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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1286
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 16)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 296
Themes: Labour Party & socialism, Security services & intelligence, Terrorism, Northern Ireland

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84 Jun 21 Th Major Northern Ireland: Cabinet Office record of conversation (1030Z) (MT, Howe, Prior and officials) ("Northern Ireland") [Irish prepared to consider constitutional amendment; repartition discussed and dismissed; "institutionalised cooperation" would have considerable appeal to the Irish; agreed that "present situation in Northern Ireland could not be sustained indefinitely"] [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 27 We Major Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Northern Ireland”) [speaking note for cabinet - urges her not to mention Irish suggestion of possible constitutional amendment, for fear of a leak] [declassified 2014]
84 Jun 28 Th Major Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 292 to FCO (1550Z) (“Dr FitzGerald’s Visit to London on 27 June”) [Lillis reports that in Taoiseach’s talks with Kinnock, Steel and Owen he had stated his “wish that Anglo-Irish relations should not become an object of party controversy in the United Kingdom”] [declassified 2014]