(C/NF) KUDOS FOR CONSULATE REPORTING ON NORTHERN

C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 037330


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E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2034
TAGS: PINR ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UK
SUBJECT: (C/NF) KUDOS FOR CONSULATE REPORTING ON NORTHERN
IRELAND (C-RE9-00663)

REF: A. 09 BELFAST 000014

B. 09 BELFAST 000017

C. 09 BELFAST 000020

D. 09 BELFAST 000021

Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).


1. (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR
APPRECIATION FOR POST'S REPORTING FOLLOWING THE DISSIDENT
REPUBLICAN ATTACKS IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND LEADING UP TO THE
ST. PATRICK'S DAY SUMMIT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. POST'S
IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF REFS PROVIDED ANALYSTS EXCELLENT INSIGHT
INTO THE PERSPECTIVES OF PROVINCIAL POLITICAL FIGURES ON
IMPORTANT ISSUES, SUCH AS THE DEVOLUTION OF POLICING AND
JUSTICE. REFS WERE FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN FINISHED PRODUCTS
ON THE ATTACKS AND IN BRIEFINGS TO SENIOR POLICYMAKERS.
POST'S INSIGHTS INTO THE ASSESSMENTS OF POLICE SERVICE OF
NORTHERN IRELAND (PSNI) LEADERS WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL AS
ANALYSTS EXAMINED THE EFFORTS OF THESE OFFICIALS TO PREVENT
FUTURE ATTACKS AND UNREST.


2. (C/NF) ANALYSTS WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
POST CAN PROVIDE ON PSNI, BRITISH MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE,
AND GARDA EFFORTS TO COMBAT DISSIDENT REPUBLICAN GROUPS AND
PREVENT RETALIATION BY LOYALISTS. ANALYSTS ARE ALSO
INTERESTED IN ANY FUTURE INSIGHTS INTO THE DUP'S AND SINN
FEIN'S NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DEVOLUTION OF POLICING AND
JUSTICE. MANY THANKS AND KUDOS.


CLINTON