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Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (0815Z-0915Z) (MT-Taoiseach Fitzgerald; Nally and Powell) [Anglo-Irish talks; associated measures essential to Republic; MT fearful of Unionist reactions, but remarked "Equally it would be very damaging now not to go ahead with the proposed agreement"; MT rejecting joint courts; UDR; RUC; FitzGerald "speaking with considerable emotion" declared that unless agreement reached "Sinn Fein would gain the upper hand amongst the minority in the North and provoke a civil war"; timing of possible agreement - FitzGerald urged late Aug, MT thinking mid-Oct] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Source: PREM19/1549 f6
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Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 7pp
Themes: MT's meetings as PM, Charles Powell minutes, Judiciary, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Terrorism, Northern Ireland

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