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Northern Ireland: MT message to Cardinal Thomas O'Fiaich (Bobby Sands the hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["The fact remains that the hunger strike is in support of a demand for political status: the concessions which the hunger strikers are seeking on dress and work are in pursuit of that demand"] [declassified 2011]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/504 f201
Editorial comments: The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Northern Ireland, Religion & morality