Title | Interview with John Major on 24 January 1996 |
Date | 24 January 1996 |
Description | Transcript of an interview with John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, on 24 January 1996. On that date the Mitchell Report was published presenting six principles as a basis for political negotiations in Northern Ireland including that decommissioning should take place simultaneous to all-party talks. In this interview Major discusses the potential for all-party discussions in light of these recommendations. On 9 February, the Provisional IRA ended its ceasefire, detonating a bomb in the London docklands which killed 2 and injured 40. |
Date of Release/Broadcast | 24 January 1996 |
Name of First Interviewee | John Major |
Role at time of Interview | |
Interviewer | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Purpose | News |
Media | Transcript |
Copyright | |
Link | Click here |
Programme/Book/Article | johnmajor.co.uk |
Time Period covered | 1996 |
Key Individuals | John Major, George Mitchell |
Key Words | Joint Communiqué, Mitchell Commission, decommissioning, Mitchell Report, Sinn Féin, IRA, UVF, UDA, Red Hand Commandos, DUP, UUP, SDLP, Alliance Party |
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