Sinn Féin sources tonight said there was considerable anger at the response of Downing Street to Mr Adams's latest speech.
A party source said: "As far as we are concerned the game of scrabble between the two governments is now over.
"Whatever blame can be laid at David Trimble's door, it is also clear that the two governments have to shoulder some of the responsibility for the current crisis.
"They know exactly what republicans have done for this process in recent weeks, how far we have stretched.
"There can be no doubt about republican intentions."
The source said it was clear that the "only word which carries weight in this process is veto - David Trimble's veto".
He said the people who had supported the Belfast Agreement had a right to expect London and Dublin to release their joint blueprint for the full implementation of the 1998 accord.
"The (British) government ought to release the joint declaration. People have a right to see what was negotiated on their behalf," the source insisted.
Such was the anger among republicans at what was being demanded of them, the source said that the Sinn Féin leadership would "have a huge job" of explaining why it had gone to such lengths to try to move the peace process forward."