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Interview with James Molyneaux and Patrick Mayhew on 31 August 1994

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Transcript of an interview with James Molyneaux, leader of the UUP, and Patrick Mayhew, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on 31 August 1994. On that date the Provisional IRA announced a cessation of military activities from midnight. In this interview Molyneaux and Mayhew discuss the permanency of this ceasefire and the potential for future negotiations with the republican movement. On 13 October the Combined Loyalist Military Command also announced a paramilitary ceasefire.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 31 August 1994

Name of First Interviewee: James Molyneaux

Name of Second Interviewee: Patrick Mayhew

Role at time of Interview: James Molyneaux (leader of the UUP), Patrick Mayhew (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland)  

Purpose: News

Media: Transcript

Copyright:        

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: johnmajor.co.uk

Time Period covered: 1994

Key Individuals: James Molyneaux, Patrick Mayhew, John Hume, James Prior, John Major

Key Words: UUP, British government, Irish government, Downing Street Declaration, Sinn Féin, Provisional IRA, SDLP, American government, paramilitary, ceasefire, media

 

 

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