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Aug 14, 2019 · In April 1969 Wilson had warned his Cabinet: “If it became necessary for the troops to intervene, they would be thought to be doing so in order to maintain the Orange faction in power. The constitutional consequences might be very grave, and once we were involved it would be difficult to secure our withdrawal.”.
Wilson agreed to Stormont's request to deploy British troops in Northern Ireland on 14 August. In Dublin, the Fianna Fail government of Taoiseach Jack Lynch watched the events in the North with growing alarm. With limited military and economic power, Authors' e-mail: dwilliams@hartford.edu Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 18 (2007 ...
Jan 3, 2000 · Mon Jan 03 2000 - 00:00. When the British prime minister, Mr Harold Wilson, met his cabinet on February 26th, 1969, Northern Ireland was already high on the agenda. Violence in the North ...
The study concluded that the military could do so in three months, but if increased violence collapsed civil society, Britain would have to send in troops again. Without bases, to do so would be an invasion of Ireland; Wilson thus decided against a withdrawal. [149]
14 August. The British Government has sent troops into Northern Ireland in what it says is a "limited operation" to restore law and order. It follows three days and two nights of violence in the mainly-Catholic Bogside area of Londonderry. Trouble has also erupted in Belfast and other towns across Northern Ireland.
A BBC news story from August 14th 1969, reporting on the deployment of British troops to “restore law and order” in Northern Ireland: “The British Government has sent troops into Northern Ireland in what it says is a “limited operation” to restore law and order. It follows three days and two nights of violence in the mainly-Catholic ...
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The only troops left in Northern Ireland were there for training purposes. The cost The Northern Ireland Victims Commission's 1998 report 'to look at possible ways to recognise the pain and suffering felt by victims of violence arising from the troubles' referred to over 3,600 deaths since 1969, just over half of whom were civilians.
