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20p Outside Ireland — 25p blatant, However Thatcher's wallingness It Support aninmsm and humili bate them has lett Uhem a yuloerable, The point is that they are not equally vulnerable: — and Jatin Hume ated the SOLE are at the sharp end!

as might be expected Fine Gael, the tradithonul: pany of collabornion. are Ie-pst-alleoted but the Fails do gel ackene from the Brits has injured them deeple. 1 SOM. Moret and more bhely that they will retres: tewards Blue Unemployed and Strikers — 10p J0H™M BAUME The humafiadion of the Angbolrish talks liaanl changed the poller at the Nathonatist. parties. They are: still determined in smash Regulslicaniget and to tell oot the irish people's aspiraiions for With exch day that posses collaberation on ‘security’ bee | i ] shittisen aadall-cs rep The Labour Pabty, wiready ingen lout othensiee noalsL the working cliss, have nothing lo lose and expect to get decmared in the local eevernment ekections.

Their best hope is that W they hang on in Coa™ian the Blueshitts will come up with a stroke in save then. Haughey of Fianna Fail aad the Mallon wing of the SIPLP wre now trying to retain tredibility by selling the Forum Theport to the Americans, Mallon has actually offered trish mem.

bers ip ol SAPO as: park of the deal! Given: Thatcher's | support for Sie Wars” beciias ater rope, leigh unily. (Mies mur But fis Hume ond the S00P is a whole whe are up against it, Thie olher parties are edher in govern Gin pol forvard moves japainst ibe oral FAL be Aind Pein as independent decibe giti- sims. The SOLE are being asked support the dinect tepressioi of Britain and the Unienists al & time when many of their arn supporters feel they should cooperite with Sinn Fein against ar encniy unwilliie to concede even the smadlest cefurnn.

Ali isin this context that we sheuld place the Haome-ltA aneeding. Humewas desperately anxious to wiggle off the heer of talks with Si Fein.

+ pect te form one, They When the iivitulion from Gerry Adams caine he had already preTame his delenve by disenssiog Sinn Fein is-a political force. anak areuing thie the uULATiiy Deg i was the Army Council, he WA wrinie-toorcd him by issping an ivediale britethorn, The british, 1a eT taker i ples decision that there was touche ne reform of the North, tied ao diseure this by handing contol of ne_otintions te the Unanisis. Por the ‘notan ineh" brigade mepotiatian means wneomiitional Matiaealist surrender, They reacted to the HA meeting by slumming the door on tks and smashing fut the time being Hume's plin of an ‘Internal settlement’ VOLUME 4 NUMEER 2 March’ April 1985 ltappenrs froin the ciecomtsramecs of thecimecting and: the fact -that Hunn vas able po avoid discos shuts that the Republican Moveibentis wet torally united? aravnd the ides of les with the SDLP Tt ts Impertant that this issve be sucted oul, British pressure ond ‘lithe tricks’ ‘uguinst Sinn Fein WHE Incresise in Che rin-cg li the elecnon. Ther will be hoping to take even stronger action wher the election. The SDLP must be forced oir meet Bepublicans und teverst their support foe repression, Hume hag challenges the Kepublican military carmpiign. Mow he oust be challenged te tight inca onited political THM TgO aginst the geremving JOHN Mc4éhULTY