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Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Defence Secretary: Northern Ireland") [CGS's concerns about army's role in NI and constraints on it; thinks army "may even be losing the battle"] [released Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3496 f197
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Defence (general), Security services & intelligence, Terrorism, Northern Ireland, Executive, Law & order, Charles Powell minutes