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23rd June 1S1:1

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have been asked by the Taciseach to convey the fc'llowirpr,messae:

Dear Prime Linister

I should like to refer again to the situation in th,,,Naze Prison. The hunger strikes there are a continuin7 source of tension, difficulty and dan7er. The situationis a cause of deer) and serious concern for the IrishGovernment.

The hunger strikes and the deaths are havin7, inter Llia,the followirw results:-

They have generated a.:2 entirely new level of support forthe I amon,:7 t',1e nationalist community in I:orthern T1-.02.ard. The; hnve ';:idened and deepened the Tolarisaienbetween the cozLmunities there.

They heve already had. a substantial imTact on -rolit4_caTlife herc,as 77j- election of two prisoners an(7.relativ,,ly large vot.e for othr hunL-,er strike CiPin the recent ,E.eneral iil,,ction indicates.develcpments in tLie ama Pre at present impos::jble topredict but even at TJ::'-.3F:rt,frem t?.,e point of view ofsecurity, the sitition is a cause of rcv

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Frant of - or impair the al_ltorities' contrca.

. of the sent suzgestionc by the Irish

•''y -..eace may T•rcvide a basis for

I a7proci•ete tbat you ma-/- be concorned tht a fresh initiat',.vo

will rot end the huh7er strike and that tl-lose invc-jv,-d will

TLL\ ey-r:Ircit sittion to -rurthr their ca ais. There

can, of cui•se, bo ne oetaint7 about thP recronse. Cur

asse7sTent is thit rovvtl-,21--ss, the balance of aavantae ls

stron=qy in favur of another initiat7ive. If the attem-c,t

is not 1:-,He, further deatho of hunjer • strirs will be en7lo:7,

in 2kA pro7a=-:ardh. The resultant accession o-7 suTTort is

:likPly far to eceed wriat would flow to them if chanes were

made in the mrion -rles. Even if the atterfirt -fere

unsuccessful, it coul6 Ir:oderate the fTow of surrnort and would

also have favourable effects on oon in the Roruili^ and

throuFhout the wcr]d. Tt woula aTiso be of be.ilefit for th,-

fruitful 6eveler1ent of relationshihs within these isl,:nds

which T continuo to he-Pe can 4'.1o7T frnm the outeme o77 our

m.sotinJ7 last 1)ecerihr.

lt goes wi-,:rot of cou:7se, tht ye are±fl

in ever,y ray ro:-.3sible, in findini: an acceptable soThtion.

Yours sincerely

Charles Hauv:hey

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