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| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1 |
| Editorial comments: | Entry written on Thursday 5 February but date subsequently corrected. The full handwritten text of the 1981 diary can be read here. The document is 80MB, so may take time to download. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | Privatized & state industries, Energy, Public spending & borrowing |
PM caves in over the Coal strike.
JH [John Hoskyns] furious and so is the NCB [National Coal Board] - got them “backs to the wall” and then she takes the wall away.
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