Ian MacGregor later admitted that if NACODS had gone ahead with a strike, a compromise would probably have been forced on the Coal Board. Files later made public showed that the Government had an informant inside the TUC, passing information about negotiations.
Ian MacGregor acknowledged that if NACODS had initiated a strike, a compromise would have been forced upon the Coal Board.  Documents subsequently made public showed that the government had an informant working inside the TUC, providing details about the negotiations.