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These documents were scanned, collated and catalogued by Ruth Murray, Annabel Harris, Isha Pareek, Eleanor Williams, Antoine Yenk, Harriet Carter, Rosa Moore, Oliver Nicholls, Kieran Wetherwick, and Cerys Griffiths.

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British Government detailed record of multi-party talks on 16 October 1996

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

This document details the talks on Sinn Fein involvement in the peace process that took place on 16 October 1996. Robert McCartney, leader of the UK Unionist Party, set out his view of the process’ flaws. He was critical of the attempts to encourage Sinn Fein to engage in democratic politics and sceptical of the 1994 IRA ceasefire. He also viewed putting the Union within the agenda denied the principle of consent. The British and Irish Governments reportedly saw Sinn Fein involvement as necessary, so the decommissioning process was linked to Republican political successes. The UKUP disagreed with this approach as a corrupt attempt to appease terrorists. A sub-committee under Senator George J. Mitchell would examine decommissioning progress, unlike previous plans for the two Governments to track the intent. McCartney viewed the paper as an attempt to delay decommissioning to entice Sinn Fein and wanted to emphasise the permanence of any ceasefire. Statements show concern at the UUP move away from the necessity of decommissioning for Sinn Fein inclusion and its links to a complete and permanent ceasefire. Ian Paisley, leader of the DUP, added that Sinn Fein talking to the Governments before joining party talks was unacceptable. The UKUP pushed for an end to the inclusive approach in favour of only following Mitchell Report proposals. McCartney stated that he did not want to be part of a peace process made divisive by Sinn Fein inclusion.

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16
1996
CJ 4/12310
47 1996 - 1996
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The National Archives of the UK (TNA), digitized by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/351/.