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Coal: Draft for conference speech (section on strike) [probably final draft pre-bomb] [released 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: THCR 5/1/4/79 f144
Editorial comments: Date conjectured. Much of the text on the strike as finally delivered can be found in this draft, minus some of the material on the orchestration of strike violence.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 12pp
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Labour Party & socialism, Law & order, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike