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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  3. Committee:British Government
  4. Wednesday, 20 October 1993, at 12:00

Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)

This project models the series of formal and informal negotiations which led to the publication, in December 1993, of a declaration issued jointly by the British and Irish Governments. The Joint Declaration was a critical policy document which paved the way for a ceasefire and the entry of Sinn Féin into formal talks. It also laid out a shared set of principles – including, crucially, self-determination for the people of Ireland subject to the consent of the people of Northern Ireland – which would come to underpin the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.

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Session 21721: 1993-10-20 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] Quentin Thomas prepared a paper assessing the possible Unionist reaction to the Joint Declaration Initiative, which would be shown to Albert Reynolds alongside the sanitised assessment of the PIRA attitude to it. John Major wrote a manuscript letter to Albert Reynolds indicating his decision not to proceed with JD12.

Membership (at session start):

Michael Ancram, Kenneth Baker, Tony Beeton, David Blatherwick, John Blelloch, Ian Burns, Robin Butler, John Chilcot, Ken Clarke, David Cooke, Jim Daniell, Timothy Daunt, John Deverell, David Fell, William Fittall, David Gillmore, Christopher Glyn-Jones, Richard Gozney, Michael Howard, Douglas Hurd, Roderic Lyne, John Major, Jonathan Margetts, Peter May, Patrick Mayhew, John McConnell, David McIlroy , Danny McNeill, R. O. Miles, Anthony Pawson, Christopher Prentice , Stephen Rickard, Malcolm Rifkind , A W Stephens, Jonathan Stephens, Quentin Thomas, Stephen Wall (37 total)

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British Government

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  • Assessment of Unionist Reaction to the Joint Declaration (e1070428)
  • Revised Intelligence Assessment of PIRA Attitude to the Joint Declaration (e1070297)
  • Letter from John Major to Albert Reynolds Outlining His Decision Not to Proceed with JD12 (e1070436)
    • Imported by 'Letter from John Major to Albert Reynolds Outlining His Decision Not to Proceed with JD12' (e1070445) in Prime Minister-Taoiseach Meetings,
      on Wednesday, 20 October 1993, at 12:00

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Document Retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958 - (file)

This was enclosed with the covering letter above, so would therefore have almost certainly been an assessment of Unionist Reactions to the Joint Declaration.

Fax from Quentin Thomas to David Cooke Enclosing a Paper Assessing Unionist Reaction to the Joint Declaration - (file)

Paper intended ultimately for the Taoiseach as evidence to support the British prediction of a dangerous loyalist backlash following Joint Declaration publication.

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