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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Showing items 21 - 40 of 73
| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Oct 17 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Sunday Times letter to MT (Murphy family libel action against James Adams) [libel laws "are one of the last major loopholes which the terrorists are exploiting"] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Oct 31 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Murphy Family v The Sunday Times") [security service evidence, security of witnesses] [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] |
| 89 Sep 29 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Patrick Mayhew ("Northern Ireland Inquests/Ballynerry Inquest") [need to protect identity of witnesses, restore status quo ante on non-compellabilty] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Jan 20 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to John Wakeham (Northern Ireland Inquests) [need to change the law to protect service personnel witnesses who are involved in deaths] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Feb 17 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to MT (Soviet Ambassador) [proposed visit to Northern Ireland and official programme] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Jul 6 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to MT ("Anti-Terrorist Legislation in Northern Ireland") [proceed with review on assumption that terrorism "should be dealt with in accordance with the ordinary criminal law"] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Apr 6 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Douglas Hurd ("Proscription of Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)") [IPLO claims responsibility for attacks, should be proscribed when necessary conditions are met] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Apr 21 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to Tom King ("Proscription of Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)") [ample grounds for proscription in Northern Ireland, should not be proscribed in Britain] [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 Sep 25 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to MT ("Aldergrove Infantry Battalion") [need to offer assurance that replacement of battalion will make no difference to number of troops on the ground] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 90 Apr 20 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("'Competing in the 1990's - The Key to Growth'") [need for greater focus on improving skills, create an environment for economic growth in NI] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 90 Mar 28 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("Political Development in Northern Ireland") ["there is scope for progress which we should exploit" among NI parties, but unable to make as much progress with the Irish as hoped] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 90 Mar 22 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("Political Development in Northern Ireland") [main NI political parties interested in talks on arrangemetns for exercising political power in NI within the UK] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 90 Mar 15 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: Political Development") [may be possible to move twoard inter-party talks, need Irish support to get talks going] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Dec 18 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("Political Development in Northern Ireland") [political scene is more fluid, increasing signs parties may be ready to negotiate soon, will nudge local parties forward] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Sep 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("Chairmanship of the Board of the International Fund for Ireland") [change of chairman, Fund a useful channel for Irish American efforts to work for peace] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Nov 9 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Hurd PS ("Media Interviews: Talking to Sinn Fein etc") [ministers should stress has been no change to policy, aim is to bring terrorism to an end, hopes for talks between parties and government] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Dec 11 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Sinn Fein's Reaction to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland - 100 Days Interview") [opinion on speech divided, no serious discussion about a ceasefire, rejection of preconditions for talks] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 89 Jun 15 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Inquests") [MT note: "must restore status quo ante" on compellability of witnesses suspected of causing death] [declassified Dec 2017] |