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Correspondence and papers, with correspondents including: James Molyneaux, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, to Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary, on the Draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, and to Christopher Patten, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office, on replacing direct rule (2); letters between Thomas King, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Ian Gow, on provisions for the dissolution of the Northern Ireland Assembly and direct rule; [William] John Biffen, Lord Privy Seal.
Also includes: note of James Molyneaux's meeting with Murdo MacLean [Private Secretary to the Government Chief Whip]; memorandum by JEP on the Draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations, with statement on the end of the interim period of 'direct rule'; Andrew Alexander (writing to Ian Gow), resigning from the Friends of the Union; House of Commons Library factsheet on Northern Ireland legislation.
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