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Coal: Walker letter to Stan Orme MP (secret document on pit closures in the North East) [miners' strike: "I must say Arthur Scargill is like a bus driver to the Labour Party. He takes you for a ride almost every day"] [declassified 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1335 f200
Editorial comments: The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Privatized & state industries, Energy, Labour Party & socialism, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike