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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Selections from this file
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Jan 23 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("The Protest at HM Prison Maze") [latest developments] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 5 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Maze Prison") [latest developments] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 23 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT ("Hunger Strikes at HMP Maze and Armagh") [second hunger strike expected] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO (messages to the Taoiseach and Dermot Nally regarding hunger strike at HMP Maze) [need for Irish help in countering "clever mischief" regarding prison dispute] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 3 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins statement to House of Commons ("Northern Ireland Prison Protests") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 3 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT (hunger strike at HMP Maze; candidature of Bobby Sands in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 8 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins letter to Pym (candidature of Bobby Sands in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election) [contingency arrangements for possible election of Sands] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 9 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Michael Havers minute to MT ("Byelection - Fermanagh and South Tyrone") [legal situation regarding Sands' candidacy] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Sanders minute to MT ("Robert Sands and the Fermanagh By-Election") [Sands elected MP; response of the Home Office and Northern Ireland Office] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 11 Sa | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1177 to FCO (0215Z) ("Northern Ireland: Fermanagh, South Tyrone By-Election") [impact on US opinion] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 13 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Parliamentary Affairs") [Fermanagh and South Tyrone By-Election] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 13 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Alexander (advice on MT's response to the Fermanagh and South Tyrone By-Election) [Armstrong forsees possibilty of PIRA ceasefire] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 13 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Whitmore minute to MT ("Sands") [background briefing on Bobby Sands] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO to Alexander via UKHC New Delhi ("Maze Hunger Strike") [Bobby Sands' "deteriorating fast"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office information leaflet ("Day to day life in Northern Ireland prisons") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 18 Sa | Major | Northern Ireland: Pike minute to Alexander (visit of Irish Republic MPs to HMP Maze to see Bobby Sands) [reaction by Unionists] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 19 Su | Major | Northern Ireland: Pattison message to Alexander (Atkins decides to permit release of Dolours Price) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 20 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Irish MPs message to MT (request for urgent meeting with MT regarding Bobby Sands) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 20 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Pattison minute to Sanders ("Irish Affairs") [response to message from Irish MPs requesting meeting with MT; Bobby Sands] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 21 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Text of MT's press conference in Riyadh (Bobby Sands and hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["no concessions, no possible concessions on political status"] [declassified 2011] |