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THIS
HER
DOCUMENT
BRITANNIC
IS
THE
PROPERTY
MAJESTY'S
Printed for the Cabinet.
OF
GOVERNMENT
February 1974
C M (72)
13th Conclusions
Copy No. 0
CABINET
of a Meeting of the Cabinet held at
CONCLUSIONS
10 Downing Street, S.W.1, on Tuesday, 7 March, 1972
at 11.00 a.m.
Present:
The Right Hon.
E D W A R D H E A T H , M P,
Prime Minister
The Right Hon. R E G I N A L D M A U D L I N G ,
M p, Secretary of State for the Home
Department
The Right Hon. S I R A L E C D O U G L A S H O M E , M P , Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Right Hon.
The Right Hon. A N T H O N Y B A R B E R ,
M P , Chancellor of the Exchequer
LORD
ST. MARYLEBONE,
H A I L S H A M OF
Lord Chancellor
The Right Hon. W I L L I A M W H I T E L A W ,
M P , Lord President of the Council
The Right Hon. L O R D C A R R I N G T O N ,
Secretary of State for Defence
The Right Hon. S I R K E I T H JOSEPH,
M p, Secretary of State for Social
Services
The Right Hon. GEOFFREY R I P P O N ,
Q c, M p, Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster
The Right Hon. R O B E R T C A R R , M P ,
Secretary of State for Employment
The Right H o n . M A R G A R E T T H A T C H E R ,
M P , Secretary of State for Education
and Science
The Right Hon. G O R D O N CAMPBELL,
M P , Secretary of State for Scotland
The Right Hon. T H E
Lord Privy Seal
The Right H o n . P E T E R W A L K E R , M P ,
Secretary of State for the Environment
The Right Hon. PETER T H O M A S ,
M p, Secretary of State for Wales
The Right Hon. JAMES PRIOR, M P ,
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food
The Right H o n . J O H N D A V I E S , M P ,
Secretary of State for Trade and
Industry and President of the Board
of Trade
E A R L JELLICOE,
Q
c,
The following were also present:
The Right Hon. F R A N C I S P Y M , M P ,
Parliamentary Secretary, Treasury
The Right H o n . S I R PETER R A W L I N S O N ,
Q c , M P , Attorney-General
Secretariat:
SIR B U R K E T R E N D
Mr.
N.
F. CAIRNCROSS
Mr.
A.
P.
HOCKADAY
Subject
NORTHERN IRELAND
V
Northern
Ireland
Previous
Reference:
C M (72) 11th
Conclusions,
Minute 4
The Cabinet gave further consideration to the situation in
Northern Ireland in the light of a memorandum by the Secretary of
State for the Home Department (CP (72) 26). Their discussion and
the conclusions reached were separately recorded and issued only to
The Queen, the Prime Minister and those Ministers who had to take
action.
The conclusions are recorded separately in the standard file held
by the Secretary of the Cabinet.
Cabinet Office,
7 March, 1972.