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The answer to our question which the nine signatories would

of course give, if they were perfectly plain-spoken and perfectly candid 'with themselves, is that the dominant Southern Irish will not allow the application of the Federal principle to Ireland herself, though they permit its application to " the other island." There- fore the remainder of the plan appears to be either to cajole or to coerce North-East Ulster into accepting the position of the only area in the world which must never dare to assert the right of Self-determination

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