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Letter from Ian Paisley to George Mitchell requesting Sinn Féin's explusion from talks and enclosing an article from An Phoblacht, 12 September 1997

Writing Peace: George J. Mitchell Collection

This letter, sent by Ian Paisley to George Mitchell, encloses an article from An Phoblacht from 11 Septeber 1997 which features an interview with a PIRA spokesperson. Paisley argued that the content of the article showed that Sinn Féin, which he asserted was intimately linked to the PIRA, was not committed to the Mitchell Principles and should therefore be disqualified from the on-going talks.

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12
1997
Folder 29: Rule 29 – Expulsion from Talks
49 1996 - 1998
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Subseries 2 (M202.7.2) Commission Documents (1995-1998), Series 7 (M202.7) Northern Ireland Records (1995-2008), George J. Mitchell Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine, digitized by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/125.

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