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Reference Code:
2000/6/144
Title:
Notes on a meeting with the British
Ambassador by the Tánaiste, Frank Aiken
Creation Date(s):
8 January 1969
Level of description:
Item
Extent and medium:
3 pages
Creator(s):
Department of Foreign Affairs
Access Conditions:
Open
Copyright:
National Archives, Ireland. May only be
reproduced with the written permission of the
Director of the National Archives.
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