Copy speech by Sir Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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Copy typescript speech by Sir Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, issued by the Northern Ireland Information Service (delivered in University of Ulster Coleraine). In 57 points, reflecting on the political, religious and cultural divides in Northern Ireland, the cultural traditions of both, the 3-Strand talks underway. Corresponding in two points to the document allegedly a draft of the speech sent to Sinn Féin, namely the readiness of the government to review their approach in the event of a cessation of hostilities, and the avowal the government follow no master plan (points 23 and 27 here corresponding to points 7 and 5 in POL35/ 148).