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US urged Haughey to take tough line with Nicaraguan president Ortega
US wanted Irish government to apply public pressure on Nicaraguan leader and to encourage other EU countries to do the same
Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 01:00
First published:Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 01:00
US secretary of state James Baker strongly urged taoiseach Charles Haughey in 1989 to adopt a tough line with Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega over democratic standards.
Shortly before Ortega arrived in Dublin on an official visit, Baker phoned Haughey to tell him that the US government wanted the Irish government to apply public pressure on the Nicaraguan leader and also to encourage other EU countries to do the same.
Speaking notes for a phone conversation Baker held with Haughey in April 1989 have been obtained under US freedom of information legislation.
They notes show that Baker’s primary concern was to impress on Haughey the need to take a stiff line with Ortega, who was due to visit Ireland shortly afterwards.
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