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...NORTHERN IRELAND: Secret No More...
...Britain's failure to inform Dublin of the secret contacts with the I.R.A. That was accomplished in what Reynolds called "a strong exchange of views." But despite seven hours of talks, the two leaders were less successful in devising a joint declaration outlining a new political formula for Northern Ireland that would involve altering the republic's constitutional claims to the north and confirming British willingness ultimately to relinquish control over the province. The two leaders will meet again this week in Brussels to continue their talks. "We will go on and on and on until we have a solution...
...permanent cease-fire as a precondition to formal talks, Republican operatives continued their bombing and assassination campaign. Even if the I.R.A. calls off its gunmen -- and they obey -- there is no guarantee that the extremists on the other side will stop fighting. Protestant paramilitary units, dedicated to keeping Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, have become increasingly active. In the past two years, they killed more people in Northern Ireland than did the I.R.A. Says Peter Robinson, a hard-line Unionist politician: "If they believe that the British are about to abandon them, you can expect more violence...
...question now is whether politicians can devise a framework that will satisfy the conflicting loyalties in the minority Catholic and majority Protestant communities. The British have said they will not stand in the way of a united Ireland should the majority of the people in the north one day agree to a shift in sovereignty. Dublin has pledged that it will respect the desires of the Protestant majority in the north to maintain its links with the United Kingdom as long as the aspiration for ultimate Irish unity is recognized. The devil will be in the details, and those have...
Prodded by the disclosure of secret talks between London and the I.R.A., Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds met with his British counterpart, John Major, to discuss an end to 25 years of violence in Northern Ireland. "There was a strong exchange of views," said Reynolds...