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 Apr 4 Th | Major | Coal: MT letter to Mrs Hackett, wife of working miner (condemns intimidation of working miners) ['The miners who stood up for their right to work were defending a fundamental privilege of a free people'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 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 May 10 Fr | Major | Coal: King minute to MT (“Revision of the NUM Rule Book”) ['proposed changes have been designed with the union’s experience in the strike very much in mind'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 20 Mo | Major | Coal: Official Group on Coal (MISC 57) report (“Lessons of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike”) [MT: 'We shall meet to discuss'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 23 Th | Major | Coal: Hunt letter to Alison (report of meeting with working miners’ delegation) ['reduction in the level of intimidation at work'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 24 Fr | Major | Coal: Turnbull note to MT (“NUM Rule Book”) [Walker thinks 'it would be extremely damaging if the rule book is adopted'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 21 Tu | Major | Coal: Woodrow Wyatt letter to MT (harassment of working miners) ['Attached is a list of young men in Yorkshire who are being badly harassed and having their lives made impossible because they worked during the strike'] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 29 We | Major | Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker) [current position in the coal industry: intimidation of working miners] [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 Mar 11 Mo | Minor | Coal: Alison letter to Walker (“Mr Brian Askew”) [candidate for NCB chairmanship] [declassified Dec 2014] |