1984 Jul 2 - 1984 Oct 5
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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Showing items 21 - 40 of 43
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Oct 8 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Foreign Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [FitzGerald speech on Forum report] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Havers minute to Hurd (“R -v- Dominic McGlinchey”) [“we may be heading for a very difficult and embarrassing series of events in connection with it”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd letter to Havers (“R v Dominic McGlinchey”) [likely impact of an acquittal] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 20 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT (“PIRA Threat to Supermarket Chain”) [“very serious consequences of such a large sum of money finding its way into the hands of the PIRA and being used for the purchase of arms”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Kinnock letter to MT (Galvin incident) [seeks independent inquiry] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 17 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Kinnock (Galvin incident) [with drafts] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: MT telegram to FitzGerald (PIRA shipment captured) [congratulations to security forces] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Neil Ward minute to Turnbull (“Financial Support for Northern Ireland”) [“level of support has been the subject of some local political controversy in Northern Ireland”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: NIO record of conversation (“Discussion with Irish Ambassador - 19 July 1984”) [Irish “suspicion that we do not fully appreciate the importance of what the Irish are trying to do”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 24 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: NIO record of conversation (“Note of a discussion with HM Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland on 24 July 1984”) [“members of the Irish Cabinet were worried about the inter-party talks which were being initiated”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Press tape story (Galvin incident) [Prior takes responsibility for mistakes] |
| 84 Jul 25 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“Transfer of power to make regulations under the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1974 to the Lord Chancellor”) [Hailsham agrees to the transfer] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Sandiford letter to Butler (“PIRA Threat to Supermarket Chain”) [press reports that “a large sum of money had found its way by a circuitous route to the Dublin branch of the Bank of Ireland, and that some of this money had already been withdrawn”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 27 Th | Major | 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 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Sandiford minute to Charles Powell (“Meeting with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs”) [proposed Hurd-Barry bilateral] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 11 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Appointment of New Secretary of State for Northern Ireland”) [cautious press reaction] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 3 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Debate: Press Comment”) [“on largely predictable lines”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 4 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Debate”) [Irish reaction to Prior’s speech] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 4 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Forum Report”) [impact of an agreement on Irish politics] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 28 Tu | Major | 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] |