute to MT (“Coal Industry”) [Redwood meeting with Ian MacGregor: NACODS; open-cast coal; NCB Board; redundancies and pit closures; finance and investment programme] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 27 We | Major | Coal: NCB representative Spanton letter to NUM Secretary Heathfield (assessing damage caused by the miners' strike) ['damage has occurred which will take months to recover'] [declassified Dec 2014] |