Clinton prepped to scold leaders in North if Good Friday talks failed

Former US president Bill Clinton was prepped to publicly scold the political leaders in Northern Ireland if they failed to get agreement during the talks on Good Friday 1998.

Clinton prepped to scold leaders in North if Good Friday talks failed

Files released by his presidential library show that on the eve of the talks, a strategy was prepared for the then president.

If successful, there was to be a communications onslaught to highlight the public and private role his administration played in bringing the peace process to the point of consensus, according to the files.

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