199F-1564 control file 1988–92 · p.171

SECRET
IRISH NORTHERN AID COMMITTEE
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Upon being releasgdnby7the
and his traveling companionstraveled by train directly to
Belfast, Northern Ireland, where
attended a meeting at
Provisional Sinn Fein Headquarters.
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Also attending the meeting were
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in Belfast,
and
described by
the source as possibly being originally from Tyrone, Northern
Ireland, now living on the east coast of the United States, and
being affiliated with
At the meeting, attendees discussed various NoRAID
programs for fundraising, in an effort to determine why NoRAID
was not being more successful in raising funds.
Also discussed was the status of funds collected by the
FoIF in the United States.
According .to the source, there is a question among
those in the Irish Republican movement as to where FoIF money has
been going. The source related that, unlike NoRAID, which
furnishes money through Provisional Sinn Fein to the Provisional
Irish Republican Army (PIRA), the FOrF is aligned with Republican
Sinn Fein, which does not directly support an "army".
The source noted that some of the Belfast discussion
concerned-part-of the. FoIF money going directly to PIRA in County
Tyrone, Northern Ireland, instead of going first through.PiRA's
normal organizational channels. According to the source, Tyrone
PIRA has reportedly admitted receiving this money.
Possibly as a result of the Belfast meeting.
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reportedly
However. accordina to the source,
is concerned
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that
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