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political expediency. They are to be the sacrificial lambs to appease the Dublin wolves". In his letter to FitzGerald, Paisley said: "You claim in your constitution jurisdiction over our territory, our homes, our persons and our families. You allow your territory to be used as a launching pad for murder gangs and as a sanctuary for them when they return soaked in our people's blood. You are a fellow traveller with the IRA and hope to ride on the back of their terrorism to your goal of a United
Ireland. We reject your claims and will never submit to your authority. We will never bow to Dublin rule".
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Agreement the RUC held the line, at the cost of a sharp deterioration in relations with the unionist community. In 1986 there were over 500 attacks on the homes of RUC officers as well as intimidation of their families and 120 families were forced to move. That the RUC upheld the law rather than the interests of unionists did "a great deal to enhance the RUC's reputation for professionalism". Attacks on RUC officers' homes had already started in the summer of 1985 with unionist resentment exacerbated by the RUC rerouting
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Government and Irish nationalist opinion in Ulster, in the hope of winning their support against the IRA". However, Thatcher perceived the results of this to be disappointing because "our concessions alienated the Unionists without gaining the level of security co-operation we had a right to expect. In the light of this experience it is surely time to consider an alternative approach". In 1998 Thatcher said she regretted signing the Agreement and said of Enoch Powell's opposition to the Agreement: "I now believe that his assessment was right".
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strike but there was also a high level of intimidation with masked
Loyalists establishing barricades. In Portadown mobs attacked Catholic homes and a section of the motorway near Belfast way closed after nails and oil were strewn across the road. Vandalism and clashes with police broke out following a Unionist rally held at Belfast City Hall. There were riots in Loyalist areas during the evening and night and shots were fired at the
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stance at the upcoming meeting at Camp David in
December 1984. Reagan duly discussed Northern Ireland with Thatcher at their meeting, telling her that "making progress is important" and that "there is great Congressional interest in the matter", adding that O'Neill wanted her to be "reasonable and forthcoming". Afterwards, Reagan assured O'Neill that he had emphasised the need for progress.
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Ireland Forum was published in May and suggested three possible solutions: a federal united
Ireland, a confederal united Ireland or joint sovereignty. Fitzgerald hoped that Thatcher might be persuaded of the third option but at the press conference after their meeting Thatcher publicly proclaimed that all three options were "out". Thatcher's intransigence persuaded the American President,
730:, then head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, warned that "unionists are now beginning to realise that the choice facing them is whether to preserve the union or preserve their ascendancy" and "people going for ascendancy may find themselves, logically, on the independence road â however untenable that may be economically and politically." In 1986
940:" (the name of the Irish Foreign Minister) and stood on the label "For the Anglo-Irish Agreement" but did not campaign. Despite this he garnered nearly 7,000 votes and saved three deposits. The unionist parties between them garnered over 400,000 votes and over 71% of the total poll, but as no by-elections took place in the staunch nationalist seats of
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British government recognised as legitimate the wishes of the Republic to have an interest in the affairs of Northern Ireland. It also demonstrated to unionists that they could not politically veto British policy regarding Northern Ireland via
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Ireland in June 1984, increasingly encouraged
Thatcher to make progress on Anglo-Irish talks. 45 Senators and Congressmen (including O'Neill, Kennedy and Moynihan) wrote to Reagan criticising Thatcher's rejection of the Forum's report. They also pushed him to pressure Thatcher into reconsidering her
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in an attempt to undercut support for the IRA by bringing together constitutional nationalist parties from both sides of the border. In June 1983 Thatcher and
Fitzgerald met again and revived the Anglo-Irish Council, which met sixteen times between November 1983 and March 1985. The report of the New
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Does the hon. Gentleman accept that some of us oppose the agreement for reasons other than those that he has given? We believe that the agreement strengthens rather than weakens the border between the six and the 26 counties, and those of us who wish to see a United
Ireland oppose the agreement for
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and Irish governments. This body was concerned with political, legal and security matters in Northern Ireland, as well as "the promotion of cross-border co-operation". It had a consultative role only â no powers to make decisions or change laws were given to it. The Conference would only have power
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on 16 January to discuss Northern Ireland. She now accepted that an "Irish dimension" was necessary in return for the Irish government's acceptance that Northern Ireland would remain a member of the United Kingdom so long as it had majority support. In April a four-member Cabinet committee had been
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who sought to destroy Israel in a day". He wrote to Thatcher: "Having failed to defeat the IRA you now have capitulated and are prepared to set in motion machinery which will achieve the IRA goal... a united Ireland. We now know that you have prepared Ulster Unionists for sacrifice on the altar of
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of October 1984. British military intelligence informed Thatcher that she could not take the IRA head on and the likelihood of never-ending violence persuaded her to seek a political solution to the Troubles. The Anglo-Irish Agreement's origins lay in the behind-the-scenes negotiations between the
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on solving the conflict in Northern Ireland. In December 1980 Thatcher and Haughey met in Dublin, with the subsequent communiqué calling for joint studies of "possible new institutional links" between Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. Although this resulted in the founding of
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On 3 March 1986 there was a general strike, or 'Day of Action', in Northern Ireland, in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. There was widespread disruption as workplaces closed. Public transport including air travel was also affected. There was significant genuine Protestant support for the
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would likely prefer an independent Northern Ireland to a situation where unionists were not in control or had to share power with nationalists. British civil service head Sir Robert Armstrong said that Unionist politicians had not considered the financial implications of an independent Northern
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away from Catholic areas in 1985 and 1986. The parades were perceived as triumphalist by Catholic residents and often led to vandalism and violence. Ian Paisley declared that it was time for the RUC to declare whether it was for Northern Ireland or against it. Hardline unionists saw the RUC's
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voted for a motion to approve the Agreement by a majority of 426 (473 for and 47 against, the biggest majority during Thatcher's premiership). Most of the Conservative members voted for it, although there were some unionists in the party who opposed it, as well as some members of the
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as the basis of fundamental change of Northern Ireland's national status. Within ten years, however, the PIRA announced a (first) ceasefire, and both governments engaged in negotiation with the two sides to the Northern Ireland conflict, which led to the Good Friday Agreement.
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Where do the terrorists operate from? From the Irish Republic! That's where they come from! Where do the terrorists return to for sanctuary? To the Irish Republic! And yet Mrs Thatcher tells us that that Republic must have some say in our Province. We say never, never, never,
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only contested the four seats where at the previous election there had been a majority of votes cast for nationalist candidates. The SDLP rejected a Sinn FĂ©in offer to form a nationalist electoral pact to oppose the unionist electoral pact. In the process the SDLP gained the
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an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government while confirming that there would be no change in the constitutional position of Northern Ireland unless a majority of its citizens agreed to join the Republic. It also set out conditions for the establishment of a
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The Orange Order in Scotland claimed that one thousand people left the Conservative Party in protest against the Agreement. In 1990 Thatcher said that "The Anglo-Irish Agreement had alienated some pro-Ulster supporters in crucial constituencies" in Scotland.
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The by-elections called after the Unionist MPs resigned did not quite offer the electorate a clear-cut choice on the agreement due to the reluctance of the other parties to contest them. No unionist candidate opposed another, whilst both the SDLP and
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spoke of "the stench of hypocrisy, deceit and treachery" and later said of "universal cold fury" at the Agreement such as he had not experienced in forty years of public life. Ian Paisley, a few days later to his congregation, compared Thatcher to
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816:, resigned from the Irish Labour Party because she believed that the Agreement "could not achieve its objective of securing peace and stability within Northern Ireland... because... it would be unacceptable to all sections of Unionist opinion".
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asked Thatcher in the Commons the day before she signed the Agreement: "Does the Right Hon. Lady understandâif she does not yet understand she soon willâthat the penalty for treachery is to fall into public contempt?" The UUP leader
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running ran the risk of it being used to declare Northern Ireland independent from Britain. Some senior Unionist politicians were sympathetic to the idea and had grown closer to loyalist paramilitaries, including DUP deputy leader
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abstained in the vote for Haughey seeing Haughey as the "lesser of two evils" due to Gregory's opposition to the Agreement along with his personal dislike for FitzGerald. Haughey was elected Taoiseach on the casting vote of the
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Irish Republicans were left in the position of rejecting the only piece of constitutional progress (in the eyes of many nationalists and republicans) since the failure of the first attempt at powersharing via the
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informed of the negotiations; in October the entire Cabinet was informed. Thatcher and Fitzgerald met again in May at a European summit in which they discussed what became the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
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a little over a decade earlier. As such, the agreement boosted the political approach advocated by the SDLP and contributed to republican recognition, made explicit in the 1998 agreement, of the
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opinion poll in Northern Ireland found that 75% of Protestant Unionists would vote 'No' if a referendum was held on the Agreement, with 65% of Catholic Nationalists saying they would vote 'Yes'.
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because it gave the Republic of Ireland government a role in the governance of Northern Ireland for the first time ever, and because they had been excluded from the agreement negotiations. The
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in the Republic of Ireland, near the border. The loyalists vandalised many buildings and beat up two police officers. Robinson was arrested, leading to rioting before and after his trial.
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seat. The Alliance formally committed to fighting all the seats on a platform of support for the Agreement, but some local branches declined to select candidates. The
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to make proposals "insofar as those matters are not the responsibility of a devolved administration in Northern Ireland". This provision was intended to encourage the
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suburb of Maryfield. The presence of civil servants from the Republic particularly incensed unionists. The Maryfield offices closed in December 1998 after the
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thirteen years later. As such, it can be seen as a major stepping-stone in the peace process, of which the inter-governmental component was crucial.
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escort, save in the most exceptional circumstances. The Irish government made thousands of protests at violations of this undertaking by 1997.
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because it officially recognised British jurisdiction in Northern Ireland. It was also opposed by the Independent Republican
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saying of it: "Nothing like it had been seen since 1912". Estimates of the number of people there vary:
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in December 1983. Thatcher herself was the target in the
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375:Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
362:Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
1612:
910:Maps of the result of the by-elections.
3197:
1978:from the original on 19 September 2015
1879:(London: HarperCollins, 1993), p. 403.
1848:
1822:"Inside the loyalist terror machine",
1813:
1722:from the original on 23 September 2015
1623:Stacey K. McGoldrick, Andrea McArdle,
1555:
1275:Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
1172:(London: Jonathan Cape, 2003), p. 422.
1104:Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
1068:
708:unilateral declaration of independence
3057:
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1150:from the original on 31 December 2014
521:The Agreement was widely rejected by
49:Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland
3245:Peace treaties of the United Kingdom
2231:Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2057:(Manchester University Press, 2011).
1644:from the original on 6 November 2011
1492:(Belfast: Blackstaff, 2005), p. 758.
1071:Sinn FĂ©in: A Hundred Turbulent Years
951:
552:There was also a mass rally outside
270:Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
205:consensus government in the region.
188:which aimed to help bring an end to
3165:IRA Ceasefire & Decommissioning
2399:"The lady's not for turning" (1980)
1530:(Belfast: Blackstaff, 1989), p. 86.
13:
3111:(Constitutional Conference) (1980)
2184:(CAIN), Queen's University Belfast
2040:
1761:from the original on 30 April 2020
1361:. parliament.uk. 6 November 2000.
1108:Treaty Series No.62 1985 Cmnd.9690
902:1986 Northern Ireland by-elections
610:1986 Northern Ireland by-elections
454:Social Democratic and Labour Party
14:
3271:
3159:Independent Monitoring Commission
2172:
1395:from the original on 16 June 2015
1365:from the original on 11 June 2015
1047:â a protest campaign by unionists
851:Speaking in the House of Commons
830:Provisional Irish Republican Army
750:In August 1986 DUP Deputy Leader
19:Not to be confused with the 1921
3230:IrelandâUnited Kingdom relations
3115:Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
3037:
3036:
2791:(1984â1996 & 2020 TV series)
2557:Broadcasting restrictions (1988)
2295:
2239:Leader of the Conservative Party
2182:Conflict Archive on the Internet
2128:Developments in British Politics
1091:Conflict Archive on the Internet
684:UUP politicians Christopher and
505:Unionist and Loyalist opposition
390:was the conference's permanent
377:, made up of officials from the
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3127:Brooke/Mayhew inter-party talks
2442:"White flags over Port Stanley"
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2064:(Cork University Press, 1997).
1779:"The Paisley heirs apparent",
1277:(Back Bay, 2002), pp. 623â624.
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948:this latter figure is skewed.
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675:Presbyterian Church of Ireland
463:The Agreement was approved by
373:The agreement established the
180:was a 1985 treaty between the
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3177:Hillsborough Castle Agreement
3152:Amendment of Articles 2 and 3
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409:
396:Department of Foreign Affairs
356:
342:Department of Foreign Affairs
227:
2950:Palace of Westminster (2007)
2751:We have become a grandmother
2562:"Sermon on the Mound" (1988)
2137:(Univ of Wales Press, 1994).
2091:Contemporary British History
1849:Cobain, Ian (27 June 2017).
1116:
467:, by 88 votes to 75, and by
212:, by British Prime Minister
7:
2509:Local Government Act (1985)
1146:. Guardian News and Media.
1009:
995:1987 Irish General Election
741:European Economic Community
601:The day after the rally, a
10:
3276:
3250:Treaties concluded in 1985
3215:1985 in the United Kingdom
3133:Downing Street Declaration
2606:Resignation Honours (1990)
2578:Community Charge (1989â90)
2416:Irish hunger strike (1981)
1808:The Scottish Daily Express
1568:"Violence Unionist Strike"
1062:
899:
812:, who subsequently became
787:Ulster Defence Association
430:
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1607:Policing Northern Ireland
1252:Campbell, p. 429, p. 435.
1138:Editorial (20 May 2011).
712:Northern Ireland Assembly
622:Royal Ulster Constabulary
531:Democratic Unionist Party
426:Reaction to the Agreement
420:Royal Ulster Constabulary
166:(Thatcher) and the Irish
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3210:1985 in Northern Ireland
3183:Stormont House Agreement
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2685:The Downing Street Years
2493:Miners' strike (1984â85)
2104:McLoughlin, Peter John.
2009:Peter John McLoughlin,
1935:Tonge, Jonathan (2006).
1877:The Downing Street Years
1475:25 December 2016 at the
993:in the aftermath of the
930:Wesley Robert Williamson
437:British House of Commons
3220:1980s in Irish politics
2945:London Guildhall (1998)
2876:The Hunt for Tony Blair
2110:Irish Political Studies
2015:Irish Political Studies
1444:5 November 2011 at the
1102:Treaty Series 1985 No.2
1087:Text of the agreement:
471:by 37 votes to 16. The
316:was second only to the
3117:("rolling devolution")
2971:Richard Stone portrait
2828:The Alan Clark Diaries
2514:rate-capping rebellion
2474:Brighton hotel bombing
2282:"Britain Awake" (1976)
2154:34.4 (2011): 838â858.
2152:West European Politics
2117:International Politics
1638:"House of Commons PQs"
1413:Feeney 2002, pp.329â30
1317:Campbell, pp. 435â436.
1234:Campbell, pp. 433â435.
1193:Campbell, pp. 426â427.
1069:Feeney, Brian (2002).
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911:
890:Greater London Council
874:
832:(IRA) continued their
795:Loughinisland massacre
779:Ulster Volunteer Force
599:
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278:Brighton hotel bombing
196:. The treaty gave the
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3157:Establishment of the
3146:Good Friday Agreement
3138:Establishment of the
3121:Anglo-Irish Agreement
3097:Sunningdale Agreement
2799:(1987â1991 TV series)
2503:Anglo-Irish Agreement
2179:Anglo-Irish Agreement
2164:42.3 (1998): 545â565
2119:44.6 (2007): 711â731
2112:29.1 (2014): 116â133.
2082:22.3 (1987): 336â351.
2071:21.4 (2013): 406â424
2050:82.3 (2011): 389â397.
2034:51.3 (2016): 244â273.
2017:29.1 (2014): 116â133.
2000:82.3 (2011): 389â397.
1031:Good Friday Agreement
1025:Sunningdale Agreement
975:Sunningdale Agreement
959:Good Friday Agreement
909:
888:, then leader of the
869:
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690:High Court of Ireland
673:The moderator of the
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527:Ulster Unionist Party
512:
388:Maryfield Secretariat
272:in July 1982 and the
268:in October 1981, the
178:Anglo-Irish Agreement
33:Anglo-Irish Agreement
25:Good Friday Agreement
3171:St Andrews Agreement
2836:Pinochet in Suburbia
2688:(1993 autobiography)
2601:"No. No. No." (1990)
2480:GCHQ trade union ban
2437:Diana Gould exchange
2259:Member of Parliament
2069:Irish Studies Review
1974:. 27 November 1985.
1389:DĂĄil Ăireann debates
1037:St Andrews Agreement
979:principle of consent
932:changed his name by
844:from the Republic's
814:President of Ireland
758:' of the village of
586:University of Ulster
541:of all the unionist
314:Irish-American lobby
2884:In Search of La Che
2762:Cultural depictions
2133:Owen, Arwel Ellis.
2060:Cochrane, Feargal.
2048:Political Quarterly
1998:Political Quarterly
1875:Margaret Thatcher,
1826:, 19 November 1986.
1792:Joseph M. Bradley,
1662:Owen, p. 37, p. 43.
1548:Fionnuala McKenna,
1490:A History of Ulster
1341:The Washington Post
1051:Unionism in Ireland
649:fraternal societies
243:Irish hunger strike
210:Hillsborough Castle
186:Republic of Ireland
160:Hillsborough Castle
92:Republic of Ireland
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1955:Feeney 2002, p.329
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1501:Arwel Ellis Owen,
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791:Greysteel massacre
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1939:. Polity, p. 53.
1888:Thatcher, p. 415.
1824:Irish Independent
1781:Irish Independent
1488:Jonathan Bardon,
1326:Campbell, p. 436.
1273:John A. Farrell,
1264:Campbell, p. 435.
1243:Campbell, p. 434.
1225:Campbell, p. 430.
1216:Campbell, p. 429.
1202:Campbell, p. 427.
1184:Campbell, p. 426.
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997:. Independent TD
952:Long-term effects
783:Red Hand Commando
771:Ulster Resistance
769:the DUP launched
732:Irish Independent
686:Michael McGimpsey
569:News of the World
554:Belfast City Hall
473:Irish nationalist
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