Letter from James Craig to Winston Churchill, 28 June 1922 Letters 1916-1923 James Craig

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Talk on the disarmament of police in the neutral zone and the neutral zone

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Correspondence and papers re Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson, PRONI/CAB-6-89-36 https://letters1916.ie/item/4823 English James Craig 1922-06-28 Stormont Castle, Belfast, Ireland Winston Churchill Colonial Office, London, England Male 1940 Politics

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 CAR6/89/36 STORMONT CASTLE, BELFAST. 28. June, 1922. My Dear Churchilll I have carefully considered the proposal in your telegram that all official arms should be withdrawn from the neutral zone, Pettigo - Belleek, etc. and that the Police in the area should be disarmed. After consultation with our Constabulary Authorities I find that there is a very strong feeling against placing our Constabulary in a position in which they are unable to protect themselves from attack, especially near the Border Line. Our Constabulary Authorities think that such action on our part might have a very dilaterious effect on the morale of the whole Force. As an alternative suggestion, therefore, I propose that all Constabulary should be withdrawn from the zone on both sides, and that the Military occupying the zone undertake the protection of the Constabulary Barracks in the area and hand over persons charged with criminal offencess to the nearest Constabulary post outside the neutral zone within the jurisdiction of the Government of the country in which the offence was committed. In order still further to meet your views I would even acquiesce in the Military performing this duty on our side of the Border and unarmed Constabuary of the Free State being allowed to function on the further side. Yours sincerely, The Ht. Hon. W. S. Churchill, M.P., Secretary of State, Colonel Office, LONDON. S.W.I. H. Colonial Office, London, England Letter from James Craig to Winston Churchill, 28 June 1922 Stormont Castle, Belfast, Ireland Letter from James Craig to Winston Churchill, 28 June 1922 James Craig Letter from Captain Wilfrid Spender to Colonel James Craig, 4 July 1916Letter from James Craig to the Registrar, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2 October 1916Letter from Gregory to James Craig, 14 October 1916Letter from Hiram Shaw Wilkinson to James Craig , 17 July 1922 Letter from James Craig to Winston Churchill, 28 June 1922Letter to James Craig, 5 March 1921Letter from Archibald R Cameron to James Craig, 23 June 1922Letter from Cecil Wilson to James Craig, 19 September 1922Letter from Henry Wilson to James Craig, 1922