NATIONAL ARCHIVES

IRELAND

Reference Code: 2013/100/1098

Creation Date(s): 17 March 1983

Extent and medium: 2 pages

Creator(s): Department of the Taoiseach

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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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF 'ST PATRICK'S DAY STATEt~ENT BY THE , '. PRESl DENT OF THE U. S. •

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"FOR THOSE OF US ~JHOSE ANCESTORS Cor,1E FROM I RELMlD AND FOR THOSE , , (f' us \mO SHARE THE SPIRIT OF IRISH HUMOR, HARD v/aRK AND . , fPlRITUAL FAITH, ST PATRICK'S DAY I S A TH1E OF GRATEFUL -" ' . CE?LEBRATION AND ',1UCH HAPPINESS. '

TODAY I S A Tt ME TO HONOR AND CELEllR ATE THE Er~ORMOUS CONTR I BUTI ON TO AHERICAN LIFE t1ADE BY IRISH IH r~IGRANTS. AS FRONTIERS;~EN IN THE /J'1ERICAN COLOtJlES Arm CITIZE!J SOLDIERS IN ~JASHINGTor.J'S ARHY ni'EY HELP ED Four·~ D · OUR R EPUBL I C. THE I R I NGENU I TY AND EFFORT IJJILT OUR ECONOi'lY, ADDED TO OUR SPIRITUAL VALUES MlD EflRICHED QJR LITERATURE. THEIR HU~OR ENRICHES LIFE'S HAPPY MOMENTS AND HAKES LIFE'S SETBACKS MORE BEARABLE. .

NiD YET OUR JOY 1 S TEr1P ER ED BY THE 'TR AGEDY TH AT D I V I DES NE I GHBOR FROM NEt GHTDOR I N NORTHERN 'RELArm. WE DEEPLY REGRET TIiAT SOME .

, \;OULD USE THI S DAY TO ENCLI ST SUPPORT FOR r~ORE VIOLEtlCE AND . CONFLI'CT ON THAT sr..,ALL I SLArm ~/H I CH I S so MUCH I N OUR HEARTS

TODAY. ~'E CANNOT REr~AIN l ~mDIFFERENT TO THE TRAGEDY THAT CONFROr~TS THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN I RELAND AND VJH I CH AFFECTS THE REPU BLrc OF IRELAND, BRITAIN Mm THEIR FRIENDS IN THE UNITED Sf AT ES. THOSE ~':HO ADVOCATE OR ErJGAGE I N V I OLENCE Ar~D TERROR ISM f:10ULD FHID t,!O \::: Lcor,lE IN TH~ II 'HTFD STAT ES .

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. JJORTHER ~ NI RELAtlD, v/H I CH OBSTRUCT THE PROC ES 0 OF RECOrJC I L I AT ION ' ''SO ESSEfJTIAL FOR PEACE. 'WE ASK ALL AMER-ICMIS TO REFR/d~1 FROr1

& PORTINGl WITH FltJANCIAL OR OTH ER AID, ORG MIISATIOtIS INVOLVED ECTLY OK HID I RECTLY IN PERPETUATI NG VIOLErJCE. AND \'JE URGE

THAT THOSE Af1ER I CAr-lS - M~D THERE ARE MANY - ~/HO WI SH TO HELP, LE~!D THEIR SUPPORT M!D CO lnRIBUTIO~JS TO LEGITJ:.1ATE GROUPS AND ffiGAN I SAT' OrJS WH I CH WORK TO PROt10TE RECONC I L I AT ION AND ECONOM le COOPER ATI or~.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT' COtJTINUES TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO HASTEN AN END TO TH I S V I OLENCE MID DISCORD BY •

. , - DISCOURAGING M1ERICANS FROM CONTRIBUTING TO ORGANISATIONS

,ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE. ," " ,

, - ARRESTI NG AUD PROSECUTtrJG THOSE ENGAGED I N THE I LLEGAL EXPORT OF AR:4S TO THOSE GROUPS.

, - CONFI SCATI NG WEAPONS I NTENDED FOR TERROR I STS. .. .. , NEXT TO PEACE ArJD RECONC1 L 1 AT ION, NORTHERN IRELAND'S GREATEST

NEED I S FOR JOBS TO BR I tJG HOPE Arm OPPORTU~J I TY TO ALL ITS PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG. AMERICAN COMPANIES WHICH HAVE INVESTfn IN NORTHERN IRELAND ALREADY EMPLOY A SIGNIFICANT ~ PERCENTAGE OF !TS !NDUSTRIAL \'JORK FORCE. ~,'A:<lr:G A REAL .... CONTRIBUTION TO ITS WELL-BEING. THIS ADMHJlSTRATION HILL CONTItIUE TO ENCOUR AGE PR I VATE I NVESTr·1ENT I N MW THE CREAT ION OF MORE JOB 'OPPORTUNITIES IN BOTH NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REPUBLI C. , " " . ,

~£ RECOGNISE THAT IT IS NOT FOR THE UNITED STATES TO CHART A COURSE FOR THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN IRELAND BUT HE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO URGE OUR LDrJG-TIME FRI ENDS IN THAT PART OF THE

J ~R"LD TO SEEK RECONCILIATION BETt'JEEN THE T~JO TRADITlmJS IN ~ORTHERN IRELAND l.tJD ACCOH r~ODATION THROUGH DEt·10CRATIC r~EANS. DURABLEz. EQUITABLE 'SOLUTIOfJS AND PEACE CAlmOT BE IHPOSED BY QJTS. DEt{S, HOt/EVER, WELL r'IEAN I NG. OUR ROLE ACCORD I NGL Y, I S TO SJPPORT EFfORTS BY THE PEOPLE AND GOVERN~IENfs DIRECTLY INVOLVED.

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SO ON Sf PATRICK'S DAY 1983 LET ·US ALL CELEBRATE OUR IRISH HERITAGE IN FI NE STYLE. nUT LET· US ALSO RH1Et1BER THOSE IN NORTHERNr~ IRELAND FOR HHICH 1983 IS ONE MORE YEAR OF TERRORISM AND DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS -- AND LET US REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO HELPING TO BRING THESE TWIN EVILS TO AN END.

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