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1979 Nov 15 - 1980 Dec 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/282
Ireland (Hunger strike at Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the ‘Dirty Protest’) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 245
Any docs withheld? 2

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80 Dec 10 We Major Northern Ireland: Home Office letter to No.10 (hunger striker at Brixton prison) [prisoner professes sympathy with IRA] [declassified 2010]
80 Dec 10 We Major Northern Ireland: UKE Holy See to FCO ("The Protesting Maze Prisoners") [UK Ambassador discussion with Vatican diplomat Silvestrini on Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Dec 7 Su Major Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO (letter delivered to Embassy at the end of H-Block protest march) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Dec 5 Fr Major Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Mr Atkin's Statement: Irish Media Reactions") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Dec 4 Th Major Northern Ireland: Text of Parliamentary Answer by Humphrey Atkins (Maze Prison hunger strike) [rights and privileges of Maze prisoners] [declassified 2010]
80 Nov 28 Fr Major Northern Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO (Maze Prison hunger strike) ["The Prime Minister...feels that it would be right to ensure that in future no prisoner in Northern Ireland should be permitted to be interviewed" unless it is an exceptional circumstance] [declassified 2010]
80 Nov 25 Tu Major Northern Ireland: Transcript of Michael Alison television interview (Maze Prison hunger strike) [declassified 2010]
80 Nov 24 Mo Major Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cardinal Casaroli) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Nov 21 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Officials from NIO-MOD-FCO-Home Office) [security situation and Maze Prison hunger strike, military assistance during industrial action, Yellow and Pink Cards, MT-Haughey meeting] [declassified 2010]
80 Nov 7 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Possible Developments on the Hunger Strike and Related Activity: An Assessment") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Nov 2 Su Major Northern Ireland: Irish Ambassador to the UK letter to MT (criticism of UK Goverment policy at Fianna Fail by-election meeting) [Taoiseach rejects criticism and expresses distress] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 30 Th Major Northern Ireland: Pope John Paul II message to MT ("Ulster Prisoners") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 29 We Major Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to Alexander ("Disclosure of Cabinet Decision on Northern Ireland") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 28 Tu Major Northern Ireland: NIO letter to No.10 ("Disclosure of the Government's Decision on Prison Clothing in Northern Ireland") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 27 Mo Major Northern Ireland: Text of Parliamentary Answer by Michael Alison (changes in rules for prisoners at Maze Prison) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 23 Th Major Northern Ireland: Paisley message to MT (Maze Prison hunger strike) ["Any concessions to the IRA H Block murderers will be a grave insult and betrayal"] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 23 Th Major Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Irish Ambassador to the UK) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 23 Th Major Northern Ireland: Chairman of the Central Armagh Unionist Association message to MT (calls for Atkins to be replaced as Northern Ireland Secretary) [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 22 We Major Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Maze Prison Hunger Strike") [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 21 Tu Major Northern Ireland: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Hunger Strike at Maze Prison") [hunger strike about to begin; HMG should not compromise] [declassified 2010]