| Description | Photocopy of typescript draft memorandum with handwritten amendments, entitled 'Splitting', by [Brendan Duddy] for [Sinn Féin]. Offering analysis of situation in apprehension of a split that may occur after the talks scheduled for 15 September; some general observations about groups finding themselves in a war because of their intractable positions. Stating that 'the primary task of the leadership of the Republican Movement is to negotiate an Irish settlement. Every other consideration is an indulgence.' (With caption by Éamonn Downey pointing to original document which also includes a handwritten draft.) |