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5 LAWSON SPEAKS OUT ON MINERS' STRIKE j
5 Lord Lawson has described how j
5 Government preparation for the 1984 j
5 minjrs' strike was like bri-arming j
5 to face the threat of Hitler". j
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5 Lord Lawson, who was the energy j
5 secretary whjn the year-long strike j
5 began, makes the claim in a BBC j
5 programme to be screenjd tonight. j
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5 He says that neither he nor then j
5 prime minister Lady Thatcher wanted j
5 a strike, but "one had to priparj". j
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5 The programme claims Government j
5 plans to face up to the National j
5 Union of Mineworkers began in 1973. j
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