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Coal: Hailsham letter to Brittan (“Miners’ Cases”) [DPP policy on prosecution of offences related to miners' strike: 'this is very sensitive territory'] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1578 f167
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A letter from Havers to Brittan is also included in the file.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Law & order, Energy, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, 1984-85 coal strike