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SECURITY. Provisional IRA: acquisition of weapons
Catalogue reference: PREM 19/911
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This record is about the SECURITY. Provisional IRA: acquisition of weapons dating from 1982 Aug 26 - 1982 Sep 07 in the series Records of the Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1979-1997. It is held at Creating government department or its successor.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PREM 19/911
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1982 Aug 26 - 1982 Sep 07
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Description (What the record is about)
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SECURITY. Provisional IRA: acquisition of weapons
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Creating government department or its successor
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Closed Or Retained Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Weapons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13317477/
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PREM 19
Records of the Prime Minister's Office: Correspondence and Papers, 1979-1997
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