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1981 Nov 9 - 1983 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1070
Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with the Taoiseach; Anglo-Irish Summit; Anglo-Irish joint studies) (Part 6)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 396

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Date Value Title
83 Oct 5 We Major Ireland: Coles minute for MT (“Anglo-Irish Summit: 7 November: Chequers”) [participants and programme - MT decision to invite Foreign Secretary and NI Secretary only] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 22 Sa Major Ireland: Molyneaux letter to MT (Ulster attitudes toward Anglo-Irish Summit) [warns of "disastrous consequences" from the summit in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 24 Mo Major Ireland: No.10 letter to Goodall (arrangements for Anglo-Irish Summit) [tête-à-tête should continue as long as needed, with notetakers; no Joint Press Conference] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 25 Tu Major Ireland: Ingham minute to Coles (“Irish bilateral”) ["the Irish play it for what they want out of it", therefore advises against a press conference or interviews after; FCO briefing of Weekend World] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 27 Th Major Ireland: UKE Dublin telegrams 313-314 to FCO (1330, 1405Z) (Anglo-Irish Summit programme) [Nally reports Irish plans] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 28 Fr Major Ireland: Armstrong minute for Coles (visiting Dublin to finalise arrangements for Anglo-Irish Summit) [will tell Irish MT would have great difficulty with "joint sovereignty"; sees danger in meeting FitzGerald without notetakers, as latter wishes] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 31 Mo Major Ireland: MT letter to Jim Molyneaux MP (MT's meeting with the Taoiseach) [MT's meeting with Fitzgerald has no implications for constitutional status of Northern Ireland] [declassified 2012]
83 Oct 31 Mo Major Ireland: Coles note to MT (Anglo-Irish Summit Joint Studies review) [with Michael Alison's comments, following MT's request: “Would you ask Michael (Alison) to go through this very carefully before I decide”] [declassified 2012]