:. ;. ' 1 . • . : • BOOKS 16-00: Piktitaa Page 14 llnTST ITj ITj RTl rFJJIF >!:«« iiu Tin ir TODAY IN THE TIMES wT l iTi MON BLEU He was also said to nave told the decision not to proceed with other r THE government was ; army five times about plans for the charges had been reached “after a accused murder ' of republicans- Belfast Brian Nelson: yesterday, of striking attack that killed Mr McDade. the painstaking and scrupulous assess- a. plea-.'" -Grown Court had been ocpected to bargain deal after murder brother of the intended target. ment of possible evidential difficul- Crown Lawyer charges, against * been A said that some- ties with the prosecution and a a British army running its own netwodc .'of His arrest was times Nelson's information was not rigorous examination of the inter- agent working • informers in for r LoyaEst competition with the as detailed or comprehensive as it ests of justice". But Seamus paramilitaries R,UC and that it failed were dropped-.. J. to share said to have could or should have been. “Equal- Mallen. the SDLP deputy leader, Brian Nelson, a former aiiefdf infortnation with police. ly. there were occasions when the daimed that the decision intelligence for the Ulster Efcv:iVNeisbn, a former Black Waich had been The Frenchman appalled senior information was not passed as taken to prevent the disclosure of fence Association, admitted five - ‘soldier, was for ten years the Marc Bohan UDA's . counts of promptly as it ought to have been, British intelligence at work in conspiracy to murder chief intelligence officer, respdnsf- turned to blue for particularly in the and 15 other • army officers case of Maskey,” Northern Ireland. “It is a most terrorist offences: v bite -for collecting information on ' he added, referring his first Hartnell But the decision not to proceed potemiMtepub^ to Alex horrific situation for any society r Maskey, a Fein fashion show with IS charges, ii^uding two of time of the Sinn councillor where it is confirmed in a court of muffiere and attempted ; murder, and the security forces. It has never proceed charges. and target of one of the five murder law that those charged with up- yesterday 'brought immediate murtfets, hewas alsoworidng Brit- with all the The ; plots Nelson admitted. claims of a covezmp. been dear whether John Stevens! holding law and order are in collu- ish army intelligence, passing -in- two murder charges dropped yes- Page 22 Nelson’s surprise guflty plea thefanner Cambridge chief Nelson, aged 44. also admitted sion with terrorists. Thai, in effect, and : formation to an jarmy "handier". deputy terday concerned Gerard Slane - the dropping - possessing a sub-machinegun. pos- is ofthe remaining .‘ what this whole case was about,” x Senior army officers, were ap^ constable who conducted the cotta- and Terence McDade, shot in charges - sessing documents, and collecting meant soldiers did not son investigaton, he said, : paHed .when he was. arrested two was folly aware front of their families in 1988. The DAIAW ' have to give -• information about suspected evidence on how they .years, re- David Trimble, Ulster Unionist ago by detectives .wodring on of Nelson's clandestine activities court was told that Nelson told his handled information' about para- : publican paramilitaries. He will be MP for Upper Bann, said it was tne .Stevens enquiry into coDusion when he ordered the arrest, buz he army “handlers” military operations, including the twice that the sentenced next week. unfortunate that the murder between Protestant paramilitaries is understood to have wanted to UDA was going to- kill Mr Slane. The Crown lawyer said the charges had been withdrawn. Budget day March 10 Kevin Costner plays a district attorney confirmed investigating Kennedy’s death in By robin Oakley JFK reviewed on POLITICAL EDITOR Page IS NORMAN Lamont. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, TRENDIES ByOurTreland Correspondent confirmed yesterday that he will deliver his Budget on March 10, keeping open the CHARLES Haughey; the goricaHy drat he was hot .option of a genera] election on - • Irish prime minister, yester- ' • * aware . in 1982 % I '-’ -r-V of the tapping • >1® — J : . f i.vi^m : • either ApriT9 or 7. May day flatly denied " . daizzur ty a of two journalists’ phones by > T. •» • if. s-: As pressures grew for John »: -.u~ -ifs; former justice minister that : the police under the orders erf Major to announce the elec- he had been involved' in a Mr Doherty, anddenied that . ' on - ’ 1 1 '.f• i-rt:.' tion date and the & ‘v*; : , spare coun- telephone Capping scandal in he had.ever seen- transcripts try the misery of a long 1982, and said he had no of calls at that-time or any- campaign. Downing Street intention of resigning .over time mice. ; . : ' denied reports that the prime the the affair. - “My position, both with Meet new minister had expressed in pri- - ;• 1 Britons: first Mr Haughey, lacing yet regard to the generid priori . vate a preference for April 9. another threat to his troubled pie of phone - tapping apd Ministers remain anxious division football 11 -year leadership ofTtanna with regard to my rejection of to keep open the election op- fans listening to Fail, addressed a dramatic axQr suggsstidn of personal tions. although the timing of the radio ' on I-/-; * _• press conference involvement . •? s In Dubliri in has been en- ' .^p! ^ the earliest Budget for ten which he branded Sean Dofr tirely consistent over nay .ear Blackpool beach m years did nothing to rein back eny, hte accuser,* liar.': .. tireperiodof Page office, inducing the growing bandwagon 6 He described .pear, aHegs- * 'toy-time es-aiatster fin; jus- among Tory MPs for an April tions by Mr " Doherty as a tice.- MrHaugtey said. • " contest monstrous pantomime, and. - HeraddetT mat.it was afe w-’ Ministers concede that it REVIVED wanted - surd said he to state cate- to suggest that he could would be a considerable have been revolved, since it scramble getting the essential was called be who had for an budget business through the enquirymto the episode once Commons in time if the it.had' become public know- prime minister now decided ledge in 1983. ... to go to the polls on April 9. Last night there was uncer- Although the Budget was tainty over Blackboard Mr-Haughey’s held on March 9 in 1982 and ^ future and of iris 2 -year-old on March 10 the previous coalition -government with year it would be the first time revolution A flying dodo, a tine small Progressive Demo- an April election has been Reforms to teaching, in crats. The PDs were meeting held this century. But they Rutland revival to consider their response primary schools were rec- be! ieve it can be done if neces- and other wonders -amid widespread palls forMr ommended yesterday in -a Continued on page 22. col 4 are in the Times Haughey. to. stand down or report ordered by Kenneth -m Diary for the . .fliedr Clarke, the education sec-, PDs to honour Parliament, page 7 to Page 16 retary. If hit out at "highly commitment bigh.stan- Leading article, page 17 questionable dogmas^* that dardsre high,places, and pull Matthew Parris, page 22 - the plug on titecoafition. had gripped schools. - > Mr Doherty unleashed the • Three leading education-, latest scandal on Haug- ists gave strong backing to Mr hty when ,he said iii Mr Clarke’s campaign to ; DuWm on Tuesday that restore traditional teaching- Mr Haug- was fuDyawareof a dec- methods-".-.™.liG....' Page 2 hty ision to tap the phones of two targets’ political journalists — Geral- ‘IRA dine Kennedy of th&Sundqy An IRA hit list that induct Tribune and Bruce Arnold of ed the names of two former. the Irish Independent — in Northern Ireland secretar- an illegal - attempt to stem ies 'was found with an.arms cabinet leaks to the media. Winning, spin: Philip Tufnell, the Middlesex bowler, turns to claim victory over New Zealand in cache after police arrested Haying for years accepted Christchurch, where England won by an innings and four runs. He took 7-47 in 46 overs. Report, page 36 a man suspected of being complete responsibility for on active service, the Old Oretinacd cai page 2, col 4 Bailey was told .-—.Page 3 Man In Ihe news, page 2 Heseltine promises Bush calls on world to Hunger risk - Bruce Arnold, page 16 Thousands of seriously 31 patients admitted to Brit- poll-tax legislation help ‘leap to freedom’ ish hospitals every year are by Ray Fletcher in Washington also suffering from poten- Douglas Broom and Clancy From Martin tially fatal malnutrition, a M ICHAEL Hetehine. the en- will stop hearing cases PRESIDENT Bush yester- seize the chance to reshape 30,000 needy report says——— Page 5 vironment secretary, last against defaulters. day called for a global coali- the world. James Baker, the Maxwell trick night promised urgent legis- Speaking after the ruling, tion to sustain democracy Secretary of State, said life in people are clothed by lation to prevent the break- Mr Heseltuie denied that the and freedom in the former the republics was deteriorat- Accountants have, discov- down of the poll-tax system in court decision had created “a Soviet Union, saying that ing and undoubtedly consti- "Maxweirs ered that Robert England arid Wales after a shambles" in the poll-tax sys- this was a turning point in tuted a “global emergency". this outfit. private, companies spent court ruled that local council tem. and said that there was modern history and failure to The conference has pro- £500 million siphoned computer records could not no question of granting an act now risked a reversal of voked some criticism, notably from his public companies be used as evidence of non- amnesty to non-payers.