Tony Blair attempted to amend a Gerry Adams statement on IRA disarmament, newly unsealed documents show.
On April 27th, 2003, then-Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams gave a lengthy address on the decommissioning of arms by the IRA.
It followed the prime minister calling on the IRA to provide clarity on “three questions” that arose from a statement issued by that organisation.
It came after then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Mr Blair issued a joint statement in early April that said all parties had a collective responsibility to fulfil the promise of the Good Friday Agreement.
That was met shortly thereafter by a…