71.   Both Major and Reynolds sought again to comfort suspicious Protestant unionists that the ceasefire and any ensuing peace talks would not endanger the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

72.   The Protestant unionists, a majority in Northern Ireland, want the province to remain British.

73.   There were meanwhile wide-ranging bids to assure suspicious Protestant unionists that the ceasefire and any ensuing peace talks would not endanger the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

74.   Those plans were denounced by the British government and by Protestant unionists who favor continued British rule in Northern Ireland.

75.   Police and Protestant unionists in Northern Ireland have suspected Irish nationalists were responsible for the shooting.

76.   Protestant unionists want to retain the links with Britain and generally oppose all contact with Dublin and representatives of the IRA.

77.   Protestant unionists accused Sinn Fein of resorting to publicity tactics.

78.   Protestant unionists want Northern Ireland to remain part of Britain, and are opposed to Catholic republicans who want the province joined with the Irish Republic.