Volume 10 1951~1957


Doc No.
Date
Subject

No. 487 NAI DFA/5/305/173/1/Pt 1

Letter from Philip P. O'Donoghue to Patrick McGilligan (Dublin)
(2238/56) (Copy)

Dublin, 17 November 1956

Both queries1 can be answered in the negative subject to one qualification. The condition of precedent for action under Article 28.3.3o is the taking place of an armed conflict. Once there is an armed conflict, resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the effect set out in the Article are conclusive and not capable of review.