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

Enclosure: Summary of a Meeting between John Major and Patrick Mayhew Discussing the Joint Declaration Initiative

Tuesday, 05 October 1993

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Record of British government's thoughts on the latest draft of the Joint Declaration (JD8). It was agreed that the Irish should be encouraged to improve phrasing and mandate an IRA weapons handover in order to protect Unionists in the event of an end to the ceasefire. There was also greement that the consent principle must be protected as a prelude to any Joint Declaration. It was agreed that the British would not offer the Irish government its own written amendments to JD8, encouraging them to revise autonomously.

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