Archives reveal fears PM would have had to ‘hide behind plants’ to avoid Gerry Adams handshake
John Major was advised not to accompany Bill Clinton on the US president’s historic visit to Northern Ireland in 1995 over fears he would have to “hide behind potted plants” at an official reception to avoid shaking hands with Gerry Adams, documents show.
Relations between the UK and US had been strained as a result of Clinton granting the Sinn Féin leader a visa the previous year. Clinton had then shaken Adams’ hand at a St Patrick’s Day lunch on Capitol Hill in March 1995.
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