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1989 Jan 20 - 1990 Apr 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3408
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 27)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Dec 29
Classification: Secret
Page count: 303
Any docs withheld? 5

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90 Mar 20 Tu Minor Northern Ireland: King PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Murphy v Sunday Times") [evidence by an ex-Army officer in libel case] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Nov 1 We Major Northern Ireland: King PS minute to Brooke PS ("James Adams: Financing of Terror") [possibility of service officer acting as a witness, additional help for Sunday Times] [declassified Dec 2017]
90 Jan 16 Tu Minor Northern Ireland: Lord Mackay minute to MT (armoured car for Lord Lowry) [choice of vehicle, Lowry at serious risk] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Nov 24 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Lord Mackay minute to Peter Brooke ("Inquest in Northern Ireland: Draft Coroners Order") [legislation to be delayed until after result of appeal] [declassified Dec 2017]
90 Mar 12 Mo Major Northern Ireland: Lord Mackay minute to Peter Brooke ("Northern Ireland Inquests") [proposed amendment to Coroners Act to transfer inquests between districts] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Dec 1 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Luce PS minute to Dominic Morris ("Monitoring of Religious Affiliation of Home Civil Servants in Northern Ireland") [new Fair Employment Act, reporting of aggregated monitoring returns] [declassified Dec 2017]
90 Feb 19 Mo Minor Northern Ireland: Mackay PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Car for Lord Lowry") [choice of armoured vehicle, precedent of supplying prestige cars] [declassified Dec 2017]
90 Mar 8 Th Major Northern Ireland: Mackay PS minute to Cabinet Office ("Ireland/Republic of Ireland") [use of "Republic of Ireland" in extradition warrants and documentation] [declassified Dec 2017]
90 Apr 10 Tu Minor Northern Ireland: Mackay PS minute to Cabinet Office (MT's comments on UDR murders) [decisions on extraditions, position of moderate Catholics] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Apr 27 Th Major Northern Ireland: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Tom King ("Proscription of Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)") [proscription in Britain would be difficult to justify] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Nov 3 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (King-Brooke-Lyell) [libel action against Sunday Times over reports on terrorist financing, support for journalist, possible court action] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Feb 3 Fr Major Northern Ireland: MT message to Brian Mulroney (provision of counter-terrorism training) [Irish request for assistance] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Feb 25 Sa Major Northern Ireland: MT message to Brian Mulroney (security service training programme) ["an important reinforcement in the fight against terrorism"] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Mar 27 Mo Major Northern Ireland: MT message to Felipe Gonzalez Marquez (IRA murder of policemen) [thanks for condolences] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Mar 13 Mo Major Northern Ireland: MT message to Fred Olson (Harland and Wolff Privatisation) [government's interest in achieving return of Yard to private sector] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jul 18 Tu Major Northern Ireland: MT statement (Fair Employment Act) ["determination to ensure that everyone in Northern Ireland enjoys the full benefits of citizenship, free of discrimination"] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Nov 24 Fr Major Northern Ireland: MT statement (Fair Employment Act) [government commitment to "introduce radical and inclusive new legislation to promote equality of opportunity in employment"] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Feb 13 Mo Major Northern Ireland: No.10 note for the record (Butler-O'Rourke) [Finucane murder, attitude of Northern Irish solicitors toward IRA] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jul 28 Fr Minor Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office press release ("The Day of Peace Must Surely Come") [publication of book on developments in Northern Ireland] [declassified Dec 2017]
89 Nov 3 Fr Major Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office statement (Brooke interviews) [statements "reflect no change in Government policy on terrorism or in the Government's commitment to the Anglo-Irish Agreement"] [declassified Dec 2017]