24.11.1998
Extract from a note by a UK government official on a meeting about cross-border bodies November 1998, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, CENT/3/236A 1998-11-24
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NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE
11 MILLBANK
LONDON
SW1P4QE
John Holmes Esq
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A OAA
24 November 1998
Dear John
NORTH/SOUTH IMPLEMENTATION BODIES
State of Play as at 4pm on 24 November
This note sets out the latest position on north-south bodies. Good meeting between Trimble
and Mallon on Monday, following up good meeting in Dublin on Friday. UUP and SDLP officials
tasked to work on remaining areas of disagreement. Irish paper on implementation bodies
rewritten to take account of (most of) Friday’s discussion, cleared with the SDLP and Sinn Fein
yesterday and presented to UUP officials this morning.
Close to agreement
Inland Waterways; Food Safety; Language; Strategic Transport Planning; Aquaculture and
Marine Matters; Tourism (latest Irish paper neatly addresses Trimble’s concerns)