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Coal: Butler minute to MT (Scanlon proposes 'mothballing' of pits instead of complete closure) [miners' strike; MT: "I think it would be a fundamental error"] [declassified 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1334 f307
Editorial comments: The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Energy, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike