Clan na Gael 1988 + FARA 2239 · p.48

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white female, D/POB
in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, l
Irish passport number
who was
destined to
County Tyrone,
b6
Northern Ireland. While
was not observed in contact with
b7c
she checked in for the flight within 3 passengers of
Investigation disclosed that her airline ticket was
purchasedat
Queens, NY which is
used
tobooka
considerable portion of
travel throughout the us
including
return trip to Ireland
has often been utilized by
to courier
Noraid/PIRA related information to Ireland.
The normal course of
events would be for
to advise captioned subject that an
individual was traveling to
Ireland and thereafter to make
arrangements for
to meet with this individual to
provide the items for transportation. It is further noted that
prior to
boarding the flight she inquired of Aer Lingus
officials if usc was conducting exit examinations which is a
highly unusual occurrence. It is noted that
had in her
possession $2,9oo in us currency.
An investigation has been
initiated concerning
to determine if she is involved in
PIRa/Noraid activities.
white male, DOB
Irish
passport number
FBI NEW YORK COMMENT:
As has been reported above and also by published
interviews/comments made by
he was in the US on a PIRA
b6
fund raising tour.
From .information available from several
confidential and reliable sources,
fund raising efforts b7C
were extremely successful. S
Sources have reported that while
was extremely clandestine about revealing the amounts of
money collected, even to
that they were
"considerable".' Sources were in a position to report the
specific amounts collected at two "small" fund raising functions
and at.each of these $l5,0o0 was collected. Sources have
reported -that the total amount of money collected by
range
from$250,000to$500,000.
Sources base their estimates- on
comments made directly to them (not by
from individuals
who eluded to having knowledge of the collections made at several
of the functions.
One source reported that
collected more
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