1984 Apr 10 - 1984 Jun 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1286
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 16)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 296 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 21 - 40 of 41
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 May 24 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Molyneaux minute to Alison (direct rule) [practicalities of renewal] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 1 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to FitzGerald (New Ireland Forum report) [“We shall do our best to avoid saying things which could make it harder for you and us to continue the dialogue”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Apr 10 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior letter to Elles (Haagerup report) [“appreciation of all your efforts to secure a reasonably favourable outcome”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 18 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [impact of proposed changes to Irish constitution] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 1 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“Forum Report”) [“The Irish would like us to say very little and leave them to make the running”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Apr 26 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“New Ireland Forum”) [“The report is disappointing”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Apr 10 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“Northern Ireland prisons”) [“some prison officers were so intimidated by fear of attack outside the prison that they were turning a blind eye to some of the rules”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 22 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“Political Development”) [“We have to recognise that any attempt at political advance carries risk, including a deterioration in security”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 11 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior PS letter to No.10 (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Mr Spring’s Visit to London”) [“it might be tactful to ofer a meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe or Mr Prior”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 15 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior PS letter to No.10 (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Visit by Mr Spring”) [“he feels that a meeting with Mr Prior in these circumstances would attract undue publicity and attention”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 18 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior PS letter to No.10 (“Meeting with Irish Ambassador: 18 June 1984”) [Irish willingness to make constitutional amendments] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 6 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior PS letter to No.10 (“Ulster Special Constabulary Association”) [“There has been a steady build up in terrorist violence by the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 22 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior PS note to FCO (Barry visit to London) [request to meet with Prior] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 23 We | Minor | Northern Ireland: Prior PS to No.10 (programme for Charles Powell) [draft itinerary] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 18 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Taylor letter to Butler (Danny Morrison’s possible election to European Parliament) [“the NIO have drawn attention to the risk of widening support for PIRA if we were seen to obstruct his duties”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 12 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Anglo/Irish Relations”) [MT-FitzGerald bilateral: “damp down any public expectation of substantial developments”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 28 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Dr FitzGerald’s Visit to London on 27 June”) [Taoiseach’s “wish that Anglo-Irish relations should not become an object of party controversy in the United Kingdom”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 3 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Report: Irish Political Comment”) [press conferences and statements] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 18 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Ulster Special Constabulary Association telegram to MT (situation) [“For goodness sake Mrs Thatcher, recognise the deficiencies, insucurity [sic] in Northern Ireland and do something about it”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 May 28 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Ultey note to Alison (meeting with Prior) [response to Forum report] [declassified 2014] |