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Interview with James Chichester-Clark by Gerard McCreesh for the Sunday Independent in December 1970

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Transcript of an interview with James Chichester-Clark, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, by Gerard McCreesh for the Sunday Independent in December 1970. Eighteen months previously Chichester-Clark had succeeded Terence O’Neill as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. In the intervening period conflict had erupted in Northern Ireland over the civil rights issue while paramilitary organisations such as the Provisional IRA and UVF began militant campaigns. Chichester-Clark discusses his government’s response to this escalation in tension and perceived inequalities in Northern Ireland. The Sunday Independent is Ireland’s principal Sunday newspaper.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 20 December 1970

Name of First Interviewee: James Chichester-Clark

Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of Northern Ireland

Interviewer: Gerard McCreesh

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Independent.ie

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: The Sunday Indpendent

Time Period covered: 1970

Key Individuals: James Chichester-Clarke, Quintin Hogg

Key Words: Policing, community relations, religion, partition, Arms Trial, NICRA

 

 

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