Telegram includes amendments to the draft personal message from John Major to Charles Haughey, including a rewrite of the opening paragraph, the deletion of a word from the 3rd paragraph, and the addition of a line at the end of the message.
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKMIS NEW YORK
TO DESKBY 311630Z DUBLIN
TELNO 1
OF 311540Z JANUARY 92
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY/FOREIGN SECRETARY
PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO MR HAUGHEY
FCO TELNO 88 TO UKMIS NEW YORK
1. PS/PRIME MINISTER HAS ASKED THAT YOU DELIVER TO MR HAUGHY THE DRAFT MESSAGE IN TUR, AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
- FIRST PARAGRAPH TO READ
'DEAR CHARLIE
I WAS SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR DECISION TO RETIRE. I GREATLY ENJOYED THE MEETINGS IN LONDON AND DULIN LAST YEAR, WHICH I BELIEVED LED TO A CLOSE UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S VIEWS ON ANGLO-IRISH RELATIONS AND ON COMMUNITY ISSUES. AS YOU SAID AT OUR JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE ON 4 DECEMBER, NO TWO COUNTRIES IN EUROPE HAVE MORE INTERESTS IN COMMON TODAY.'
- IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, ANTE-PENULTIMATE LINE, DELETE THE WORD 'PERSONAL'
- END OF MESSAGE TO READ:
' I SHALL MISS WORKING WITH YOU AND SEND YOU MY BEST WISHES, JOHN'
HANNAY
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