British government urged Washington embassy to lobby incoming president, declassified documents show
Office said the incoming president’s views on the region were unwelcome and urged the British embassy in Washington to confront him, according to an official document declassified this week.
The document was among declassified files at the Public Record Office in Belfast. It underscored the depth of British disquiet over Clinton, who had close ties to Irish-Americans and came into office promising a more active US policy on Northern Ireland. “We believe that the United States must reflect this concern more effectively in its foreign policy,” he said. “We condemn the violence and bloodshed which has scarred Northern Ireland and oppose all attempts to achieve political goals through terror and violence.”
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