HC Deb 07 February 1972 vol 830 c259W
Mr. Kilfedder

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he intends to make to the Eire Government in view of the statement made in New York by Dr. Hillery, Eire's Foreign Minister on 2nd February that Eire may move to get British troops out of Northern Ireland.

Mr. Anthony Royle

I would refer my hon. Friend to what my right hon. Friend told the House on 3rd February and to his warning to the Government of the Irish Republic that if they were to maintain the attitude reflected in Dr. Hillery's speeches in New York, they could do the most serious and lasting damage to the relationship between the two countries. —[Vol. 830, c. 692–6.]

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