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SECRET AND PERSONAL
PAB/6186/DP FROM: J E McCONNELL, PAB 8 MAY 1990
NOTE FOR THE RECORD
cc PS/Secretary of State (L&B) PS/PUS (L&B) Mr Burns Mr Ledlie Mr Alston Mr Thomas Mr Daniell
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH FATHER REID
As instructed I maintained a strict listening role with Father Reid - the meeting lasted about 45 minutes and the following points of interest arose.
The Redemptorist submissions to the Irish Government, SDLP and Sinn Fein have not really got anywhere. Father Reid blamed inactivity on the part of a colleague who had been detailed to follow up some of the points arising and had not done so. John Hume had simply referred to it as "reams of paper" which really didn't mean very much. A sentiment echoed by Gerry Adams though Father Reid insists that Gerry Adams is still in the process of giving it consideration. Adams' main problem seems to be that there is no substance to the proposals in that there are so many interdependent actions which make it impossible to believe it can succeed. Father Reid says he will be continuing to press forward on this issue.
As in all his conversations Father Reid tends to go back on matters which he has raised before and in this instance he discussed a possible "declaration of neutrality" by HMG. He said that John Hume had been rather naive in suggesting to Adams that such a declaration should be the signal for a ceasefire not least because it was too simplistic and also the view that Adams portrayed to both Reid and Hume that "the British would say anything". When this approach seemed to be foundering John Hume then said to Adams that "the statement could only be helpful in that it would give some latitude to both sides". He also suggested that once the British Government started to move it might be possible to move them even further.
Fr Reid then raised the possibility of a meeting convened by Cardinal O Fiaich in the same terms as he had raised it before. When I gave no response and changed the subject he did not persist in his enquiry.
He asked if he could ring me in another 2 weeks and I agreed.
[Signed]
J E McCONNELL Political Affairs Division SH Ext 2238 DP/6359
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This document provides an account of John McConnell's meeting with Father Alec Reid, during which Reid informed McConnell that Gerry Adams was still considering the Redemptorist submissions. It notes that Adams exhibited concern that the proposals lacked substance.
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