In 1949 the Secretary of the British Cabinet, Sir Norman Brook, prepared a Memorandum for the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, which remained under wraps for the following 30 years. It arose from the Declaration of a Republic in Dublin that year. It said –
“For many years past, members of all political parties here have been able to take the line over partition that there is nothing they would like better than to see a united Ireland, but this is a problem which Irishmen must settle among themselves.
It has been very convenient for the political parties to be able in this way to avoid the responsibility of favouringeither one side or the other in this controversy.
It seems to me that Eire’s new status will make it impossible for any political party in this country to preserve this detached attitude any longer. So long as Eire owes no allegiance to the Crown, and is not a member of the Commonwealth, it seems to me that any United Kingdom government will be compelled to take a positive line in supporting the continuance of partition, partly because they must support the Loyalists in the North,BUT MAINLY BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STRATEGIC REASONS THAT SOME PART OF IRELAND SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN HIS MAJESTY’S DOMINIONS.”
That year Westminster passed The Ireland Act, falsely purporting to vest sovereignty over the Six Counties with the “Parliament of Northern Ireland” . Sovereignty in the United Kingdom continued and still continues to lie with the Sovereign in Parliament – the real Parliament at Westminster. In 1972 Westminster blew the “Parliament” at Stormont away, as one might blow out a candle on a teacake.
In 1949 Britain was one of of the founders of NATO. In that year also George Orwell’s novel NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR was published. It is believed its MINISTRY OF TRUTH was inspired by the author’s experience with the BBC. It is also believed that its AIRSTRIP ON£ stood for Britain.
But it seems that in Whitehall SOME PART OF IRELAND would do nicely for AIRSTRIP TWO and it
need not be in the North.
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