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Motor industry: strikes of Ford manual workers; meetings between Prime Minister and...
Catalogue reference: PREM 15/1662
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This record is about the Motor industry: strikes of Ford manual workers; meetings between Prime Minister and... dating from 1971 Feb 25 - 1973 Sep 27 in the series Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1970-1974. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PREM 15/1662
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971 Feb 25 - 1973 Sep 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Motor industry: strikes of Ford manual workers; meetings between Prime Minister and Henry Ford II, 15 March 1971, and Leonard Woodcock, President, United Automobile Workers of America, 23 March 1971
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- The National Archives, Kew
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PREM 15
Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1970-1974
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