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...Army's political leader, Gerry Adams, appears set to make a second visit to the U.S. this year -- this time as an ambassador of peace. The State Department is preparing a U.S. visa in that event. To play fair, the U.S. is also entertaining a request from a Northern Ireland Unionist delegation to visit Washington. The last time the Clinton Administration gave Adams U.S. entry, in January, the move strained ties between Washington and London...
...movement toward peace in Northern Ireland seemed to proceed apace with an historic meeting between Dublin and the Irish Republican Army, but potential troubles from absent players festered elsewhere. In the Irish capital, Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds and Gerry Adams, head of the I.R.A.'s political wing, said they were "totally and absolutely committed to democratic and peaceful methods of resolving our political problems." But they stopped short of agreeing to the permanent I.R.A. cease-fire demanded by British P.M. John Major, who has opposed the all-Irish talks. Worse for him, Major got into a dust-up with...
...I.R.A. cease-fires come and go will not bet on it -- even if the desire for peace is as strong as it has ever been. Weary of the war and its drain on the exchequer, the British government would welcome the chance to bring its troops home from Northern Ireland, where the struggle in Ulster is increasingly viewed with a sense of distance and disgust, could do without the headache the confrontation presents. The majority of people in Northern Ireland itself, be they Roman Catholic or Protestant, would simply like to get on with their lives. Even the I.R.A...
...groundwork has been done. A joint Anglo-Irish initiative agreed upon last December provides that Britain and the Republic of Ireland renounce any territorial claims to Ulster and that some sort of self-government be instituted in its six counties. Whether Ulster would eventually merge with the Republic or remain separate would be left to a popular vote in the North sometime in the future. Judging by opinion polls, the North would probably remain separate for some time to come...
...NORTHERN IRELAND: An End to the Crying Game...