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1982 Sep 9 - 1983 May 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1092
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 7)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 330
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83 Feb 23 We Major Coal: Lawson letter to Brittan (coal imports) [“extremely generous” but conditionally agrees] [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 17 Th Major Coal: Lawson letter to Brittan (“NCB Pit Closures”) [NCB “considering the potential for achieving further acceleration in the rate of closures”] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 23 Th Major Coal: Lawson letter to Howe (“Power Station Endurance”) [cost of accelerated delivery exercise] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 8 Tu Major Coal: Lawson minute to Brittan (“Proposed Improvements in Redundancy Terms for Mineworkers”) [proposals and legislative action] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 2 Tu Major Coal: Lawson minute to Howe (“NUM Wage Claim”) [“The Union have now accepted the wage offer and have called off the overtime ban”] [declassified 2013]
82 Sep 24 Fr Major Coal: Lawson minute to Howe (“NUM Wage Negotiations”) [“request to all colleagues to maintain the lowest possible profile on all this”] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 16 We Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“Appointment of Mr MacGregor as Chairman of the NCB”) [arrangements and Siddall’s retirement] [declassified 2013]
82 Sep 9 Th Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“Mineworkers’ Wage Negotiations”) [“If the miners accepted such an offer it would be a significant blow to Scargill”] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 10 Fr Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“NCB Pit Closures”) [proposals and recent closures] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 21 Fr Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“NCB Pit Closures”) [“reluctance on the part of the miners themselves to strike”] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 18 Tu Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“Power Station Endurance”) [accelerated rate of deliveries] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 14 Tu Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“Power Station Endurance”) [feasibility studies] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 1 Tu Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“South Wales Mineworkers’ Strike”) [“In most cases, the Area NUM leadership are recommending a vote for a strike”] [declassified 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fr Major Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“Transfer of Functions: Change in Planning Procedures for NCB Opencasting”) [legislation required] [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 25 Fr Major Coal: Lawson PS minute to Howe PS (“NCB: South Wales Strike”) [“The Board’s initial assessment is that Arthur Scargill is unlikely to favour a national strike on this closure”] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 28 Mo Major Coal: Lawson PS to No.10 (HC statement on appointment of MacGregor at NCB chairman) [encloses text] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 21 Fr Major Coal: Moore letter to Brittan (“Foundry Coke Prices”) [aid to NCB] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 17 Fr Major Coal: Moore letter to Brittan (“Foundry Coke Prices”) [assistance to NCB] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 21 Fr Major Coal: Moore letter to Howe (“NCB Pit Closures”) [developments at Snowdown and in South Wales] [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 18 Fr Major Coal: Moore letter to Howe (“NCB Pit Closures”) [NUM ballot likely] [declassified 2013]