1981 Apr 22 - 1981 May 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/504
Ireland (Hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the 'Dirty Protest') (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 267 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 May 1 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: HMG message to Socialist Group of the European Parliament (Bobby Sands' hunger strike) ["I am afraid...that no useful purpose would be served by such a visit" of HMG representative to Bobby Sands] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 4 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Funeral of Robert Sands") [arrangements for funeral and potential unrest] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike") [Taoiseach Haughey's statement on Sands' death] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1395 to FCO (2100Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strike") [Ted Kennedy's statement on Sands' death] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Governor Carey of New York message to Carrington (Bobby Sands' hunger strike) ["I appeal to you to use your stature and influence in the Cabinet to halt this widening tragedy"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 6 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Northern Ireland: Death of Sands") [reporting on Sands' death and situation in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 6 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1409 to FCO (2200Z) ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strike") [message of Four Horsemen to MT] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 7 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Delhi to FCO ("Sands") [request for briefing on death of Sands; MT: "it does NOT appear that our Missions have been kept properly informed"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 7 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Ted Kenny, Moynihan, O'Neill and Carey message to MT (death of Bobby Sands) ["we urge you to act now before additional lives are lost"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 8 Fr | Minor | Northern Ireland: Hermon, RUC Chief Constable letter to Atkins (thanks for letter of support) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Alexander-Dermot Nally) [situation in Northern Ireland following death of Sands] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Alexander (John Hume to ask for concenssions from HMG for prisoners) [hunger strike at HMG Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT (developments in Northern Ireland following Sands' death and funeral) [hunger strike at HMG Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Marie Howe, Massachusetts state representative, letter to MT (death of Bobby Sands) ["We have now lost two brave Irishmen in your notorious Long Kesh concentration camp. In the name of God grant them their five demands!"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hughes' Death: Demonstrations in Dublin") [hunger strike at HMP Maze; Taoiseach Haughey's statement] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike: Public Opinion in the Republic") ["I believe it would be a mistake to think that public opinion will remain unmoved by further deaths"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Irish Ambassador to London, Dr. Eamon Kennedy-Atkins-Alexander) [Anglo-Irish relations, Irish election, hunger strike at HMP Maze, European Commission of Human Rights, IRA] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 1472 to FCO (2302Z) ("Northern Ireland: US TV and Radio Coverage") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland") [South Tyrone and Fermanagh by-election] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 13 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Hoskyns minute to Alexander ("The Hunger Strikers and John Hume") [declassified 2011] |