FARA non-file + Knights 1990 · p.162

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PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (PIRA) :
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM- PIRA
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On"october 3, 1990, a source of the New York Office of
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the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of excellent
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reliability advised as follows:
Irish Northern Aid
Committee (NORAID) in the United States (US),
a group based in San Francisco knowm as the Red Braneh Knights or
the Knights_of the Red_Braneh.
this group is
a collection-of-well-established individuals who contribute money
for PIRA arms.
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further indicated that this group was extremely
secretive and that they owmed a building somewhere in the city of
San Francisco.
A check of New York (Ny) indices revealed a reference
in a San Francisco airtel dated June 2, 1988, to the Knights of
the Red Branch Hall Association, ll33-il37 Mission Street, San
Francisco. j
It is noted that the San Francisco airtel was in.
response to a lead set forth by NY based on a review of
Foreign Agents Registration Act by NoRAID. This filing was dated
and included a business address of the registrant
(NORAID) as 1i33 .Mission Street, San Francisco, California.
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