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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
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85 May 21 Tu Major Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Walker-Gregson) ["Coal Industry": problems at the NCB; possible successors to MacGregor] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Coal: Woodrow Wyatt letter to MT (harassment of working miners) ['Attached is a list of young men in Yorkshire who are being badly harassed and having their lives made impossible because they worked during the strike'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 22 We Major Coal: Walker letter to Fowler (“Unemployment Benefit for Redundants”) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Coal: Hunt letter to Alison (report of meeting with working miners’ delegation) ['reduction in the level of intimidation at work'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 24 Fr Major Coal: Walker minute to MT (MacGregor's approach to NACODS) [MT: 'We cannot let this go on'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 24 Fr Major Coal: Turnbull minute to MT (“Lessons of the 1984-85 Miners Strike”) [MT: report is 'too narrative...too little insight'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 24 Fr Major Coal: Turnbull note to MT (“NUM Rule Book”) [Walker thinks 'it would be extremely damaging if the rule book is adopted'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 29 We Major Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker) [current position in the coal industry: intimidation of working miners] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 31 Fr Major Coal: Brittan minute to MT (“Lessons of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike”) [endorses points for follow-up action] [declassified Dec 2014]