1979 Nov 15 - 1980 Dec 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/282
Ireland (Hunger strike at Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the ‘Dirty Protest’) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2010 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 245 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 79 Nov 15 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT (possibility of hunger strike at Maze Prison) [present policy] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Mar 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: NIO letter to No.10 ("dirty protest" at Maze Prison and possibility of hunger strikes) [planned Atkins statement] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Jul 16 We | Major | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Frank Maguire MP ("dirty protest" at Maze Prison) [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Jul 22 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Martin Meehan") [Irish Government's concerns about hunger striker] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Jul 23 We | Major | Northern Ireland: NIO letter to No.10 (hunger strike at Maze Prison by Martin Meehan) [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 10 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Possible Hunger Strike in H-Block") [Irish Government has concerns] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 10 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: NIO letter to Home Office (Republican prisoners announce intent to begin hunger strike) [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 21 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Hunger Strike at Maze Prison") [hunger strike about to begin; HMG should not compromise] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 22 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Maze Prison Hunger Strike") [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 23 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Chairman of the Central Armagh Unionist Association message to MT (calls for Atkins to be replaced as Northern Ireland Secretary) [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 23 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Irish Ambassador to the UK) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 23 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Paisley message to MT (Maze Prison hunger strike) ["Any concessions to the IRA H Block murderers will be a grave insult and betrayal"] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 27 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Text of Parliamentary Answer by Michael Alison (changes in rules for prisoners at Maze Prison) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: NIO letter to No.10 ("Disclosure of the Government's Decision on Prison Clothing in Northern Ireland") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 29 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to Alexander ("Disclosure of Cabinet Decision on Northern Ireland") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Oct 30 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Pope John Paul II message to MT ("Ulster Prisoners") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Nov 2 Su | Major | Northern Ireland: Irish Ambassador to the UK letter to MT (criticism of UK Goverment policy at Fianna Fail by-election meeting) [Taoiseach rejects criticism and expresses distress] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Nov 7 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Possible Developments on the Hunger Strike and Related Activity: An Assessment") [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Nov 21 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Officials from NIO-MOD-FCO-Home Office) [security situation and Maze Prison hunger strike, military assistance during industrial action, Yellow and Pink Cards, MT-Haughey meeting] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Nov 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cardinal Casaroli) [Maze Prison hunger strike] [declassified 2010] |