Extract from a note by a UK government official on a meeting about cross-border bodies November 1998

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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)