TSCH/3: Central registry records Department of the Taoiseach

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

IRELAND

Reference Code: 2005/7/600 Title: Text of a New Year’s Eve Message from , Secretary of State for , to the people of Northern Ireland. Also includes a report of the signing of six exclusion orders under anti-terrorist laws by , British .

Creation Date(s): [31 December], 1974 Level of description: Item Extent and medium: 1 page Creator(s): Department of the Taoiseach Access Conditions: Open Copyright: National Archives, Ireland. May only be reproduced with the written permission of the Director of the National Archives.

© National Archives, Ireland '- OF STATE. MR ME RL YN REES I 5 '~E F ROMT~~ ~-~;RET ~RY rlri'; -~~~R --~VE ' M~SS. l;;r ~ . ,,~? TO THE PEO PLE OF NORTHERN I RELAND WE IN NORTHERN IRE LAND LOOK BACK OVER ANOTHER # " AT THE OF 1974 TI ON I'-' IN 'vH ICH TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED FROM VIOLENT AC YEAR . ~ FROM WITHIN A SOCIETY DI VIDED AGAI NST LTSELF. f l' THE \"iHOLE 1 'NOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF ~ yP THE ARt-1Y AND TO ~ CO MMUN I TY TO PAY TR I BUTE TO MEMBE RS OF THE RUC AND THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN IRE LAND WHO HAVE ,~ PAY TRI BUTE MYSELF TO ) I /" . CONTINUED TO GO AB OUT THEIR ORDINARY DA ILY BUS INESS DESPITE DIFFICUL TIES. . ' , , TODAY , IS ONE OF HOPE. PEOPLE FROM MANY WALKS OF LIFE 00 _('" 0 MY MESSAGE INTE RESTS OF AoY-....J¥V HAVE ALREADY SHO'."iN THAT THEY CAN \oJORK TOGETHER IN THE BOTH COMMUNITIES. WE NOW LOOK FORWARD TO A CONSTITUTIONAL WILL SIT 0 (" ~ CONVENTfO N IN IA/H ICH REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE PEOPLE TO SEEK TO AGREE FOR THE GOOD OF NORTHER I RELAND \~ . DOi'lN TOGETHER Y FIND THAT ~~ ON THE CO 'ST!TUTIONAL FUTURE OF THEIR COUNTRY. ' MAY THE S',q"'V WHICH .UNITES TH EM GREATER TJAM TJ TH~N THAT WH IC H/ DIVIDES. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF VIOLENCE AT THE REAL ALL BELIEFS END OF 1974 IS THAT IT REFLECTS THE WISH OF EPOPLE OF IN NORTHERN IRELAND TO SEE A LASTING END TO VIOLEt'-!CE. ARE REACHING ME SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT THE ' MESSAGES THAT A LASTING LOOKING FOR A TEMPORARY CESSATION OF VIOLENCE. THEY SEEK ~ AN END. THAT IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SEEKS. NOT A PAUSE BUT PEACE. I 0 ,0 THAT A GENUINE AND SUSTAINED ' CESSAT IO~ I SAID BE~ORE CHRISTMAS FOR OF VIOLENCE WILL CREATE A NEW SITUATION AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES PROGRESS. IF THAT OCCURS THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE FOUND RESPONSE . I CAN ASSURE THE PAT IENT, LA~-A B IDING WANT ING IN' iTS BARTER PEOPLE IN BOTH CO MM UNITIES THAT THE GOVER IMENT WilL NOT THEIR SAFETY FOR A TEMPORARY RESPITE FROM MURDER AND DESTRUCTION.

\ PERMANEI'-JT I I NTEND DUR I NG JANUARY TO SET OUT MORE FULLY HOItJ THE WOULD ENABLE THE ARMY TO MAKE A PLANNED. CESSATION OF VIOLENCE AND ORDERLY AND PROGRESSIVE REDUCTION IN ITS PRESENT COMMITMENT HAS CEASED AND IS SEEN TO HAVE CEASED IT WOULD HOW ONCE VIOLENCE PROGRESSIVELY ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DETAINED 'TO BE RELEASED. ' " .. THE SECURITY I MUST, HOWEVER, ALSO REPEAT THAT THE ACTIONS OF TO BE RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF ANY ACTIVITY FORCES WILL CONTINUE I AM THAT MAY OCCUR. r AM 'OT GOING TO ACT PRECIPITATELY BEFORE THAT THE OPP8RTUNtTIES ARE REAL AND NOT ILLUSORY. BUT CONVINCED I LL IN ONCE . I Ar.1 SO CONV I NeED AI ID ONCE MEN AND WOMEN OF GOOD'~ BE READY TO RESPOND NORTHERN I RELAI~ ARE SO CONVINCED, I SHALL AND FLEXIBILITY WH ICH THE NEW SITUATION WILL ~'TH THE SINCERITY EXPECT . DEMAND AND WH ICH PEOPLE OF BOTH COMMUNITIES WILL THEN OF ME. 1975 IS THAT THE \~ILL OF THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN IRELAND MY HOPE FOR I __af;S .PhU! LO~ ,O.F THE I R PROBLEMS , WILL TR I UMPH. _ .' .LASTJt\@ __ .,..,.- ~ .. .,...., , . _~Ol? ...... ". _ .... _ '. ' ...... _~ - • "' ...... ,' . ~ " .f': · "'- ,....,.., .. __ ...... _.h~ ,..; --._._ ..... v _ . ... , ..... '-. '" ...... ~.#O .'-" ... _ .. , ... . , ...... SIX MORE ORDERED OUT , I . HOME SECRETARY ROY JENKINS TODAY SIG E EXCLUSION ORDERS UNDER THE ANTI-TERRORIST LA WS N D ANOTHER SIX D ON SIX P~OPLE DETAINED BY POLICE DURIN~H~Wg~~~R~TWSIOLLUTHBEAMPSTERVEON OVER THE CH RIST MA S HOLIDAY THEY WERE HELD IN A ASSIVE POL IC E HUNT FOR SIX I R·A SUSPECTS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF A ,BOMB-rv1AK I NG FACTORY · • • TOTAL OF EXCLUSION ORDERS SIGNED BY MR JE NK I ~S 6 INC~U~~E OUT OF THE COU~~R~~E SIX TODA:, IS 19. SIX ~EOPLE ,HAVE EEEN SENT .' FOU~ ORDERS ARE AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE AT PREstNT A B R~AD AGAINST THE ORDER ARE BEING CON~IDE IN ONE CASE REPRESENTATIONS HARGED RED AND TVJO ORDERS LAPS ED \VHEN THE PEOPLE CONCERNED \ ~J ERE C WI TH eR I MI NAL OFFENCES. ." © National Archives, Ireland