Transcript of an interview with Kelly Currie, former deputy press secretary to George Mitchell, by Brien Williams for the George J. Mitchell Oral History Project on 22 April 2010. In this interview Currie discusses Mitchell’s contribution to the Peace Process from the Mitchell Report to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement. The George J. Mitchell Oral History Project is a Bowdoin College Library collection of almost two hundred oral and written interviews, documenting the life and career of George Mitchell, with those who knew and worked with him.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 2010
Name of First Interviewee: Kelly Currie
Role at time of Interview: Former deputy press secretary to George Mitchell
Interviewer: Brien Williams
Purpose: Research, Academic
Media: Transcript
Copyright:
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: George J. Mitchell Oral History Project
Time Period covered: 1996-2010
Key Individuals: Kelly Currie, George Mitchell, Martha Pope, Robert McCartney, John Major, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, John Hume, David Trimble
Key Words: American government, decommissioning, Mitchell Report, Stormont talks, media, march, Drumcree, IRA, ceasefire, Manchester bombing, paramilitary, Sinn Féin, DUP, UUP, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Sunningdale Agreement