Archive

1980 Dec 13 - 1981 Apr 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/503
Ireland (Hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the 'Dirty Protest') (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 198
Any docs withheld? 1

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80 Dec 15 Mo Major Northern Ireland: No.10 letter to Northern Ireland Office (discussion with Dermot Nally regarding visit by Gerry Adams to HMP Maze) [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 16 Tu Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (messages to pass directly to Dermot Nally, bypassing Irish Embassy) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 16 Tu Major Northern Ireland: Cardinal Thomas O'Fiaich message to MT (hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["we appeal to you to intervene personally in the prison crisis"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: Alexander note to MT (hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["The 'loyalists' abandoned their hunger strike this afternoon"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT (situation in HMP Maze and Northern Ireland) [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: MT message to Cardinal Thomas O'Fiaich (hunger strikers at HMP Maze) ["political status is what the protestors and hunger strikers are demanding. This the Government cannot and will not give"] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (present situation in Northern Ireland prisons) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (John Hume reports that hunger strikers "may be looking for a face-saving formula") [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 17 We Major Northern Ireland: Maude note to all Ministers (briefing note on the Maze Prison dispute) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 18 Th Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (Atkins' parliamentary statement) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 19 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Meeting with Dr Paisley") [briefing for MT] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 19 Fr Major Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Paisley-Peter Robinson-Michael Alison) [situation in Northern Ireland, constitutional status of Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 23 Tu Major Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 4993 to FCO (0045Z) ("Northern Ireland: American Media Coverage of the End of the Hunger Strike") [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 23 Tu Major Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT ("The Maze Prison") [hunger strike called off: "There is no doubt that we have scored a notable victory over the IRA"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 2 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("The Maze Prison") [situation in Northern Ireland prisons] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 3 Sa Major Northern Ireland: Text of Enoch Powell speech to East Down Unionist Association AGM (situation in Northern Ireland and hunger strike at HMP Maze) [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 9 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("The Maze Prison") [update on Maze protests] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 12 Mo Major Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("N.I. Prisons Protest: Developments 9-11 January: Irish Media Reactions") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 16 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("The Maze Protests") [latest developments] [declassified 2011]