4 days ago
- Politics
- Belfast Telegraph
Plan to turn IRA into old boys' club one of many in bid to entice Provos to disarm, state papers reveal
UUP leader David Trimble also suggested making group legal to break political deadlock
A top British diplomat argued the British and Irish governments in conjunction with the US should be urging the 'IRA to (transform) themselves into a retired servicemen's league', newly released state papers have revealed.
Sir Ivor Roberts believed the move could form part of the process to progress Provo decommissioning and get the republican terrorists to formally end their armed campaign as part of peacebuilding in Northern Ireland.
