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COIIFIDDTIAL

PS.lSofS (1",8)-M PSJNr St.nley (L.B)~ PS/Or ... .minney (LU)-" PS.fPOS (LWJ)-M pS.lSi~ K 81oOMfie14-M Nr Buras IIr A W Stephefts-It R~ •• ttr DOE(.l)~ Kt Cbeaterton \A, l IIr 211iott-N rV\. lit Ift.ft~ ~::----IttS .. '~ Mt J onnell-M

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1.. I attach. • copy of the SDLP response to t~ discussion paper,

2. The arqument against the decl.ration - ftOt, perhap.~ vety

oo;ent1r ezpreased .ad ~rred ~ some factu~l inaccuracies - is 011 11 ... tIIlich .~e JlOW f.i~ly familiar. The proposal is • -gross infriD9e11e1\t- of 4eaocratic l"ights, "bleh will be seen as • "lIOVe to cJisenfr~nehi.. • substantial auabet Of people".

giviag • -IMsai"e prop,genda weapon- to pa1:ami litaries. The

4eel.ration. .s propoaeG. is on.e-sided and does aot deal with eg the UDA. There are probl~ about the definitioft of ·support

for violence- r whic~ .ill aake it unenforceable, or. perhaps,

.-1orced ia • partisan way. Sino Pein will -.ke uS a tlau9hing

a:t.ocll' • Jaaivi4uala could Dot be ezpect4t4 to bring cases

~.Il" of the ri.k of intilllicJatiOll (aDd the costs). Much

better tQt paramilitary .upportecs ahould be ezposed to the

political process. But that process may be brou9ht into 4isrepute. fiis ia a pto-Unionist measure which vi 11 put

~pPJDity relatioas at risk.

~. ODe conclusion Vbleh .1ght be drlAln from this paper is that

the SDLP could be helped to live with a 4eclaratioD, if we can

.. 1Le clear - by cevls1ft9 its ter_ - that 1 t is not dit4t!cted

501el~ agaiRst SiDn Fein, but also against loyalist •• tremists; aad if we can re--.phasiae t.hilt ainn Peln tbel'llelV'es (an~

otbers) "ill 4.ei4e whether they ezclu4e theas.el"es from the

-1-COMFIDDtTIAL

Political pxoceas. when faced ~ith the Deed to subscribe to .n

eat.1Tel, reasoDable .tatUIIBftt Gf support for 4e.occatic priaciplea.

t. It would. I tbiak be courteous for Mr Mee4ham to respond perSODally to Mr MoGredy. A short dxaft t. attached. t.~ also

.tt~ift9 to tbi$ .iftote~ .ince aOMe will DOt hAye seen it. a COPF of the wp •• c~ .. ts which were, I heli •• e, banded to Mc

1Ieedh- pera4mal1y. la the l.at few 0.)'$ '- uye beard

~estiOll$ that tbe UUP .ight be cUscusaing this 40cWDent,

Or.fted before Bnniskillen: it is no- bein9 •• de clear that it

I"epl'eaenu official UUP POlicy~ tbe preference ia for

~ro.criptiou, but a declaration would rep~esent at l.~st some ~e.poft8e t.o unionist concerns. ne paper haD been forwarded

tor .. lly to lie JiIcCoamell. I doubt. that • "inl$teri~l

-.ckaowledge..nt would be legarOeG as helpful, but there would

.... to be no bar. 1ft • sholt note to Mt "69innts, on the lines propoae4 for Mt: McGra4y, if t.he Miuister wishes.

D C KIH CaDatitutioft~l • Political Division 1 Decalber 1987

-2-COIfFIDEJn'lAL

1721

• IIcGr ad;, a_q MP SJ)l.P South Down

COa$tituency Counci 14a 8cott Street DotIftpatricit

bee PS/SofS (L ... ) fir Kirk

(f\lU Addrus, U ~.uryl

TbaRk you for the SDLP QO&Bents on the diaeuasion paper.

·.lected •• presentetiwes and the Democratic p~ss·# enclole4

with your letter of 30 ao~r. It was particularly helpful to

have these views witbin the deadline we s.pecified. You would

not espect .. to COIIDent at thia stage. but I can say that we

ahall be .:arefully cOll$i4ering the SDLP·. views, .lon; with

those of otbers, before any final decisions ate teacbed~

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M ULSTER UNIONIST PARTy RE5POHS£

-EL£CTED REPR£SENTAT1YES and the DErIOq\ATIC PROCESS in NORTH£RN lRELAND-

The U1 ster unioni ~t P .... tv ...elc.n«oeg, tt,., .1 b"l:: bs-latrO ~ \nO ~Cb \ i o,.~

that 6over~ent no" ~eeo9ni.e~ the Ob.c.~\ty Q~ su~tai~inq d systea Mherebv bona flOe plect~o r.pre5~nt~tl~e~ .r~ ~OTC~O, by 1.", to share Council Ch~.r5 with tno5e ~o woulo advo~~~e .~/or eeploy violence In pursuit of politic.l obJ~~tiv.S4

We h.v~ no~.d the ~~~~dltioU5 .ann~~ in Mhich thp Sp~~ker Qf the ,",,>U5" of COflUnOns. ..... ~ able to deal M'i t~ the COf"byn/BEHH-,e-t t .ff'~i. r. ...,. ich .. tand • .1 n s.t.ark c:ontr.fi.t. to t .... E t.ardy way i rf whl er, the Councils~ )~~U. is belno dea\t with •

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. ~.ra. e. ~ ~r~. Here is~ j~~Oa 4 -funda~nta\~ pOint -nich ~.t be iepre~~ed on the $nLP ..•. th~t t~e ·principle of de.ocr~y- shouJd not b~ ~~crificed on t~~ a}t.r of p~litical

IJC9ttCf i e-nc.. y •

4r" •• 3. We- ~I"'eet f)ut .. ~th the eleeY pro'd,",o 1.t\.t ·stabh~ lacal d.-ocr~y in MDr~rn trelandw ~lluoe~ to • pr\~lpl~~ ~I\d is n-ot taken to i-ply that No'l'"the'-ra l;-el~no pr-esent.Jy £mJO~'$ c;a.p,}.rable d~cr.t.ic Lo<;. .. l Go"t!"r~nt \0 c.th~~ Unit~\:1 Ki"QoG~

t"lIrgiOt\5.

Ho .. can ... ~ a~cl!!pt such an wildly inat:.cul"a1:e Qen~roliz.tion AS,

·other poll~jcians •••• ~.re also ..oi~.lent ~t ~e use of violence #01"' poli~ic..l ends-. Th15 co~nt is quite scurrilous and ~ails to .ckno~le6ge the .. e~traint di~p14yed by the YdSt 8aJority o~ ~DUncillor., aft~ in the MOst trying ~il"cu.st~nce~.

In the context of lRAISinn Fein viole~e. .nd $inc~ no other IN.raalli~.'''V group h.5 h.d repre-;entAt'v~s of" i"t~ politic~l "";'''9 elected to Counci &r.. such Cl stalt~nt appeetrs weak aoa .-poloQt!-tic, and ~~rv~ only t.o aift\el\OI- ate Sinn Fein's P05j lion"

P.ra. 6. We 1'l87 ~ not the probl@e

di~",l"'ae~ The- Pub 1 i.: Or "er (f~Ol" thlH"n 1 re l_nd }Q}- der'

deslQned ~p.c111<~11y, or .~inly. to d&~l wlth 01 counc,11o~~ ~o would ~POT~ .od U5r vlot~~a

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to .-c.tue'ofe pO 1 i tic. i 00 j .. C t i v4Mo. • t w(J.~ I a tie i t" .. _~.~ t H'Q t Cl •• ~~t~in. on th~ b.sj$ D~ case~ brougnt, ~.th~r tht~ (kQe~ h., ~et been able to b~ inyo.~d ~c~ the purp05r u~ ~Jj~ with Sinn Faln councillors- open .dvoc.cy .od ccndo~4tion of violr~t ~it~ ~ithin or without tha Ch~aber.

~.r •. 9. Pr~erlp~ionl not_d. the pro~c~lpt)on of S\nn fein ,.. _re g.neraJ i5~e eNS O~ which ~ f~l, to be ~bh~ to b~ ef~.ctlvQly i-ol.-ent~. -ill req~ire a p~iQr Cc~_\t~nt

t:r. int.roOuctt 1aa.lec t. i w-e i "tar I'MIIQnt • \.\1 ii.tel" Ore' 01"1 i .. t~ ~r It c.ontmi t tee \0 &.u(;h ~ (;ourSf1 but .ccrpt thdt.i t i~ a $\.lbJe'ct for- .oothet" etbate. We believe th.t It would leAd to further undu~ delay io dealing the C~uncl15· l~.u~ i~ p~o$crjptlon had to be O~~Jt Hi~h .t ~he .a~ ~i ...

P ........ 9. o.th of" Allegiancr:. notrfL \-Jhile- a&J'lY Onioni~t'S would 1'~VQ"'- an 'Oath of AlllPgi.nCf! they acce-pt, that ~uc.h & ~tep w~uld b'l int.rpr~ted as b~lno c:t.libeo .... t~ly d"i"r..igr:1!"tf to dl?v.lue t.hli?

p-lli t ic&14spit'ations Of' .11 ~tiQ~l.i~\.... It would prQvicf!' t :"lI!' e){cu~~ Mhich the SD\.P raQulf'@ 1'.0 ~u'!io~ify it"!. joining with 5 :.nn Feln to oppo~e th~ iiI\Pos.i t ion. on 'oitt-O\d. te... of A&d$U'-€!"S

4t:) oe-al with the p(",£J~nt .no.al-ou5 situ6tion in Counc:ils ..

;ai-ut. IQ. E'Atended Oi5qu..t i flcat ion: notrd. Thel-e it.PPe'ar!. 1 j t t le re.$on to con~ider the .. tter.t thl~ tiee~ ~~~. j~rjsonBent

r.it$Ulted 'from lI'wolve_nt with a pro-:.cribed orq..nl-sation, we IKruld expect of'go1ng di'fficult.llHl> to hI!" a.ble't.o be d~all wittl through -.ea1iUre~ to be incorporated und~r tne heading at Par ... 11. ~Mo4'ver this issue l. ~rth, .. t l~st, fu,·ther 1I!",,,indtion.

2 .. ra. 11. A Declarati.on .5 .. Condit'on of £lecte-d Of"'it;~; W£'

.. ~.retf in Pl"inc.lpl..~ ",. \0 wtutther· . -thrrr NDuld be .. idespre .. d ~.port 'for t.he propo,.it.\on", tfl 11 de-p.~o, to • 1arg ... )(tt!'nt ~) the .t~itu~ o~ thP SDLP. lt~ ln1ti.l k~-j.Tk r •• ~tlon.

,lncl th.t of tne Ltabour P&rt)'·s !5.PolC.~t!m Oft Ho.- t.he.-n lrela\'\d, !'\Uw. been ~o rej~t. th. idea ..

,,,,.,.,. tht!' J rss • lit loO j c. J .r 9~ t t.0 jU$ t. i. l' y 'Guc h (M!o .... ur.'!ii ~no u 1. d

tU'· ~lJt~!:.!y • .!:~g.Y.!!rj)" 4nd C'!'l~~j.~!it~lllt .r...me. illte-d b'i Gov~f' NMU"it

.• nCl the Not"'tl'\et"n Irelend Of'f'lC:tp_ The> fAJ"inc.lple- MlUst be e-s.tabli.'5he-d :~: tne public -inO befor., there i'5 further ~laboratjon Of' tttf;> I)l·t.il,,~ Ahe-ady O~ battle t\a~ bee(\ \Q\at." in_of.r .fi. it is U-l ·n«-r.Uy 'felt "tt\~t Govef'OIMtnt. realt)' doe~ not care and is o1'\ly t:CJonsiderino action i .ft C4"~ t.o pl .. c ... te Uniool~t politicians 41"'.0 CCk.ln(:illorr.« 80th t.h •. 5nLP end Unll}ni~t'!l b~l"ie">l~ thi~~

(cent.

3.

l-.edi.\e ac~lon is requlreo In or~( to di~_bu~Q e~.ryone Of ~ni5 not.on~ with ~utu~e ~.~~~ on ,he .l~~r.cing a5p.~t : .f" tf)e proposed l~isl.t\on, j ••• tne .... qu.:r.laPnt for ~~y I~ "f'\did.t.., 1.0 ~bjure all pf'Q~r ib~O "H~4n~ .... t auftS. \n Of""Ullt ... UHt't ' ..... - .... e-ry b.5i~ of dtttlOcrK.,. c..n b~ saf"'Q\.Lard4fcJ.

"":'M Alliance P.rt.'1 MOUlcs I}0 ~(J far a'5 t;u ~"'OPO'5e that .11 prQt~s;.t. loth 'c.h \0"'0 I..-eCl ttut b .... k iftQ of the' J.w 'ihovld btlt ire lud~" Jr. _~.5UJ'"es to be jntroducC"d. but 'h~5 is iot)li'!fh. "fh. ~\9ht of .;~ 1 N:llv \dual. \.0 c..onfra~~ ~at. ne H1 i~.~ to br "'bad i.w" ~n .. stri~tly non-violent ~~ (p~~sjyv C~vil Djsob~l~~)

has long bee-n inh.-re-nt in OUf" ae.oc..T4t'C ~y .. t~ ~u\d 'Shnul-o not be "~lfOkRd ..

fa.ana. 13. Wording of tM Dec\a-r4ttionf ~. Qi .. .agr~. lhe r.isof'll ·::t·~·\r. for pr-0po1ied Je-Ql~l.ation i!. likely to b.- called into -lue!>t.ion if" the pr~~nt draft MOrdino fot" the ~l.,".a.tlc". i$ '!!'"Gt aaended.. It i. 'SO weak that \t \o'tOul0 renc:Jer any' 1~Q11li.16t~on tot.lly inef#ectivr.

·;or eKa.aph~t Mhat .ill eo~titute -~Tt .. for violence? t-iOw ~~ctly would c-ne d.eflnL- "a5!aist ... 11\ U,e prc-C'l$s 0" fut"thet".inQ violence? Indeed))f ~.S5j5t~nc~~ we~~ ~le to be p~oveO there is .,lreadv l.egis-lelloo lo deal .it.t.. th.e ... tt.~ ~

rhk worc1J.Dg of the Dlf>.c.lcu .. · .. t.io~ .u~\ .. tt:\er~f()r@'~ be- re--ctr"'ft.~ iJa aanf'1i1!r whic.h \!lilt Pt"9~\ ,-..e.l ~H"'-(~c..u.ltje's 'fer parcJ"lJjtar~' -~Dnsored organis.tions li.~ 5i~ F.jn~ One .ust r~C09nj~~ tnoCl ~ those Mho h:ih~ 1. i.gh t 1 y ctmooneQ iIlUn'er \*1.1 \ hOt,. -A1i. WOu 1 cl

~nQuraOle MeO. ~Y. ~ny co~u~t)on &bout sigolnq a decl.r~ti~n~

os such. ~ nePd t4 di~cQve~ the ~~h!l~~ h~JH ~f orgAnj~Ation~ like Sinn F~jn 1~ par.-ount.

Decl ..... tion CW5t be- dr.fte-d in .. . .ay which and .,eva\\&e the -t,fE:;,jibilityd of tho'5t!

advocate-s. to.r terr-of"i~t or9dn.i5ati~t\ii~ thes.e peep IQ> art}' "'c",,"dib i 1 i t.y'" .u~t nt;t that ~here 6r~ ~ho~e ~a Gc.

To ~hj5 .nd t the w111 t~rt the .i.~

Mho Act ~~ politl~al

That -e 00 not .. ccord blind vs to the reality

It hd'5 been -rot" thi5 r~6()t) th.tt. m!" ~avet in t.he- ~Ij,\, ~u9Q~"ell

thllt tht!: word "REPUDtAT£- aust be inclWe-o in tarty det;l.arliltion. To require r .. Q. Sinn Fein to -repudi4te" the Prcvisi(1t'Wl J~A should preiient j t wi th 11 se-r iou,. .... cn~·oib31 ~ t)· ~ pf'Qbl~.

It fclJows~ of cour5e~ tt\~t e.ach prQ'S,")~ .1oea orqdni~.t)''''''f "i~t n..ave to b.@ 5..o-et:i~i .. d, by n~. i1\ the. Oecll!!f.T&.t~on4. .To IJi,.i.RlPly lea~e tt, ~r~~~at~ all pToscriO~ o~q~nis~tjon~~, ~ilJ fn~bl~

$in" Fein tc 5.ly thAt tf\ey cOn$H1eo£ the ?r.ov)"looa i IRA ncrt to b~ proscribed ny any au~hQrity _1lic~ th~y .~~ ~itli09 t~

rlPC~nl.s. ••

P.~ · •. l~. talict\ St.. of' ttw' £Jectar.al Proce-ss: ~ .ao,..... lne cr ;l_ 01" \:.he' propose(l l~i .. l.tjon Au~1. b.e that. \. t 'Se«'k5~ i • ..-,\ , ~ PI e,.rent. the cand1ca.cy of UlO.... ,"",0 """uhf . \t\t~t\G to u~ .. the CO·.Af1CJ.16 or other t!Ject.ive Ch.-b~ ~ •• torwa t~ rrro..ot" "i~l£'1'\Ce f ·"r- politit:liIlpurposes. .. 10 le-a",. the aIltter "0." ~.~I)\.u\1on untk'l v1~\~e-p~o.o'\no CAndid.~.~ ar~ .!~tea 1. c.~tain to rn~re c.:'fttinuOU5 ~ro .. r i~ ~il Ql~-5..,

Jr ~ ~n o~ v~o\ence CAn b9 ~o lnhi~S~~ ~~at t~y are Un4bJ~ ~n serk .1ectiOft t.~~, w!JJ b~ an rnd of it. j~err _ill be no ~.l.visi~ and r.oio slo~~1 no Den~~l of ~ f~&r~h~se; no {o~u~ "~f' ~iT f!o"l\ \ p~op-aQ1t.nWk,

~t. i1' they .re- ~leclft .ftd .. re ~n. p.,. .. ~\1ItO wlt.h It. declarAtion ~, ieh pre~rnt. the. taking their ~t5s then the .~&r~l~ will nclt e'ven btt wort.hMhlie. Jt .l.ll ~ .. ~ U"t~t IS s.~c.tion of t"he .1 ec t-or.te "'.avr. 1 ncleed. b .. rh lJi ~nfranchi!.ed. Tho~ di 5.4UAlt f'ird ... ,11 b&ve ~t\ provided with the e-!a'~umtj .. JIl 10" a ... ssive p~op __ O .. nod ",' Ic:;tlJI'V ...hi-ch *-till ~ ... i" onQ01~ du .... 1OCl t.t-..e tt"l~i"", l.lfe of t~~ Counci 1 •

• p, ".5. 15 It 16.

Enfo,..ce .... ntl Any tH'~h of t .he- l>ecl&rdt· lon eu<Jt b~ CIi=t 4 cy-ia.inaJ off.nef!.. t..1. th40reo be OQ- ~o.Iiv.tlon ore this i~ . . " Tr-,e- propo5E'O levisl4ltJon 1,'5 ~it·hi!'r i()1· 'th'@ co~~'t"ii~nc~ c,' he p.ro\.ec.1;lan 0-( 1U\ inc!ivi4\$al, It V~l'l be PQr~,...ypd as ~·jther • sajve tQr Unjoni~t .e~itiv1t~~ br~l~ed by 17 lo~ )o'i· .. r~ of terrori..- ~r .$ a weapon 1.0. be pLa::eii il'\ t.h~ funds. (ai ' Un.ioAist~ ...

~\ther. t~ ~l~~.tlon i. urgentlv req~i~QO in D~n~~ to pro~ect .f~ aaint..a.ln 'those e-l~tot'.l rH"ocr~ upon whictt OU1" ~rath .. 5~"'fitee o-f vo",.rnaent. i .. fovnOed, it 1S the pri~r-y duty of &~~r~nt to SU$tain thO~@ ~~Q~.~~~~ ~O~ t~ b~nefit O~ th~

• ~ectQr .. t.e_ fItQ ~J f-..~ect-j~ OO~~"-i' CDuld cOJ")t~l.te .a.'ly ab(Uc.t.i~n .of' ttwt "tKPQl"Wr-ibi14ty..,

~,~ ut~ter ursiont.t P.rty (.1 h4~ c~~1ul}y c~n~lde~.~ ~11 th~ ,: ,)in~s. cont.i~ _ithtn t.he ta1icu~s-ion P.ape~ Ana., ~f\ t"e'!a~~n~~

n.,S .1. t.S"~\.a to 'f$1"O""\'oe c,cu'-s1;.t"u.c.~ i v~ C~.'£tt 4,l(I to put forw4ro Pf)$S ti ve ..:ttae-nd .... tlt!!.., 1 t has souqht to pr~tE' id~ .. s ...olc.h 4.r~

.. ,t4J.inabl .... ne Hh.ich \t e.llr~·es ... Ul be- ~1'fe~tlve. \'(. t\a.~ ~)~h\ ~o ~i~~ 4 ~or~l& ~ich c.nnot. o~ ~o~_l grDuno5~ b~

rUjec.ted by the SDtP.

~ . . .. .. ..... .. ... .. .. .. .. ..... .... .. .. .. . . . ... . . . .. . ..... ..... .. .. .. . . ... ...... . . . .. .

• i .. t Gover,...nt .. ,.. "-0"0 1.' ... ~ tttott. ~"rr'" t.t'tQ bciSi5 i"o~ tlet) .. 'te .00 Ttr'9Qti6\ian. Svch • Ci,l'l'\c, h ..... "en ....ou\a b~ • .-ro~u'!!. ,~ .a~\d be to tQt~!ly .i~J~ tn. u}&ter un,cnJ&t po~~tjon*

..... tn.t.er Unionist. P.r\y ..,.\i.~ that. Uw!- ~ibi litv t-o d •• 1 .. \.th t;he 4IOAr .. llte -aNI u.e- ""Jot. BoK- s),nd,."" in COtmlCil 1~1i lth "M~lu.s\velYIt Go~'NIIIPf\~· .. -

nut. in5>Ofar as t"he Aar't» h ... ~~ 5.t dOoHn it'S th.ougt\t.~ .. it ha. 00n8' ~ on tbr b ... ,.\s of ..... ~'- ...ou.\d be , .... ai'f\\-* Acc.-p"tebl. f:onditlons ~n ~ic.h it. .,.uu\d be pr~a.re4 to -:o",te-tat ~ny" 1'vt.uJ"e

.:ounci 1 .. J~t.io~.

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1. The Of~i~e~. af \he Vl~ter Unloni~~ p~~t~. ~. "fhe E';(ec~tiYe of th~ Uhiter t.h\ionisf COf.lflC~llars' Associdtiitn .. S... The- Ulster UnlOi")j.!S't P.rl.i~t.pr.,.. P"" .... ty.