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1984 Oct 6 - 1984 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1288
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 17B)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 239
Any docs withheld? 3

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84 Oct 1 Mon Northern Ireland: Independent Study Group report (“Britain’s Undefended Frontier: A Policy for Ulster”) [protagonists, alternative approaches, policy, conclusions] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 8 Mon Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [errors in previous letter] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 8 Mon Northern Ireland: FitzGerald letter to MT (PIRA arrests) [thanks for letter] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 9 Tue Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Magilligan Hunger Strike") [prisoners at Magilligan prison end hunger strike] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 9 Tue Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Macgilligan Hunger Strike”) [“it is useful that in this incident the authority of the Government in the prisons has been maintained”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 10 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (reaction of Northern Ireland parties to Government negotiations with Ireland) [Armstrong suggests against taking 'early soundings' of NI parties] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 10 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [speaking notes for upcoming secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 10 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (talks with Nally) [“Unionists already have reason to suspect that there is a process of secret talks between the British and Irish Governments”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 10 Wed Northern Ireland: Havers letter to Hurd (“McGlinchey”) [likely course of action] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 11 Thu Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT: "The events of Thursday night at Brighton mean that we must go very slow on these talks if not stop them"] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 12 Fri Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Hurd content with proposed speaking notes for secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 12 Fri Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Irish constitutional amendments] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mon Northern Ireland: Howe minute to MT ("Northern Ireland") [Howe content with proposed speaking notes for secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mon Northern Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT content for exploratory talks to continue, but stresses need to avoid impression "of being bombed into making concessions to the Republic"] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mon Northern Ireland: Foreign Secretary PS minute to Northern Ireland Secretary PS (“Dominic McGlinchey”) [impact of an acquittal] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mon Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Armstrong (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [events in Brighton have confirmed to MT “that we must go very slow on these talks and must at all costs avoid the impression of being bombed into making concessions to the Republic”] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 17 Wed Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Armstrong argues that Sir John Hermon, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General should be included in secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 17 Wed Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland") [speaking to Northern Ireland parties about secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 17 Wed Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Northern Ireland") [thoughts on giving advance warning to Unionist parties about secret Anglo-Irish talks] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 17 Wed Northern Ireland: Foreign Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Northern Ireland”) [risks of speaking to Northern Ireland parties ahead of Anglo-Irish summit] [declassified 2014]