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PREM19/933
Transport (Railway policy: British Rail unions' threatened industrial action; contingency planning) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 283
Themes: Transport

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Date Value Title
82 Jun 10 Th Major Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“The railways”) [British Rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 10 Th Major Transport: Howell minute to MT (“The railways”) [British Rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 10 Th Major Transport: Neil Marten letter to Howell (“Rail container wagons for Kenya”) [British Rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 11 Fr Major Transport: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“The implications of a rail strike for power station coal stocks in the autumn”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 16 We Major Transport: Howell minute to MT (“Possible industrial disruption on London transport and BR”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 16 We Major Transport: National Union of Railwaymen statement (“The future of the railway industry”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 17 Th Major Transport: Lawson minute to Howe (“The railways”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 17 Th Major Transport: Howell briefing for MT (“The railways”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 17 Th Major Transport: Conservative Research Department briefing (“Brief for Supply day debate on Monday 21st June 1982 on the crisis in British Rail”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 18 Fr Major Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Industrial action on the railways”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 18 Fr Major Transport: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (“The railways”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 18 Fr Major Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“The railways”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 18 Fr Major Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“The railways”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 22 Tu Major Transport: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Howe, Jenkin, Lawson, Howell, Tebbit, Michael Havers) [“The railway dispute”] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 22 Tu Major Transport: No.10 Policy Unit internal minute (“British Rail”) [strike - meeting of ministers yesterday] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 23 We Major Transport: No.10 Policy Unit record of conversation (“The railways”) [John Vereker, Peter Parker, Jim Urquart, Sidney Hoggart, Dept of Transport officials] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 23 We Major Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Industrial affairs”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 24 Th Major Transport: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Industrial action on the railways: lay-off”) [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 25 Fr Major Transport: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (“Possible effect on industry of a prolonged rail shutdown”) [ASLEF dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 25 Fr Major Transport: Howell PS letter to No.10 (“BR and LT disputes”) [rail strike] [declassified 2012]