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Personal and party papers, Cambridge

Death of Mountbatten: Taoiseach Lynch of Ireland letter to MT (shock at murder of Mountbatten and condolences) ["This subversive organisation has brought death or sorrow to many thousands of innocent people and shame to all true Irish men and women"] [released 2010]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR 3/1/2 (T85/79T)
Editorial comments:
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: European Union (general), Northern Ireland, Terrorism, MT messages to and from world leaders