Item 585 - File of correspondence with Maurice Hayes, mainly dealing with his writings

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File of correspondence with Maurice Hayes, mainly dealing with his writings, congratulations on being appointed a senator (Oct 1997), but also a substantial amount of discussion on various aspects of Northern Ireland. Including list of book reviewers in the States from Donald Alexander, Northern Ireland Bureau, Washington for Minority Verdict (2 Aug 1995); Signed contract with The Blackstaff Press for Minority Report (1 Feb 1995); ‘Some Thoughts on the Board Statement’ A.J.F. O’Reilly, Sydney (30 May 1995); Press release from the Northern Ireland Information Service ‘Hayes Report – Government Report’, welcoming the conclusions of the report on Staff Deployment in the Northern Ireland Civil Service and its recommendations (24 Apr 1997); Copy of letter from Maurice Hayes to Sir Patrick Mayhew saying he felt betrayed by the press statement, and that he had been ‘hung out to dry’, stating that questions over management style and the handling of cases had not been referred to in the statement, and that a copy of the full report was not available to the press (24 Apr 1997); ‘Forward’ by Maurice Hayes to “Migratory Birds and Roundy Heads”; Letter from J.A. Daniell, Northern Ireland Office, to Maurice Hayes thanking him for Chairing the Criminal Justice Conference the previous week (23 Oct 1997); Letter from Cardinal Daly thanking him for his letter, and quoting Wittgenstein in relation to Garvaghy Road, commenting on the political talks ‘David Trimble, to his great credit, is staying with them, while Dr. Paisley and Mr. McCartney are looking rather impotent outside …’ (3 Nov 1997); letter from Kenneth Bloomfield, Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Victims Commission thanking him for his congratulations and he hopes to take him up on his offer of contacts. ‘And I shall certainly be ready to say to Government that they should not undertake any action which would be divisive rather than unifying in terms of the wider community (10 Nov 1997); Letter from Sir John Chilcot, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office, to Maurice Hayes thanking him for ‘an excellent lunch and the best of company today’ and also for his advice and insight, hoping that they can keep in touch (6 Nov 1997); Letter from Michael Herity, President of the Royal Irish Academy, advising him that the Council would like to put his name forward as a member should he wish to accept (31 Oct 1997); letter from George Mitchell to Dr. Maurice Hayes inviting him to serve as a panel member on community development at the White House Conference on Trade and Investment in Ireland in May (24 Apr 1995); draft letter to the Rev. John Dunlop saying that he and Niall Crowley are very keen for him to address the British Irish Association in September on the theme of “Taking Responsibility” commenting that it is a very important time in Anglo-Irish relations; letter from Bernard Crick, editor of The Political Quarterly hoping that the rumours of Tony’s interest in “The Scotsman” are true. He outlines the feeling among staff and their first, and suggests if they are making a bid that Maurice could meet the staff off the record, and also circulate information on Tony’s ‘public involvements’. ‘I suspect that Rony could meet their fears and might actually strengthen its Scottish identity (16 June 1995); letter from Sir Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to Maurice Hayes commenting that BBC Ulster Radio had misrepresented the Northern Ireland Office, and that they had corrected it within a few hours. He accepts fully the criticisms of management and management style, but felt it was important to say also that named members of the office had been exonerated of wrong-doing in his report (25 Apr 1997); letter from Ken Whitaker to Maurice Hayes on the kind of compromise that might be acceptable to nationalists and which would inform the negotiating stance of the nationalist side, noting that he had sent a copy on to the Taoiseach (29 Aug 1997); letter from Aengus Fanning, Sunday Independent to Maurice Hayes asking for ‘an article attempting, once again, to explain to us the difference in character, culture and outlook between Catholics and Protestants in the North (8 Nov 1997); Letter from Patrick [Mayhew] Secretary of State, to Maurice Hayes thanking him for the opportunity to speak at the Leadership Challenge Programme and his opportunity to talk to the participants (15 Oct 1995); letter from Patrick [Mayhew] Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, thanking him for his report on the police complaints system, commenting that his arguments for an ombudsman style approach were very well made (21 Jan 1997); draft of letter from Maurice Hayes to Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State, strongly worded, on the press statement on his report on staff development (24 Apr 1997); letter from Sir John Chilcott, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, thanking him for his report. ‘I am so pleased at the (perhaps uniquely) good reception it has had more widely’ (24 Jan 1997).

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