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CONFIDENTIAL FM LISBON TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 125 OF 171914Z FEBRUARY 92 INFO IMMEDIATE DUBLIN, NIO
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY
SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER LISBON, 17 FEBRUARY
SUMMARY
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NORTHERN IRELAND
THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS NOT HIMSELF INVOLVED DAY BY DAY IN THE DETAIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND ISSUES, ON WHICH MR BROOKE HAD THE LEAD. BUT HE HAD HAD AN UNDERSTANDING WITH GERRY COLLINS THAT HE WAS AVAILABLE AND INTERESTED, IF THERE WERE ANY PARTICULAR POINTS WHICH COLLINS WANTED TO DRAW TO HIS ATTENTION. HE HOPED THAT ANDREWS WOULD SIMILARLY LET HIM KNOW IF THERE WAS EVER ANYTHING ON HIS MIND OVER NORTHERN IRELAND. THE NORTH WAS NOW GOING THROUGH AN INTENSE PHASE. THE PRIME MINISTER HAD BEEN ANXIOUS TO HAVE AN EARLY MEETING WITH THE TAOISEACH AND WAS DETERMINED NOT TO LET THE NORTHERN IRELAND PARTIES FEEL THAT, BECAUSE OF THE BRITISH ELECTIONS, THEY COULD RELAPSE INTO THEIR OLD WAYS. HENCE THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE NORTHERN IRELAND PARTIES. THIS HAD GONE REASONABLY WELL BUT NEEDED TO BE FOLLOWED UP, WHICH MR BROOKE AND THE PRIME MINISTER WERE DOING.
ANDREWS SAID THAT HE AND THE TAOISEACH HAD BEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE PRIME MINISTER'S CONTRIBUTION. REYNOLDS HAD SAID THAT HE ALREADY HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRIME MINISTER FROM THEIR DAYS AS FELLOW FINANCE MINISTERS. THIS WOULD BE A GOOD BASIS FOR THEIR COOPERATION NOW. ANDREWS SAW HIMSELF AS THE NEW BOY, BUT HE HAD A SPECIAL CONCERN ABOUT NORTHERN IRELAND AND NORTH/SOUTH RELATIONS, ON WHICH HE FELT HE HAD A REASONABLE RECORD.
ANDREWS MENTIONED THE ATTACK ON THE POLICE STATION AT COAL ISLAND ON 16 FEBRUARY AND THE CLASH WITH THE SECURITY FORCES, THE LATEST IN THE DISTRESSING ESCALATION OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS. HE WAS SEEKING FULLER INFORMATION, ON THE BASIS OF WHICH HE EXPECTED TO MAKE SOME PUBLC STATEMENT LATER ON 17 FEBRUARY. HIS AIM WOULD BE TO BE HELPFUL AND TO TRY TO KEEP THE LID ON THE VIOLENCE. THIS WAS A NECESSITY ON BOTH SIDES. WE WERE JOINTLY DEALING WITH A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM. THE SECRETARY OF STATE AGREED. ANDREWS SAID HE WOULD TRY TO GIVE ALL COOPERATION POSSIBLE, WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF POLITICAL PRESSURES IN THE SOUTH.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BOTH GOVERNMENTS WERE WORKING AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF STRONG DOMESTIC OPINION. THE FIRST COMMENTS BY THE TAOISEACH AND ANDREWS HAD BEEN HELPFUL. HE WISHED TO EMPHASISE NOW ONLY THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE GOING INTO A TRANCE ON THIS SUBJECT WHILE IN THE SHADOW OF THE ELECTIONS. OVER THE LAST WEEKS IN PARTICULAR, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD BECOME PERSONALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ENGAGED. THE ISSUE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA. THE ISSUE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA. THERE WAS NO COMPLACENCY.
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UK AND IRISH DOMESTIC POLITICS
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MAIN 104
.NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED RID LEGAL ADVISERS PUSD INFO D ECD (I) NAD NEWS D NTCD PLANNERS PMD RAD RMD SCD PS PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/MR GAREL-JONES PS/PUS CHIEF CLERK MR BROOMFIELD MISS SPENCER MR GREENSTOCK
ADDITIONAL 53 NORTHERN IRELAND
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27 1988 - 2023
38 1993 - 1993
55 101 - 1991
64 1993 - 2020
26 1993 - 1993
57 1993 - 1993
59 1993 - 1993
51 1993 - 1993
18 1993 - 1993
24 1993 - 1994
41 1993 - 1994
32 1993 - 1994
72 101 - 1994
8 101 - 1990
76 101 - 1994
1 1994
60 101 - 1994
65 1993 - 2023
37 101 - 1993
54 101 - 1993
32 101 - 1993
77 1993 - 1993
58 101 - 2018
49 1993 - 1997
61 101 - 1992
38 101 - 1991
48 1992 - 1993
134 101 - ?-??
59 101 - 2023
84 101 - 1993
64 101 - 1991
44
11
31 1996 - 1996
61 1996 - 1996
49 1996 - 1996
20 1996 - 1997
32 1996 - 1996
48 1996 - 1996
74 1996 - None
4 1996 - 1996
33 1996 - 1996
30 1996 - 1996
7 1996 - 1996
24 1996 - 1996
9 1996 - 1996
59 1996 - 1996
60 1996 - 1996
14 1996 - 1997
41 1996 - 1996
45 1996 - 1996
67 1996 - 1996
16 1996 - 1996
87 1996 - None
23 1996 - 1996
79 1996 - None
22 1996 - 1996
1992-02-17
Provides an account of the meeting that took place between David Andrews and Douglas Hurd on 17 February 1992. Points of discussion included Northern Ireland, European issues, and domestic issues pertaining to both Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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The National Archives of the UK (TNA), digitzed by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/351/.