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Enclosure: Document for John Major Regarding Developments in the Joint Declaration Initiative

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

Author is unknown as covering fax is missing, yet it is most likely from Patrick Mayhew or his Private Secretary judging by the comment in the first paragraph about a 29 November statement. This traces the Irish Government's rejection of the British draft of the Joint Declaration to the 3 December Dublin summit where progress began to be made in light of Unionist backlash to a leaked draft. He then goes on to propose some further textual changes, building on the work of the Butler/Nally group previously. The draft concerned is JD15. These changes include a constitutional guarantee, a rewording of paragraph four on self-determination and a firmer commitment to the consent principle. He goes on to say that the British have offered a new paragraph 12 removing references to a permanent Irish Convention. In a final section sub-headed "Assessment", the author summarises the state of play and the risk/rewards of the Joint Declaration, siding with the view that it is worth at least some risk.

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1993
CJ 4/10650
37 1993 - 1993
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