Campaign to Unite Ireland
LONDON, Oct. 11. Afr. de Valera opened his Englisb campaign against the partition of Ireland, with a press conference at Liverpool at which he stated partition wasthe one remainiug point of difference between Britain and Eire. He said a ruvth had been carefully propagated since the Government of Ireiand Acc, 1920, that an area in Ireland xvanted to be separated from the rest of the country. He wanted the British people to see the truth which was that only in Antrim and Belfast was there a local majority against union. Mr. de \%ilera will travel all over Britain during thp campaign, speaking at Glasgow next Aveekend and later at Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham, X ewcastle and London.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 October 1948, Page 5
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