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NATIONAL ARCHIVES
IRELAND
Reference Code: 2001/43/1455
Title: Meeting of Dr. Patrick Hillery, Minister for
External Affairs of Ireland, with press officers
held at the Irish United Nations Mission, New
York Creation Date(s): 16 September, 1969
Level of description: Item
Extent and medium: 5 pages
Creator(s): Department of Foreign Affairs
Access Conditions: Open
Copyright: National Archives, Ireland. May only be
rhe Mini.tar ,xplatned :th.t th. present tar,et of pub1t'clt1 ahould 'be to .fteet i' ~ • I, I
Drt tie , oplnlC>D 91th a \fiew to brinling .. bodt official. talk. on the' .1 tuation tn . ',j" ,," ',
the North of Ireland between the Government of Ireland. th. 8rltl •• Go •• rnment and ", :'; i'\ . , p~obabl, th stormont Qovernment. W •• hould re.l1Ee too th.' .t wltb to ·unit, with .'
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th. l).op1. ill lfortberu It-eland and not .ake tht. t.po •• lbl~ b, our,· oampat.n. ' Our
activit,. iD the United Stat ... should be • . tlled at .ncouragil'll the Aurican. to
influence t" 'Britlsh to "tart talltlna wlth 'oa 011 th. Korth. Tau. .point could be
·Itr.,eed that w. ".re obliged to have l'ecour •• to th. United N.tton. becau •• the
Brltllh refuNd to talk with u. abOut .. ..,lutton for tbe lituatlon • . Th.re wa.
anlloyanc. at the •• tabllabment of th. "le14 hospital. and the lIlO"f.ent of troop.
but the, did not .... to resent,6 .uch O\l:t' U.K. activit,. Th. British 'prob~lJl'
recretted the, bad not talked with u. at an .arli8' ataae and •• , now bt inolined t~ do '0. I~ would be better bot t 'o go into detail ... to 'what Would bed~.cu •• ~
. at .ucb talk.. A atud, waa being made of theoretioal .olutlona .hleb CQuld be
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,dt.oui ... 1t taill. "ere &gjlie d ' up~n. but • tederal .olutttm Ib.ould Dot be o.er- ~ ... ~.J;', : . • tre.~.d until tbe atud, wal completed and further dealalonl -.ad.. Publici tt .• hOQ1~ .':
not be too ,troUC1, crt tical ~f th srt tish Government .nd~t .tah' .,. acs,,1.abl.
to avoid extr ... critic! .. of Stormont at tbt •• tal., 1 ... ,. o.~ tb.l>bj.t, .. of ·
dependlntr 'on ·tht way the ' Oener· .. l · Committe. wall 1tk.l, to d •• l with' the requeat tor inscription, It waa; likel, at the IIlOll8nt that clv11 right. tn . the KaHil would be
.tressed r.th r thaD p.~tltlon but tb mp~8'. dould , .ar,~. the .ltuatlon d ••• lop~.
If nd WlwtD tht ite. t. Inoribed OD ·tho ag nda. publlclt, possibll1ttel algbt ar1M
... ' but the •• would hay. to b4 cuefu~11 ' consid red ill relatlon to th.il" .ftect O~ th .' ; . . .
attitude of 'ther del.ga:tlon·. · 'at th. V,.H. ·Otherwi •• ~h. · M1nlstg, .,reed that Mr.
Xertnedy .hould aalntatn ·ll.lson wlth ·V.N. co~r.spondent. and vl.itin. Irtab pres • . I • f • • ~ .~ ,~
representa.tiv •• durlntt the p.rl~. ot .. 'the Mini.tor t • · ... t.,.,· . ktba.ando. Or •• tll
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." cOd.lei.red that • u •• ful · 30b .1gbt · bet do~. l ,~ ensuring that tbe p1'." .buld report ,' .' ,';'
. the X.w York 1t .• 8' correspondellt. Thoma .. JlUltltan·.w~o obtained 'all 'nt."1 •• · with ' . ' .... ',i .
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.. , '. . ,. . . . .. i the M'1n1.ter, but "ho" did not appear to' bave, be_a cont.otod by th. 0.1,8. to eMaUna • . ".·· . ,
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'. ' . & -.ore ': tavourabl. 1'" 'of ... porting. ·Reteronee ".,Ude to the unfortunate r .. uk,, -;·· .; ", \ !
,~:, of Deput, 1fa.udc. Dookr.ll about Protestant in tli& JlepubUo betn, t:teated ,u j'hou~ ... ', ' ;-: ,',', '::
.' ,. hold pet.·' and to ln~ourac' •• ol ' Hamilt()u boUt oen.or.hip and .. ll~ .. tlon. ,. TIl. ' "'~ I . >:~;":' > ' : Mtg1stttr' exPlained' with "g~. t. libi1ton·. int.ni •• . wit~ hl_ ;that h. tt.d ··'JItot ".' '. '. i
" ". Hamilton qui,. acol.*ntlt .. nd · k.~e.d to give bill ' bttctsl'otuul' int~""tton but IOU'rid ",. .. '; " 0':' . I " that hI; was beini int.l'Tlftcwt ' J.11 ave.,., Marchini ny.net P.:t~~. '6s+ tMlti "'liSQD .if, : ,I
had not been pcuia:bi.. to ar~ .. ng'· fo~ 1i.'80n bGt"eeli ':- tbe tHtpal'-timitlt "ild th. 0,t.8, ·:'.· , ·1 t { ro.
The Mintte, added tb.i i!Mbepaftillut bad howe"l'.uppUed ~~ltOIi .Hb spec, tal <",':,!, bl'lefiq' .atert,l t P.~ticul.r17 :'.·~n .cono.l0 aspect. of th.,. unt'tV .Clu •• tion, "'. itld b • . '''''"f}(:,: .
This proposal w •• oocalioned by several lemal 'acto.-•• ' the dlsappotntQlent ' il) . .
Boston, at ·the:i tal1ure ·ot M1sa bevi1n ' tso keep her tna8.l8rnent. th_re, th' J)ropoa..s national :co~ .. rence. to be b .1d the~ til October by tb. radical N'atlonal A •• oo-
'" ,', ; ·iation. tor Irish Juetie. arid · .th. ,e~l'al passive attltuci. ot the· tr"!litlonAl fri.l.
organt.at:lon', ()n th. i.au'-of the l(Qrtb. 'fhs Conlyl 0611';",1 '118 ,Bollton · ... nd Mr.
.. ,'t, " Co!Wlll. Ittl_ ~ •• Oftloer • . btu" put forwa~d this Pl'Qp('.'ial 8. t~' advantage .1ab. ".' . , .' . i, . '''' ,;. .,. taken of the interval befoi-IJ 'the' HAll conference to pre •• nt tbe aoV.l'lIIMn1l t • .•. .•
viewpoint and to secure' aupport tor our polior objeotive.. lh. Mint.to!. agreed ," , . 'r:';~ in prinoiple ' but it w.a ':·.dec:1.ded · that a decl.lon •• to whether h. ~oU1d ' "tai. · '.:: .,. 0/
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: '.\ Bo.ton at ·' th~ .... It.nd · or ' ~h • . 2'1 and' 28 Septemb'r Ihoitld be deferred until rilda,~ , '·;·I,: :i .'· S.Pt.lDbe~ - 19· •• h •• ight have to 'return to ' oobllti atter· the" ~ner.i o.bat~ .»_11 -.' . ··;'·"1 :' "
, nla .• tqu •• t ilivolved & :.\1b.c~tptt01t b, th~ oO\t.~~t of " lHlllldtowa:td1 ·tbe '. \'., '. placlngof an Ad .. :tti ..... n·t in one of th. Na York d.'l, '""'.pap.~. (theltlol'ftiltl . . :. " l
. .. J)ail, N ••• or ·tll. ev.nlllfl N~ f<lrk Po.t) .hio1 would ,(!;Olt ,pp~:JCl.t.~' $3,000 ' . .
" to., .. tutl f~' Til. adve .. t18 .ment would aUIUNu."ls. tht · cc)~iu~.1.0t\. 6f ttl. "POl" ' '. of tM ltt"rnattonaleommlss,onot J'ursat.. Th' AOX» wbuid ·ho,., to have ,about
$1,000 alld would n .. d _ f\i~th.r $2, 000 ill oJllde. to ,.1ace thead •• rti· •• _n~. .!!!.t. . : ,,:.~ !qnl.,teZ". agre.·tt tht.t thief .., ... tto·t the bo.t; ... ,In "b1ob to .pertd lIOn., 'I.. "'bl'o~·.: ~'. 18·11lg th. C1 •. i1 at,htl po.s tlon ift the liortb it ~l'tb.l*InO~. ther ••••• oth ...
obJ_ct1on_, ' I"no,' 1t woul.d .. an that the Cov •• 1UHntftould .. 8ub.ldtallll . t~
aottvt t1 •• 61 • ,artieu.l.!' orgafttd.t#,on in th.' V. S. ·ltd it 1I1gbt .,. ... 0.' •• ..,,6'
tbe adv rttl."o·t totndtoat.· tht eaoufiO, at it. 'tuncin, lao t;c'(1ordanct wltb th • .
U.s. DepartMnt ~ lu,t'," "gut.tton. J'" tOHllll COMPnIlH.t .16bb,t81 .~ ItUbtld , '. r.latlon. itt tbtl V.I. · '" .