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Letter from Robert Renwick Relaying Details of a Meeting with Peter Tarnoff about the British Government Commitment to Peaceful Negotiations

Writing Peace: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)

Letter from Robert Renwick to 10 Downing Street as well as David Cooke and John Chilcot at the Northern Ireland Office. Details discussion with Peter Tarnoff about the British position on John Hume prior to his upcoming visit. Hume's courage and comittment to peace are praised. Renwick restates three key points of the British position: requirement of a cessation of IRA violence, commitment to the principle of majority consent, and fear of Unionist violence if the Americans appointed a peace envoy. Agreement reached to work subtly to dissuade Jean Kennedy Smith of partisan activity in Northern Ireland.

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05
1993
CJ 4/10647
26 1993 - 1993
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The National Archives of the UK (TNA), digitized by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/351/.

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