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PDF 85 Apr 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Exchange of Letters with Dr Paisley") [risk DUP will not participate in further talks on devolution unless government goes some way to meet them] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 7 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Leon Brittan minute to Douglas Hurd ("1984 Review of Security Policy in Northern Ireland") [PIRA activity, counter-measures on the mainland] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 7 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to Peter Rees ("The 1984 Review of Security Policy in Northern Ireland") ["determining the right numbers of police and Army" to include political judgment] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Briefing HM Ambassador Washington about the Dialogue") [urges Ambassador be briefed about Anglo-Irish talks; MT agrees to oral briefing in person only] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to Michael Heseltine (1984 Review of Security Policy in Northern Ireland) [using resources in efficient and cost effective manner to deal with terrorism threat] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Heseltine PS minute to Charles Powell (Prison Guard Force) [availability of new type of baton round] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit by the Taoiseach's to Northern Ireland") [such visits have been rare in the past; decision probably made on the spur of the moment last Friday] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 231 to FCO (0900Z) ("Anglo-Irish Talks") [press reports on new committee, prospects for a final agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 237 to FCO (1745Z) ("The Taoiseach's Visit to Londonderry") [extracts from FitzGerald speech] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("The Taoiseach's Visit to Londonderry") [tone of FitzGerald's speech might be provocative in context of ongoing local elections] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Joint Courts") [LCJ Lowry would resign if joint courts introduced and predicts "one hell of a backlash" from Unionists; we cannot commit to principle of establishing joint courts, at most study a proposal] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Armstrong-Nally talks at Chevening 29-30 Apr: Nally expressed "extreme disappointment"; "It would be impossible to gain acceptance in the Irish Republic or from the SDLP for many elements in the text"; accused Britain of stepping back from Chequers summit and 21 Jan British proposal; Armstrong suggests revised para 2, failing which he thinks Irish will break off talks and blame the British] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [agrees Armstrong argument for rewording paragraph 2; acknowledges "There are still important differences of substance between the Irish position and ours"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [last talks went "rather badly"; Armstrong, Howe and Hurd urge revised wording to promise governments would make "every effort" to resolve differences; MT rejects this, in favour of 'strenuous', 'vigorous'; presentational issues for Unionists as well as Republic] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [supports Armstrong proposed revision of paragraph 2 to satisfy Irish concerns over presentation; "it would not be sensible to allow its wording to become the rock on which the Anglo-Irish talks founder"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Lord Hailsham minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Agreement: Joint Courts") [Lowry saw him protesting with "real anger" that joint courts should even be discussed; thinks Northern Ireland judges would refuse to participate] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [wording of paragraph 2 - MT prefers 'strenuous' or 'vigorous' efforts; "determined efforts" or "every effort"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [further options on "every effort"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Electricity Generation: Conversion of Kilroot Power Station") [options for reducing oil dependence, safeguards against strikes] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Northern Ireland District Council Elections: 15 May 1985") [analysis of results - UUP reasserting its dominance over DUP; SDLP holding its ground] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Sir John Hermon (murder of four RUC officers) [very distressed, profound sympathy to families] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Lord Lowry letter to Lord Hailsham (Joint Irish Courts) [dangers of the observer proposal, would be an affront to Irish judges] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("The RUC and the Garda Siochana") [dispute over terrorist attack near Newry; Irish Government gave misleading account of British position to the press; no British interest in a public row] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 29 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Sir John Hermon letter to MT (murder of RUC officers) [very deep appreciation for her condolences from the families] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Joint Irish Court") [LCJ Lowry's opposition in letter to Hailsham that "strays beyond his judicial role"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Hurd-Hume) [American funding initiatives, local election results, devolution; Hume not informed of detail of Anglo-Irish negotiations; need for "Confidence Building Measures" especially in law and order; joint courts - did not see them as essential] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversations (Hurd-Molyneaux-Paisley) [Powell: "Dr Paisley at his worst"; Paisley threatens to make an incendiary speech; "Ulster was close to getting out of hand and Dr Paisley would not be surprised to see prominent Sinn Fein councillors being shot"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 397 to FCO (1530Z) ("Irish Local Elections") [government fared badly but not under immediate threat] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Lord Hailsham minute to MT ("Joint Irish Court") [proposal "is likely to produce its own built in disadvantages"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: The Marching Season") ["The behaviour of the DUP has been a disgrace" - ugly incidents likely ahead, not an argument against Anglo-Irish talks but "it does mean that the risks always latent in this policy are coming to the surface"; Irish government must understand "we henceforth are on a knife edge so far as the acquiescence of the majority is concerned"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: BBC letter to Leon Brittan (BBC Programme "Real Lives") [withdrawal of programme] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tim Flesher minute to MT ("BBC Board of Governors") [withdrawal of Real Lives programme] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [government must be "in the strongest position in any trial of strength"; judges "we would be able to contain the Unionist reaction, vociferous though this would certainly be"; greatest area of vulnerability is power stations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Biffen PS ("Ministerial Dealings with Sinn Fein Members") [any request for a meeting should be refused] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Irish Minister of Jusitce Michael Noonan letter to Douglas Hurd (court proceedings) [seizure of IRA money; needing information from Swiss authorities] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Heseltine minute to Tom King ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [reinforcement from outside Northern Ireland possible if needed; "very uneasy" at use of soldiers in prisons, exhaust all other options first] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Mark Addison ("Proposed BBC Programme 'Real Lives'") [media should not give "gratuitous publicity to terrorists"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Michael Heseltine ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [thanks for reassurance on service support; all options for replacing striking prison officers "highly undesirable"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to King ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [replacement of striking prison officers - Home Office would do what it could] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell note to MT (Dominic McGlinchey) [possible release on appeal and re-arrest for removal to Republic, also likely to fail] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Michael Heseltine ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [PIRA attempts to intimidate building contractors who carry out work for security forces] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to MT ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [proposed deployment of additional battalion, background of PIRA violence] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Michael Alison minute to Nigel Wicks (situation in Northern Ireland) [King apprehensive about situation deteriorating, feeling vulnerable and isolated] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 22 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 957 to UKE Dublin (1715Z) ("Chief Constable's Alleged Statement") [wish to assure Irish government of commitment to continuing and developing cooperation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to Heseltine PS ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [could temporary nature of reinforcement allow it to be disguised] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to Tom King ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [can make a start on replacing bombed buildings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 24 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Mark Addison minute to MT (arms shipment) [shipment from the Netherlands to Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to George Younger ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [completion of projects will demonstrate government's determination to overcome PIRA campaign] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Younger PS minute to Tebbit PS ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [providing RUC support without an unacceptable level of strain on armed forces already serving] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKREP The Hague telegram 27 to FCO (1715Z) ("Arrest of Suspected IRA Terrorists in Amsterdam") [arrest of two men who escaped from The Maze] [declassified Dec 2014]

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