Item 318 - File of conference reports and other material

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File of conference reports and other material, mainly internal to the Northern Ireland Office, dealing with the political situation in Northern Ireland. Includes memorandum on Northern Ireland’s Cultural Profile in the USA by S.W. Boys Smith, urging action to increase their profile on foot of a letter from N.E. Sheinwald, British Embassy, Washington, to D.J.R. Hill, NIO London (20 Dec 1983), responses of NIO officers to the proposals; letter from JM Lyon, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State, organising a meeting of civil servants to discuss the political situation in Northern Ireland, focusing on the Assembly, where it might be developed and if there are any views on an alternative to an assembly (20 Jan 1984); Memorandum by Chris Patten to the Secretary of State reporting on his impressions of the Second Boston Symposium on Northern Ireland (22 Mar 1984); memorandum from Chris Patten to the Secretary of State on the British and Irish Association meeting in Cambridge, commenting in particular on engagement with constitutional nationalists (25 Sept 1984); memorandum from Richard Needham on the need to re-assure Unionists and suggesting the establishment of a Ministerial group to monitor the progress of and reaction to the agreement; detailed report on BIA conference by Mr. Bloomfield and Dr. Hayes (25 Sept 1984); correspondence between A.J. Green and P.N. Bell on the position of the Irish language in Northern Ireland (Dec 1986).

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19/02/2018
19/02/2018