Archive

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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79 Nov 15 Th Major Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT (possibility of hunger strike at Maze Prison) [present policy] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 24 Mo Major Northern Ireland: NIO letter to No.10 ("dirty protest" at Maze Prison and possibility of hunger strikes) [planned Atkins statement] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 16 We Major Northern Ireland: MT letter to Frank Maguire MP ("dirty protest" at Maze Prison) [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 22 Tu Major Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Martin Meehan") [Irish Government's concerns about hunger striker] [declassified 2010]
80 Jul 23 We Major Northern Ireland: NIO letter to No.10 (hunger strike at Maze Prison by Martin Meehan) [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 10 Fr Major Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Possible Hunger Strike in H-Block") [Irish Government has concerns] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 10 Fr Major Northern Ireland: NIO letter to Home Office (Republican prisoners announce intent to begin 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]
80 Oct 22 We Major Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("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 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: 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 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 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 29 We Major Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to Alexander ("Disclosure of Cabinet Decision on Northern Ireland") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [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 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 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 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 24 Mo Major Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cardinal Casaroli) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010]