1981 Apr 22 - 1981 May 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/504
Ireland (Hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the 'Dirty Protest') (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 267 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 60 of 61
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 81 May 14 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Paisley message to MT (Paisley angry at length of MT's meeting with John Hume) ["Considering that you are reported to have given Mr Hume...some 60-90 minutes to put the case of the IRA murderers I regard your offer of 15 minutes for me to make representations...as a calculated insult"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 26 Su | Major | Northern Ireland: Sanders minute to MT ("Northern Ireland") [updates on condition of Bobby Sands and situation in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 29 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Socialist Group of the European Parliament message to MT (Bobby Sands' hunger strike) ["We suggest that the Government send a representative to talk with Mr Sands in an effort to break the deadlock"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 14 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Stephens record of conversation (Stephens-Paisley) [Paisley angry at length of meeting with MT offered to him] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 7 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Ted Kenny, Moynihan, O'Neill and Carey message to MT (death of Bobby Sands) ["we urge you to act now before additional lives are lost"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Telegrams from Cardinal Thomas O'Fiaich and other Catholic churchmen to MT (Cardinals urge MT to implement proposals on prison dress and work) ["This now seems the only way to avoid deaths in prison and widespread violence outside"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 6 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Northern Ireland: Death of Sands") [reporting on Sands' death and situation in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 7 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Delhi to FCO ("Sands") [request for briefing on death of Sands; MT: "it does NOT appear that our Missions have been kept properly informed"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hughes' Death: Demonstrations in Dublin") [hunger strike at HMP Maze; Taoiseach Haughey's statement] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 29 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [likely impact of Sands' death] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [Taoiseach Haughey's statement on Sands' death] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike: Public Opinion in the Republic") ["I believe it would be a mistake to think that public opinion will remain unmoved by further deaths"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 22 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO (meeting of British Ambassador to Dublin with Taoiseach Haughey) ["[Haughey] said he was very worried about the recent violence in the north and feared it could spill over into the Republic if Sands dies"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 20 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Whitmore letter to Father McCreesh (Raymond McCreesh's hunger strike) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 14 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: CG New York telegram 12 to UKE Washington (2105Z) ("Northern Ireland: Hunger Strike") [demonstrations outside British Government offices in New York] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 14 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 720 to UKE Washington (1059Z) (MT's response to message from the Four Horsemen) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1319 to FCO (2220Z) ("Northern Ireland: US Media Coverage of Hunger Strike") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1395 to FCO (2100Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strike") [Ted Kennedy's statement on Sands' death] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 6 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1409 to FCO (2200Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strike") [message of Four Horsemen to MT] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1472 to FCO (2302Z) ("Northern Ireland: US TV and Radio Coverage") [declassified 2011] |