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1983 Aug 1 - 1983 Dec 13
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1069
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 14)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 274
Any docs withheld? 12

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83 Sep 30 Fri Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Maze Prison Escape") [report on escape of prisoners from HMP Maze, 25 September 1983; MT: "Even worse than one thought"] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 26 Mon Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland Prison Escape") [report on escape of prisoners from HMP Maze, 25 September 1983] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 28 Wed Northern Ireland: FCO to UK Embassies and Missions ("Northern Ireland: Breakout from the Maze Prison") ["You should take every opportunity to limit the propaganda benefit the IRA will try to reap from the outbreak"] [declassified 2013]
83 Oct 3 Mon Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [new Irish ideas; MT: "We will explore further - but no good will come of it...I believe the risk of violence is very high"] [declassified 2013]
83 Oct 7 Fri Northern Ireland: Coles minute to Armstrong ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT's response to new Irish ideas] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 3 Thu Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [despite some lack of clarity about Irish ideas, "Officials nevertheless argue that it would be premature to dismiss Dr Fitzgerald's ideas out of hand"] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 13 Tue Northern Ireland: UK Ambassador Dublin to Howe ("The Irish Question: First Impressions from the Republic of Ireland") [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 19 Mon Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prior-Brittan-Wakeham-Biffen-Gummer-Acland) ["Harrods Bombing: Possible Banning of Sinn Fein"] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 20 Tue Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Brittan-Biffen-Havers-Wakeham-Brennan-Armstrong-Goodall-Facer) ["Possible Proscription of Sinn Fein"] [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 21 Wed Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Proscription of Sinn Fein") [declassified 2013]
83 Dec 21 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland: Possible Proscription of Sinn Fein") [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 18 Thu Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 1370 to UKE Washington (1200Z) ("Northern Ireland: Possible Exclusion of Irish/American Visitors") [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 19 Fri Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2332 to FCO (2244Z) ("Northern Ireland: Possible Exclusion of Irish/American Visitors") [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 21 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [review of Joint Studies Action Check List] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 22 Thu Northern Ireland: Coles minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT's views on Irish ideas] [declassified 2013]
83 Oct 11 Tue Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("The Maze Escape") [Prior to make statement to the House of Commons] [declassified 2013]
83 Oct 11 Tue Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations") [Prior meets with John Hume] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 10 Thu Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Butler (response to speech by Enoch Powell) ["he revived his old canard that the Northern Ireland Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were engaged in a conspiracy to work towards the creation of a united or a federal Ireland"] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 21 Mon Northern Ireland: MT letter to Pastor Bain (Darkley Gospel Hall shootings) ["I deeply mourn the deaths of your elders"] [declassified 2013]
83 Nov 28 Mon Northern Ireland: Enoch Powell letter to Armstrong (response to Armstrong's comments on Powell's speech) [declassified 2013]