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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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 81 Jul 17 Fr | Major | Conservative Party: Atkins letter to MT ("Party Conference 1981") [Atkins inclined to seek a debate on Northern Ireland during Party Conference] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 19 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Archbishop of Canterbury letter to MT (proposals on hunger strike at HMP Maze) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 6 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: The Hunger Strike") [latest developments] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 7 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: the Hunger Strike") [unsatisfactory response to message sent through the channel; draft statement on Alison's talks with Irish Commisssion for Justice and Peace] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 21 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("IRA Propaganda Film") [IRA film reportedly being made in Belgium] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 17 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland: Hunger Strike") [FCO advises against allowing the Friends of Ireland to send a delegation to HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 5 We | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Overseas Information Effort on Northern Ireland") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 30 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Message to the Four Horsemen") [comment on Irish Administration's reaction to MT's letter on hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 20 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO to UK Embassies and Missions ("Northern Ireland: Hunger Strikes and the Five Demands") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 6 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO to UKE Dublin ("Hunger Strike") [HMG does not believe that Irish plan would be sufficient to end the hunger strike] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 13 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: FCO to UKE Dublin ("Statements by Mr O'Leary and Mr Kelly") [HMG response to Irish Administration statements on policy toward Northern Ireland and hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Members of US Congress letter to MT (hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["it is the responsibility of the British Government to seek every possible means to end the strike before any additional deaths occur"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 27 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Archbishop of Canterbury (hunger strike at HMP Maze) [negative response to proposals passed on by Archbishop] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 26 We | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Owen Carron MP (response to Carron's request for an urgent meeting with MT) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 27 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Ted Kennedy (reply to letter from members of US Congress regarding hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["I am convinced that we have acted honourably throughout"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 14 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: MT message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald (hunger strike at HMP Maze) ["I do beg of you not to be misled into thinking that this problem is susceptible of an easy solution"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 6 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 minute ("Hunger Strike: Message to be sent through the channel") [HMG prepared to issue statement making certain concessions if and only if it leads to immediate end of hunger strike] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 3 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 minute to MT (Alison's meeting with Irish Commission for Justice and Peace) ["no real progress has been made"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 6 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Atkins-Whitelaw-Gilmour-Pym-Woodfield) [hunger strike at HMP Maze; Atkins' minute; Alison's meetings with the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace; prisoners' statement] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 8 We | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Atkins-Woodfield-Unknown) [hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |