1985 Mar 1 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1580
Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 17)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 372 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 May 8 We | Major | Coal: Addison minute to MT (NCB’s response to intimidation reports) [NCB response to complaint of intimidation 'adopts a rather tough tone'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 11 Mo | Minor | Coal: Alison letter to Walker (“Mr Brian Askew”) [candidate for NCB chairmanship] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 6 We | Major | Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 21 Tu | Major | Coal: Armstrong minute to Butler (opencast mining consents) [transfer of planning powers from Department of Energy to Department of Environment] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 11 Th | Major | Coal: Biffen letter to Walker (“Coal Industry Bill”) [Walker's proposed additional provisions; Biffen urges further consideration and time for discussion] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 31 Fr | Major | Coal: Brittan minute to MT (“Lessons of the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike”) [endorses points for follow-up action] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 16 Th | Major | Coal: Butler letter to MacGregor (intimidation of working miners) ['[MT] thinks it essential that the Board should stand by these employees'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 28 Th | Major | Coal: Butler minute to Armstrong (transfer of responsibility for mining planning consents from Department of Energy to Department of Environment) [transfer of responsibility 'causing considerable difficulty and delay'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 2 Tu | Major | Coal: Butler note for the record (points made by working miners at working miners’ dinner) ['Some managers, out of a desire to conciliate the militants, were failing to protect the working miners'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | Coal: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“MISC 101(85) 9th Meeting: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 4 Mo | Major | Coal: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Lessons of the Miners’ Strike”) [proposal for a study] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 1 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 1 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 8 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 8 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 4 Mo | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Monday 4 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 7 Th | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 6 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 5 Tu | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 5 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 6 We | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 6 March 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 12 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 22 Mo | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 3 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014] |