Merlyn Rees - Revision history

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[[Merlyn Rees]], Lord Merlyn Rees (1920-2006) was a Labour politician.<ref>Tam Dalyell, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-merlynrees-521774.html Lord Merlyn-Rees], Independent, 6 January 2006.</ref>

Rees served in the 1974-79 Labour Government as Northern Ireland Secretary (5 Mar 74 - 10 Sep 76) and Home Secretary (10 Sep 76 - 4 May 79).<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, pp.35-36.</ref>

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	During a [[Provisional IRA]] ceasefire in early 1975, Rees authorised contacts with British officials, but the ceasefire petered out later that year.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, pp.243-244.</ref>		During a [[Provisional IRA]] ceasefire in early 1975, Rees authorised contacts with British officials, but the ceasefire petered out later that year.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, pp.243-244.</ref>
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		+	*1979 [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]]

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	Rees served in the 1974-79 Labour Government as Northern Ireland Secretary (5 Mar 74 - 10 Sep 76) and Home Secretary (10 Sep 76 - 4 May 79).<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, pp.35-36.</ref>		Rees served in the 1974-79 Labour Government as Northern Ireland Secretary (5 Mar 74 - 10 Sep 76) and Home Secretary (10 Sep 76 - 4 May 79).<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, pp.35-36.</ref>
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		+	==Northern Ireland Secretary==
		+	As Northern Ireland Secretary, Rees was immediately faced with powerful opposition to the Sunningdale power-sharing arrangements, anti-Sunningdale unionists have won 11 out of 12 Northern Ireland seats at the February 1974 general election. During the [[Ulster Workers' Council]] strike of May 1974, Rees was unwilling to use the army to break the strike, a position which probably relected the Army's own inclinations, and eventually decided to resume direct rule.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, pp.242-243.</ref>
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		+	In July 1974, he announced a Constitutional Convention which was elected the following year, but which collapsed in 1976.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, pp.243-244.</ref>
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		+	During a [[Provisional IRA]] ceasefire in early 1975, Rees authorised contacts with British officials, but the ceasefire petered out later that year.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, pp.243-244.</ref>

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