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Coal: Reagan message to MT (miners' strike and dock strike) ["In recent weeks I have thought often of you with considerable empathy as I follow the activities of the miners and dockworkers unions...my thoughts are with you"] [declassified 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1331 f15 (T128A/84)
Editorial comments: 1535. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Energy, Foreign policy (USA), Transport, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, MT contacts with Ronald Reagan, 1984-85 coal strike, MT messages to and from world leaders