Transcript of an interview with John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, on 13 October 1994. Earlier that day the Combined Loyalist Military Command announced a paramilitary ceasefire. On 31 August the Provisional IRA had also announced a cessation of military activities. In this interview Major discusses the permanency of these ceasefires and the potential for future negotiations with the political representatives of nationalism and unionism in Northern Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 13 October 1994
Name of First Interviewee: John Major
Role at time of Interview: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Interviewer: http://www.johnmajor.co.uk/page1960.html
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright:
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: johnmajor.co.uk
Time Period covered: 1993-1994
Key Individuals: John Major, Albert Reynolds
Key Words: Combined Loyalist Military Command, Provisional IRA, ceasefire, Sinn Féin, Downing Street Declaration