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Internal UUP memo (suspend) on current options regarding UUP talks strategy, 14 November 1996, enclosing memo 20/11/1996 and note on Mark Durkan's interview on GMU

Writing Peace: David Trimble Collection

The memo dated 14 November 1996, addressed to David Trimble, outlines three strategic options for handling the decommissioning issue. Option 1 suggests forming a joint approach with the UKUP and the DUP, which could lead to the collapse of talks and a potential breakdown of the loyalist ceasefire. Option 2 proposes finding an accommodation with the SDLP and Alliance, but this risks electoral damage and accusations of betrayal from the DUP and the UKUP. Option 3 recommends playing for time by debating decommissioning with minimal progress and requesting a suspension of talks until after the elections, maintaining political dialogue through the Forum to avoid electoral and political fallout.

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14
1996
Lever Arch File 05
121 1991 - 1997
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McClay Library and Archives, Queen's University Belfast, digitized by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/384/.

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