Negotiations on a settlement, however, were delayed for some months as the British government insisted that the IRA first decommission its weapons, but this demand was eventually dropped.
Rokovania o urovnaní, však boli odložené o niekoľko mesiacov, pretože britská vláda trvala na tom, že IRA má najskôr vyradiť svoje zbrane, ale táto požiadavka bola nakoniec zrušená.