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Gerry Adams statement in response to Whitbread Speech

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Gerry Adams issued a lengthy press statement in response to Peter Brooke's Whitbread speech. He called for a careful examination and testing of Brooke's words, affirmed the right of the Irish people to use armed struggle in pursuit of Irish independence, and offered unconditional talks with the British government.

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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
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Session: Wednesday, 28 November 1990, at 12:00

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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
DEBATE_MOTION

Session: Wednesday, 05 December 1990, at 12:00

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Full text of statement from Gerry Adams MP in Sinn Féin 1984-1990, NAI, 2017/10/17/S16281E