Northern Ireland Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee
The Northern Ireland Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee was formed in 1974 to establish a uniform approach to news and policy guidance among senior representatives and chief information officers of the Northern Ireland Office, the then Northern Ireland Executive, the Army, and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.[1]
Meetings
27 August 1974, Stormont Castle
- Present: Mr M Cudlipp (NIO) Chairman | Brigadier HEML Garrett (HQNI) | Mr P Broderick (HQNI Information) | Deputy Chief Constable K Newman (RUC) | Mr [Bill McGookin|W. McGookin]] (RUC Information) | Mr R Seaman (NIO Information, London) | Mr D Gilliland (NIO Information, Belfast) | Mr R. Ramsay (Central Secretariat) | Mr T Roberts [[Central Secretariat Information) | Mr W. Adler (NIO) | Mr D. Revolta (NIO).[2]
The meeting concluded that it would concern itself with information policy in a strategic context, and would promote and co-ordinate a positive public relations policy. Meetings would not normally be minuted. Mr Broderick was tasked to produce a paper on 'the Army view of a positive Public Relations Policy for the Province' ahead of the next meeting.[3]
External resources
- National archives CJ 4/887. Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee. Chief Press Officer's file. Setting-up. Working papers. Future policy. 1974 Aug 13 - 1975 May 23.
- National Archives FCO 26/1570 Northern Ireland: Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee; papers and correspondence. 1974 Jan 01 - 1974 Dec 31.
Notes
- ↑ Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee, F.W. Armstrong to R. Seaman, 16 August 1974. National archives file CJ 4/887.
- ↑ Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee: First Meeting, 27 August 1974. National archives file CJ 4/887.
- ↑ Information Policy Co-ordinating Committee: First Meeting, 27 August 1974. National archives file CJ 4/887.
