1985 Apr 1 - 1986 Jun 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1814
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 20)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 417 |
| Any docs withheld? | 11 |
PREM19/1814 - download whole file (PDF, 390.49 MB)
Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 40 of 103
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 May 20 Mo | Minor | Northern Ireland: MT letter to John Hermon (deaths of RUC officers) [sympathy to families] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 21 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Lord Lowry letter to Lord Hailsham (Joint Irish Courts) [dangers of the observer proposal, would be an affront to Irish judges] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [government must be "in the strongest position in any trial of strength"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("The RUC and the Garda Siochana") [dispute over terrorist attack near Newry] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 29 We | Minor | Northern Ireland: John Hermon letter to MT (death of RUC officers) [thanks for condolences] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 31 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Joint Irish Court") [scepticism about practicability and desirability] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 17 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Hurd-Hume) [American funding initiatives, local election results, devolution, joint courts] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 20 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Hurd-Molyneaux) [powers to district councils, future of Assembly, Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 397 to FCO (1530Z) ("Irish Local Elections") [government fared badly but not under immediate threat] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Lord Hailsham minute to MT ("Joint Irish Court") [proposal "is likely to produce its own built in disadvantages"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: The Marching Season") ["The behaviour of the DUP has been a disgrace"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 30 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: BBC letter to Leon Brittan (BBC Programme "Real Lives") [withdrawal of programme] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 6 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Tim Flesher minute to MT ("BBC Board of Governors") [withdrawal of Real Lives programme] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 28 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Biffen PS ("Ministerial Dealings with Sinn Fein Members") [any request for a meeting should be refused] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 4 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Michael Noonan letter to Douglas Hurd (court proceedings) [seizure of IRA money] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 5 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to Tom King ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [possibility of reinforcement from outside Northern Ireland, situation in prisons] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 6 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Mark Addison ("Proposed BBC Programme 'Real Lives'") [media should not give "gratuitous publicity to terrorists"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 18 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Michael Heseltine ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [replacement of striking prison officers] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 30 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to Tom King ("Contingency Plans for a Political Strike in Northern Ireland") [replacement of striking prison officers] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 1 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell note to MT (Dominic McGlinchey) [possible release on appeal and re-arrest] [declassified Dec 2014] |