Withdrawal call fails
(N.Z.P.A.Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. The British Labour Government has rejected a call in the House of Lords to consider withdrawing British troops from Northern Ireland. The suggestion came from Lord Bradwell, formerly the Labour member of Parliament, Mr Tom Driberg, who said there was a now a political vacuum in the province. All previous policies had failed, and it was time for the Government to start thinking and talking seriously about options, and perhaps even fixing dates for a military’ withdrawal, he said. Lord Bradwell said that if the troops did leave, it was unlikely that the people of Northern Ireland would wantonly plunge into a fullscale civil war. The Government’s response was that there could be no question of a “precipitate withdrawal.”
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 13
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124Withdrawal call fails Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 13
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