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Clinton and Adams had ‘circular’ decommissioning row in White House

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams had a “circular” row at a high-profile meeting at the White House in 2000 over decommissioning, archive records show. In a readout note of the White House meeting held on January 12 at 2.30pm, stamped as “seen by the Taoiseach”, it details Mr Adams’ “upbeat” mood before meeting Mr Clinton and a request for discretion on the level of US involvement. The note also stated the discussion that followed between Mr Clinton and Mr Adams was one of “circular argumentation”, where Mr Adams “insisted that decommissioning could not happen under pressure of a deadline and the President kept making the point that something had to happen to enable the present difficulty to be overcome”. The “upshot” of the meeting was that Mr Steinberg would “stay in touch” with Mr Adams “in the coming days” to see what could be done to make progress.

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