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1984 Nov 21 - 1985 Jan 18
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1578
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 15)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 379
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84 Dec 1 Sa Major Coal: No.10 Duty Clerk note to MT (Court of Appeal dismisses NUM appeal againt sequestration of assets) [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 22 Th Major Coal: No.10 briefing for MT (miners' strike at PMQs) [present situation; NCB manipulation of coal stock figures; Church Leaders' call for negotiations; position of Roy Hattersley; withdrawal of 'Hit List'; job losses] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 10 Mo Major Coal: MT letter to Gill Blackman of the CEGB (miners’ dispute) ['Peter Walker has told me about the splendid job you...are doing to keep the nation supplied with electricity during this difficult period'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 30 Fr Major Coal: Mayhew minute to MT (review of DPP Policy on prosecution of offences arising from miners' dispute) [DPP will seek expedited trials for intimidation offences] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 3 Mo Major Coal: Mayhew letter to MT (“Sequestration of NUM’s assets”) [Attorney General indemnifies sequestrators for costs unrecovered from NUM] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 18 Fr Major Coal: Kinnock letter to MT (proposes energy review) ['would clearly serve the national interest'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 7 Fr Major Coal: King letter to Patrick Cormack MP (“Redundant Miners Unemployment Benefit”) [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 21 We Major Coal: Ingham minute to MT and Butler (“After the NUM strike”) ['how we might manage a return to ‘normal’'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 30 Fr Major Coal: Ingham minute to MT (incident in the coal dispute: Merthyr Vale Colliery) [concrete post thrown on to taxi carrying working miner: death of taxi driver] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 27 Tu Major Coal: Ingham minute to Butler ("Miners' Strike - TUC") [record of Ingham's call with Daily Mirror journalist on Walker meeting with TUC representatives] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 7 Fr Major Coal: Hartley Booth minute to MT (“NCB/NUM Dispute - The Latest Report on Crime”) ['the commission of serious offences is increasing'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 20 Th Major Coal: Hartley Booth minute to MT (“Crime and the Coal Dispute”) ['a slowing down in the spate of crimes'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 18 Tu Major 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]
84 Nov 23 Fr Major Coal: Gregson minute to MT (“MISC 101(84) 49th Meeting: Coal”) [suggestions on reports] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 7 Fr Major Coal: Gregson briefing for MT (“MISC 101(84) 50th Meeting: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 11 Tu Minor Coal: Flesher note to MT (National Council for Civil Liberties report condemns picket line violence) [miners’ strike] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 23 Fr Major Coal: FCO letter to Powell (“Supreme Soviet Visit”) [Soviet representatives warned against public support for NUM while in UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 10 Th Major Coal: FCO letter to Powell (“Afghan Aid for UK Miners”) [suggestion of involvement of Afghan government in provision of financial support to NUM] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 18 Fr Major Coal: FCO letter to Charles Powell (“Afghan Aid for British Miners”) [report on Afghan trade unionists' handing over of cheque to NUM] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 26 Mo Major Coal: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 (“Coal Dispute: Effects on Mining Equipment Industry”) [impact on workforce] [declassified Dec 2014]