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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1287
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 17A)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 219
Any docs withheld? 6

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84 Jul 11 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [meeting with Nally: “aim will be to get the Irish to recognise that ‘joint authority’ as envisaged in the Nally proposals is not available”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 19 Thu Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [“the Government would be prepared to consider a significant role for the Government of the Republic in the North”] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fri Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Nally “said that, at first sight, the British approach appeared to the Irish side to be inadequate”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 3 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [“the farthest we are likely to get by the time of the Summit is to be able to report to the Prime Minsiter and the Taoiseach on the outlines of a possible package”] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 6 Mon Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Andrew (Prior’s visit to Dublin) [MT said “it is not to be called a farewell visit because other arrangements will still be in the air”] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 6 Mon Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Hatfield (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [MT thinks “Irish expectations remain unrealistic”] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 6 Mon Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Hatfield (“Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Visit to Dublin”) [MT “wishes very careful attention [to be] paid to public handling of the visit”] [declassified 2014]
84 Sep 25 Tue Northern Ireland: Charles Powell letter to Colin Budd (Prior valedictory note) [“things cannot be left as they are”] [declassified 2014]
84 Sep 26 Wed Northern Ireland: Colin Budd minute to Charles Powell (“Mr Barry’s Speech to the Britsh Irish Association, 15 September”) [“the overall impression conveyed was one of optimism about the prospects for significant improvement in the situation”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 1 Mon Northern Ireland: Colin Budd letter to Charles Powell (“Capture of PIRA Shipment by the Irish Navy”) [“This capture is a badly needed boost to the morale of the Irish security forces”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 5 Fri Northern Ireland: Colin Budd minute to Charles Powell (“Capture of PIRA Shipment by the Irish Navy”) [“the Americans were not involved at any stage”] [declassified 2014]
84 Sep 26 Wed Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Armstrong (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Armstrong’s talks with Nally] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 5 Fri Northern Ireland: Charles Powell letter to Sandiford (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [MT “said that she was worried that the Irish Government were trying to push the talks along too fast”] [declassified 2014]
84 Sep 27 Thu Northern Ireland: Sandiford letter to Charles Powell (“Magilligan Hunger Strike”) [objective of the strike “is to put pressure on the authorities to concede the separation of Loyalists from Republicans”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 5 Fri Northern Ireland: Sandiford minute to Charles Powell (“Meeting with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs”) [proposed Hurd-Barry bilateral] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 10 Wed Northern Ireland: Andrew letter to Charles Powell (Hurd-Barry bilateral) [“meeting did not herald any dramatic new development in Anglo-Irish relations”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 3 Tue Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Debate: Press Comment”) [“on largely predictable lines”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 4 Wed Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Debate”) [Irish reaction to Prior’s speech] [declassified 2014]
84 Jul 4 Wed Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Report”) [impact of an agreement on Irish politics] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 28 Tue Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Irish Government Statements”) [Barry “said the Irish Government hoped the Anglo-Irish Summit would be a major step forward”] [declassified 2014]