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PDF 85 Oct 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [talks with Nally, 29-30 Spt; reported British side "considerably dismayed" at ECST, Irish trying to extract promise of a Catholic Judge; Garda's Irish task force being restored; UDR and RUC; secretariat to be a channel of communication not a decision-maker, Armstrong urging only two Irish officials at the start; draft communiqué] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [ministerial meeting to consider King's minute; consideration of change of approach to Anglo-Irish talks; whether to set a date or avoid one and risk leading "the Irish to conclude that we are backing out"; should we do contingency planning for a breakdown, especially with an eye to the US?] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King-Howe-Armstrong-Cradock) ["Balance of advantage in the Agreement" - as it stood draft agreement "offered Britain few obvious advantages"; claim of improved cooperation against terrorism open to the riposte that "it should not be necessary for the UK to pay a price for Irish co-operation in this field"; essential to secure Irish accession to ECST; amendments to draft summary and to agreement; MT stressed "we must be able to make crystal clear that the Irish Government would have no executive role in the north"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Ingham minute to Powell ("Northern Ireland") [media presentation of Agreement - favours joint press conference with no separate interviews afterwards, to curb 'extravagant' Irish presentation; maintain option of MT interview on D+1; briefing for selected outlets in US (Powell adds "+ Peter Utley"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: MT letter to Taoiseach Fitzgerald (1045Z) (Anglo-Irish Agreement: state of play in talks) [outstanding drafting points; date of summit; very much hopes he will reconsider Irish accession to European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism; LCJ in Northern Ireland prepared to appoint a sixth member to the High Court; date of signature mid-November] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (Anglo-Irish Agreement: message from Bud McFarlane) [US position on Anglo-Irish Agreement and US financial support for Northern Ireland; signing would ease opposition to extradition treaty] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Irish Government suggests signing Agreement in New York; MT firmly rejects] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: FCO record of conversation (0900Z) (Howe-King-Armstrong-Spring-Barry-Nally and others) [European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism - Irish said it would not pass the Dail "without visible changes in the judicial system in NI", but agreed to look further; possibility of three man Northern Ireland courts; Secretariat of Intergovernmental Committee - Irish insisted on a visible Irish presence in Belfast; devolution; inconclusive discussion on summit timing] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to Powell (comment on joint letter from Jim Molyneaux MP and Ian Paisley MP) [suggested reply] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 8 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Ireland: Home Office letter to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Discussions on Northern Ireland: Ministerial Security") [implications of Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [latest talks with Nally, 7-8 Oct; drafting amendments to Agreement; possible legal challenges to the agreement; copy of text as at 8 Oct] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Timing of Summit") [Taoiseach "extremely disturbed" at reports that a junior minister or PPS was showing draft of the agreement to journalists in Blackpool; Irish therefore wanting signature very early next week 14 or 15 Oct ] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minutes for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland/Timing Summit") [drafting changes sought by Irish in latest round of talks; date of summit - MT: "we must fight for our viewpoint. The Irish are still trying to convey the impression that they are going to have some kind of AUTHORITY in N.I."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (Anglo-Irish Agreement) [King's suggestion that his PPS, Dr Mawhinney, is included in internal meeting of Northern Ireland Office on presentation of Agreement; Irish suspect him of leaking agreement in Blackpool; MT backs Armstrong's view that Mawhinney should not be included] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letters to Powell (Anglo-Irish Agreement) [King accepts much of Armstrong's latest drafting; firmly denies Irish claim of a leak of the agreement at Blackpool; MT wants ministerial meeting: "I should like to be very tough"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [latest talks with Nally, 13-14 Oct: wording of Agreement; joint press release and presentation; communique; Ulster Defence Regiment; copy of text as at 14 Oct; annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [report on Armstrong's latest round of talks with Nally: wording of Agreement; joint press release and presentation; communique; Ulster Defence Regiment; longer version, not marked by MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (Anglo-Irish talks: press leaks) [Irish Government now alleging that a British Cabinet Minister showed draft Agreement to a journalist before Blackpool party conference, possibly a member of OD(I); MT agrees with comment "I do not like the way these allegations are flying about] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [talks with Nally: date of summit; FitzGerald worry that unionist and nationalist parties will use delay to wreck Agreement; King shares worry; MT: "Let us have a look at the diary again. ?7th Nov?"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: MT letters to Ian Paisley MP and Jim Molyneaux MP (Anglo-Irish talks) ["I can only repeat my assurance that, whatever emerges from our negotiations...there is no threat whatsoever to the Union"; happy to meet] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversations (1330Z) (MT-Taoiseach Fitzgerald) [FitzGerald rang - remaining presentational issues soluble, bot worry about date; pressed again for date before SDLP conference; MT explained problem with 8 Nov; spoke with colleagues and pointed out also proximity to Remembrance Sunday, which weighed with FitzGerald; he agreed no other option but 15 Nov] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: King briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Talks - Meeting with Mr Molyneaux and Mr Paisley") ["to demonstrate privately and publicly, that we are prepared to listen to Unionist views"; cannot brief them on agreement - it would leak; press likely to be told substance of meeting so avoid sign of any disagreement with Irish Government or presentation that would upset them, e.g. presenting agreement as 'consultative'; annex of "Words and phrases to be avoided"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [handling of meeting with Howe and King; Irish now offering an "'intention'" to accede to ECST; title of new body still deadlocked; presentation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 27 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [presentation of Anglo-Irish Agreement to Cabinet - at last discussion in July "the only serious doubts were voiced by the Lord Privy Seal" [Biffen]; changes since then - King "less stable" in his views than Hurd, who was "intellectually convinced by the case for an agreement"; package deteriorating over ECST and security, but still defensible; intelligence assessment is that Unionists will have greater difficulty than in the past getting their supporters into the streets or on strike; if cabinet decide against, best to end talks - ECST issue "the best break-point"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [King's belatedly proposing large number of amendments, including elimination of reference to mixed courts in Article 8; Howe seriously concerned; risks being seen as in bad faith since clause already approved and given to Irish; MT decides issue should go to cabinet] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland Affairs") [decision whether to go ahead with Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (1000Z-1100Z) (MT-King-Howe-Armstrong-Cradock) ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [mixed courts - should remain in Article 8; European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism - "firm commitment to accession was required as evidence of [Irish] bona fides"; procedure and presentation of Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letters to Powell ("Meeting with Mr Molyneaux and Dr Paisley on 30 October") [Paisley and Molyneaux may make case for referendum on Agreement in Northern Ireland; arguments against; devolution] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (0930Z-1030Z) (MT-King-Jim Molyneaux MP-Ian Paisley MP) ["Both visitors seemed to me intent on displaying restraint and moderation in their remarks, in contrast to their subsequent press conference"; Paisley made case for consulting people of NI over agreement whether by referendum or election; "the secrecy of the current negotiations inevitably aroused fears"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland Affairs") [suggesting balanced handling of Cabinet discussion - agreement does not give us everything we want, but "concedes nothing significant and is an honest attempt to improve the present situation" ... "Unionist agitation so far is rather less than might have been expected"; "Above all, failure to go ahead now would be a great disappointment to the Americans"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [latest talks with Nally - drafting amendments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Armstrong's latest talks with Nally - most of it 'satisfactory'; urges further ministerial discussion next week, MT agrees] [declassified Dec 2014]
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