^Lot 415 1996 (19 February) John Major letter to Gusty Spence written ten days after Canary Wharf bombing "..

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Signed letter sent to Spence by John Major on Downing Street headed paper and marked "In confidence". Sent just ten days after the 1996 Docklands bombing carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Its contents thanks Spence and the Progressive Unionist Party for their maturity and restraint and that "...despite the provocation of the bombings in the capital, I shall stand firm for the Union and shall not succumb to pressure from whatever source, of that, you can be assured..."