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Times article: 'Clinton praises loyalist ceasefire', 1 August 1996

Writing Peace: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)

1996-01-08

An article written by Tom Rhodes and Nicholas Watt, published in The Times on 1 August 1996. The article covers comments made by Bill Clinton, President of the United States of America, on 31 July 1996 praising loyalist paramilitaries for maintaining their ceasefire and calling for the IRA [Irish Republican Army] to 'end its campaign of violence'. The article mentions Clinton's support for decommissioning. It also discusses parades, mentioning: the telephone call between John Major, British Prime Minister, and John Bruton, Taoiseach, on 31 July 1996 about the Apprentice Boys march; and the appointment by Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of Peter North, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, to chair the independent review on 'contentious parades'.

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