1984 Nov 21 - 1985 Jan 18
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1578
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 15)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 379 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 121 - 136 of 136
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Jan 4 Fr | Major | Coal: Pantling letter to Bennion (“Miners’ cases”) [Section 7 of 1975 Conspiracy Act] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 14 Mo | Major | Coal: Powell note to MT (Afghan financial aid to the NUM) ['I am told that the cheque was handed over by Ron Brown MP and that the Afghan Charge d'Affaires was not present'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 29 Th | Major | Coal: Press Office briefing for MT (“Brenda Stout: Daily Mirror article by Paul Foot”) [House of Commons PQs: line to take] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 6 Th | Major | Coal: Treasury minute to Treasury Solicitor (“Law Charges Vote: Revised Supplementary Estimate”) [sequestration of NUM assets] [classified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 10 Th | Major | Coal: Turnbull letter to Hatfield (Afghan Aid for UK miners) [request that NUM receipt of cheque from Afghan NGO is publicised] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 30 Fr | Major | Coal: Turnbull minute to MT (“Incident at Merthyr Vale Colliery”) [taxi carrying working miner struck by concrete post: police 'treating the case as one of murder'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 5 We | Major | Coal: Turnbull minute to MT (“Indemnity of the Sequestrators”) [sequestration of NUM funds] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 30 Fr | Major | Coal: Turnbull minute to MT (incident at Mertyhr Vale Colliery: death of taxi driver) [statement by Neil Kinnock] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 23 Fr | Major | Coal: Turnbull note to MT ("Coal Dispute") [FT report that McGregor has 'stirred up anxieties about the no compulsory redundancy undertaking'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 4 Tu | Major | Coal: Turnbull note to MT (Walker to meet with TUC senior representatives on 5 December) [TUC intervention in coal dispute: 'Mr Walker will take a robust line'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 10 Th | Major | Coal: Walker letter to Fowler (“Unemployment benefit for redundant miners”) [recommends review of social security legislation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 21 Fr | Major | Coal: Walker minute to MT (“Coal Industry Bill”) [requests approval for policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Coal: Walker speech and News of the World article (Scargill’s actions) ['The mind boggles at the extraordinary statements he perpetually makes'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 28 We | Major | Coal: Warry minute to Turnbull (“Coal Dispute”) ['Having weathered the storm we should now go for more publicity'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 7 Fr | Major | Coal: Warry minute to Turnbull ("Coal Dispute") ['The return to work has reduced from 6,000 to 2,000 and now this week to a trickle'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 22 Th | Major | Coal: Warry minute to Turnbull ("Coal Dispute") ['There are not enough men returning to work this week to sustain the momentum once the Christmas offer has expired...There is a real danger that we are already losing the initiative'] [declassified Dec 2014] |