1984 Jul 2 - 1984 Oct 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1287
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 17A)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 219 |
| Any docs withheld? | 6 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Aug 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Adam Butler letter to Havers (“Delays in Coming to Trial”) [“Jim appreciates your concern that we should not compound our present security problems”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 1 Sa | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Visit of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to Dublin on 31 August”) [Prior “did not think that the arrangements of 1974 could be repeated”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 7 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 2664 to FCO (2359Z) (“Northern Ireland: Possible Senate Hearing”) [aim to avoid hearing] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 20 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT (“PIRA Threat to Supermarket Chain”) [“very serious consequences of such a large sum of money finding its way into the hands of the PIRA and being used for the purchase of arms”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Butler minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [the Irish side “accepted that what was now under discussion was not joint sovereignty or joint authority”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Havers minute to Hurd (“R -v- Dominic McGlinchey”) [“we may be heading for a very difficult and embarrassing series of events in connection with it”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Sandiford letter to Butler (“PIRA Threat to Supermarket Chain”) [press reports that “a large sum of money had found its way by a circuitous route to the Dublin branch of the Bank of Ireland, and that some of this money had already been withdrawn”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 25 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell letter to Colin Budd (Prior valedictory note) [“things cannot be left as they are”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 26 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Colin Budd minute to Charles Powell (“Mr Barry’s Speech to the Britsh Irish Association, 15 September”) [“the overall impression conveyed was one of optimism about the prospects for significant improvement in the situation”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 26 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Armstrong (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Armstrong’s talks with Nally] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 27 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Sandiford letter to Charles Powell (“Magilligan Hunger Strike”) [objective of the strike “is to put pressure on the authorities to concede the separation of Loyalists from Republicans”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Colin Budd letter to Charles Powell (“Capture of PIRA Shipment by the Irish Navy”) [“This capture is a badly needed boost to the morale of the Irish security forces”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: MT telegram to FitzGerald (PIRA shipment captured) [congratulations to security forces] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Neil Ward minute to Turnbull (“Financial Support for Northern Ireland”) [“level of support has been the subject of some local political controversy in Northern Ireland”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 3 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [“the farthest we are likely to get by the time of the Summit is to be able to report to the Prime Minsiter and the Taoiseach on the outlines of a possible package”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Colin Budd minute to Charles Powell (“Capture of PIRA Shipment by the Irish Navy”) [“the Americans were not involved at any stage”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell letter to Sandiford (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [MT “said that she was worried that the Irish Government were trying to push the talks along too fast”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Meeting of Ministers: 5 October. Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [to agree instructions for Armstrong] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Sandiford minute to Charles Powell (“Meeting with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs”) [proposed Hurd-Barry bilateral] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd letter to Havers (“R v Dominic McGlinchey”) [likely impact of an acquittal] [declassified 2014] |