File 4 - Outgoing 1995 Part 4

55pp

Material relating to President Mary Robinson (MR)'s visit to Argentina, Chile and Brazil, 19/03-02/04/1995, the first ever State visits by an Irish President to Latin America which to those participating on the ground was deemed a success but which was initially perceived in Irish media as a failure. Includes report from ND [Noel Dorr, Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs] refuting claims made in Irish media and noting "I had a minor disadvantage of being with the President as part of her delegation and seeing what actually happened rather than being at home to read what the Irish news media - in effect Conor O'Clery of The Irish Times and Eileen Whelan on RTE - felt they ought to report about it", 03/04/1995; copy of typed report prepared by Brian McCarthy [Assistant Secretary to the Government] "President's State Visits to Argentina, Chile and Brazil, 19 March - 2 April 1995", 05/04/1995; report by Noel Dorr of meeting he had with Director General of Chilean Foreign Ministry, sent to MR on 07/04/1995; draft reports on "Meeting between President Robinson and President Menem - 20 March 1995", with notations and correspondence between Peter Ryan and Irish Ambassador to Argentina, Bernard Davenport, 06-10/04/1995; draft report on "meeting with President Cardoso - 29 March 1995", with notations, 12/04/1995; typed copy of address to MR from "probably one of the longest serving Irish missionaries here in Brazil"; typed letter "Viewpoint for Peter M from John Horgan", refuting and critiquing article by Mary Ellen Synon in Sunday Tribune, [04?]/1995.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/5/4

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