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1979 Aug 24 - 1981 Aug 3
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/599
Transport (Railway policy: rail fares; reference of London commuter services to Monopolies and Mergers Commission; British Rail finances; services to Gatwick airport; pay negotiations; industrial action by National Union of Railwaymen) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 177
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81 Apr 13 Mo Major Transport: Walters minute to MT ("British Rail") ["The threat of imminent contraction of the railways is one of the few disciplines we have on labour and management"] [declassified 2011]
81 May 8 Fr Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("Railways Pay") [British Rail pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
81 Jun 15 Mo Major Transport: No.10 letter to Department of Transport ("Sir Peter Parker and British Rail") [British Rail electrification proposals] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 13 Mo Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("British Rail and the London Underground") [London Underground strike threat] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 16 Th Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("Railwaymen's Pay") [proposed pay increases] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 17 Fr Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT ("Railwaymen's Pay") [further developments in pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]