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CM (72) Copy No. 0 13th Conclusions

CABINET

CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet held at , S.W.1, on Tuesday, 7 March, 1972 at 11.00 a.m.

Present:

The Right Hon. , M P, Prime Minister

The Right Hon. , The Right Hon. SIR ALEC DOUGLAS- M p, Secretary of State for the Home HOME, MP , Secretary of State for Department Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

The Right Hon. LORD HAILSHAM OF The Right Hon. , ST. MARYLEBONE, Lord Chancellor MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Right Hon. WILLIAM WHITELAW, The Right Hon. LORD CARRINGTON, MP, Lord President of the Council Secretary of State for Defence

The Right Hon. SIR , The Right Hon. , M p, Secretary of State for Social Q c, M p, Chancellor of the Duchy Services of Lancaster

The Right Hon. , MP, The Right Hon. , Secretary of State for Employment MP, Secretary of State for Education and Science

The Right Hon. GORDON CAMPBELL, The Right Hon. THE EARL JELLICOE, MP, Secretary of State for Scotland Lord Privy Seal

The Right Hon. PETER WALKER, MP, The Right Hon. PETER THOMAS, Q c, Secretary of State for the Environment M p, Secretary of State for Wales

The Right Hon. JAMES PRIOR, MP, The Right Hon. JOHN DAVIES, MP, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Secretary of State for Trade and Food Industry and President of the Board of Trade

The following were also present:

The Right Hon. , MP , The Right Hon. SIR PETER RAWLINSON, Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury Q c, M P , Attorney-General

Secretariat:

SIR BURKE TREND Mr. N. F. CAIRNCROSS Mr. A. P. HOCKADAY Subject

NORTHERN IRELAND

V Northern The Cabinet gave further consideration to the situation in Ireland Northern Ireland in the light of a memorandum by the Secretary of Previous State for the Home Department (CP (72) 26). Their discussion and Reference: the conclusions reached were separately recorded and issued only to CM (72) 11th The Queen, the Prime Minister and those Ministers who had to take Conclusions, action. Minute 4 The conclusions are recorded separately in the standard file held by the Secretary of the Cabinet.

Cabinet Office, 7 March, 1972.