1981 Jul 3 - 1981 Aug 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/506
Ireland (Hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the 'Dirty Protest') (Part 5)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 335 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 81 Jul 30 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKMIS Geneva telegram 267 to FCO (1616Z) ("ICRC and Northern Ireland") [ICRC's central recommendation; MT: "This is serious - the ICRC was not asked to act as arbitrator"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKMIS Geneva telegram 250 to FCO (1140Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strikers") [Atkins' statement on International Red Cross's initiative on hunger strikes at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 20 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2465 to FCO (2237Z) ("Northern Ireland: Information Effort (Visits)") [hunger strike at HMP Maze: visit to US of moderate Northern Ireland politicians "could be immensely valuable"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 5 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2333 to FCO (0021Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strike") [attempts by Irish Nationalist organisations to organise boycotts of British goods; Four Horsemen's letter to Reagan] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 30 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2299 to FCO (2355Z) ("Irish Prime Minister's Letter to President Reagan") [Reagan's "masterfully non-commital" reply to Fitzgerald's letter] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2162 to FCO (2325Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strikers") [Atkins' statement on the International Red Cross initiative; "The immediate reaction [in the US Administration] has been one of relief" that Red Cross is involved] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 11 Sa | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2100 to FCO (0009Z) ("Northern Ireland: Visit of the Minister of State: Mr Michael Alison MP") [hunger strike at HMP Maze, situation in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 6 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 139 to UKMIS Geneva (1740Z) ("ICRC and Northern Ireland") [HMG "surprised" at ICRC view there are "only minor differences" betweem HMG and hunger strikers] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 19 We | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 1236 to UKE Washington (1715Z) ("Northern Ireland: Information Effort (Visits)") [plan for sending all-party group of moderate MPs to US] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("The Prime Minister's Letter to Senator Kennedy and Others") [hunger strike at HMP Maze: Irish Administration unhappy with claims about Irish stance in MT's letter to Kennedy] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike: Media Reactions") [reaction to Atkins' statement on the International Red Cross initiative; statements by Taoiseach Fitzgerald] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike: Irish Initiative in USA") [Irish Ambassador to US appeals to Reagan to intervene in the hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 10 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike, Media Reactions") ["I am becoming increasingly worried at the way in which our handling of the hunger strike is being seen in Dublin"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 24 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [UK Ambassador to Dublin meets with Professor Dooge; Dooge warns that Anglo-Irish relations "would suffer if we did not use more imagination in the matter of Brendan McFarlane"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [Taoiseach Fitzgerald statement] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 8 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [statement by Taoiseach Fitzgerald on death of Joe McDonnell; hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 6 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [Irish Government feels that "HMG did not understand the seriousness of the current H-Blocks crisis", makes new proposals for ending hunger strike] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 7 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [Irish Administration "disappointed to hear that [HMG] had apparently very little left to offer"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [in Figg's view it is "too late" to enlist the help of the International Red Cross] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 13 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("H Blocks: Statement by Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs") [Irish policy on Northern Ireland; hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |