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fhe trial.of,Flannery,
,Harriso1:
Mullin andFalvey,which isdid
tQ begin on Nov, 23.
‘The'serial’numbers,.
the
"Covernnentclaims,‘hiad been
theaweapon was still "here,"
oBliteratedfrom the.weapons
meaning it.had not yet been
I. The four will face charges-of
conspiring. to buy illicit arms
shippedtoIreland:
and "transfer,sbiy and export,
The man he was dealing with
without obtaining.an export
seeimed'to have a preoccupation*
. FBI agents were.outside
licence, such firearms,along
with theweapon anda month
later, on June 17,.the tnder:
Flannery's home when Harrf-
with ammunition and: other
sonarrivedat8.15thienext
implements of>war, to the Irish
cover agent'sold 25 rounids of
1
evening.
Republican Army in Lreland."
rison at his hame.-
r
“Harrison was carrying
The,resultsof the*F·BIs
m'this
" electronic” surveillance "the
transaction,$400
blueand whiteplasticbag.At
(217) changed handsin.the
t
tape-recorded telephone conver-
approximately8.30 p.m., Har-
deal'.
TheFBI perhaps re.
sations-wil also be.entered as'
rison.left·the·residence and
covered
da.littlemore of.the
evidence.
moneywhich is raised atdin-
protruding from the blue and
whitebagwasawhiteenvelope.
dances,.raffles, and
Hunger strike:
ners;"
r
tavern
colleotions . in' Irish-
té
approximately
'three
iniches..
American'comimunities.
wide..
The amount. of money Noraid
a
" At approximately 9.50 p.m,
has raised in America and.
A major arms deal, however,
the‘undercover agent.met
Canada. for “The Cause" has.
was discussed at the June 17
p
Gcorge Harrison at another
long been a mystery. America's
meeting.
te
locationin Queen's andsold
JusticeDepartmienthas claimed
thathehadaccess toafund
:e
him47
that:.Noraid.hasfailed'to
in New York cityfor_purchas-
P
machine guns for
ingweapons,”the FBIaccount
account"accuratelyfor'thre
ul
$16,800.
money it colleots.and dispenses.
says.
g
“Harrison paid for the guns
At 10.40the followingeven-
with money which he had in a
But according_to Mr Martin
Galyin,3
31,Noraid's chief
ing the under-cover agent tele-
e
three-inch wide white envelope
}-
phoned Harrison at:his home.
spokesman'who is Assistant
ed
y
contained in a·blue and white
Harrison: agreed.to' buy “more
District Attorney, or prosecutor.
plastic'bag.Harrison
had
in.the New York suburb of
h
than40machineguns
for
$17,000 in the white envelope."
gthe Bronx,publicity:,this yegr
1
$16,800 (9,130).
about the Maze lunger strikes
:d
The court.papers reveal the
: . :Foreign agent *
hasserved,torejuvenat
Pxistence of·FBI tapson the.
The FBI statement noted:.
Noraid's fund-raising.
suspects'home telephones.
st
“Michael Flannery is one of
·For the first six months f
'y
An,FBI,offioial told me-it
the United States'representa
this year. Noraid says it col
!e
wasalogicalassunptionthat
tives'of the IrishNorthern Aid
leoted $250,000(135,000).more
le
the bureau had been maintain-
than
ing·"electronic surveillance”"
Committee and has called him
'y
(f59.782) it averaged in. com-
self a director of that organisal
over people suspected of IR.A
'parable periodsover.'thepast
gun-running from America.
tion.
a-
five years.
"The Irish Northern Aid
h
Harrison's. telephone
“" This was directly outof
tapped, but it is not
wa.s:
Committee hasrecently been
le
clear
concern for the·hunger. strike"
id
whether
ordered by the United States.
the'FBIwas
said Mr,Galvin.
also
of
eavesdropping on Flannery's.
District‘Court for the Southern
He‘and other Noraid'officials
ns
Butwhien
district of New York to regis
Harrisont
have said repeatedly that'all
d.
tele-
phoned,the..elderly.Noraid
ter as a foreign agent for the
he money collectedis disti
direotor'to discuss pickingup
Irish Republican Army"
huted thirough Green Cross in
the cash for the machineguns,
America's Justice Depart.
Belfast.
.and
An.
Cumiman.
le
the tap on Harrison's telephone
ment has claimed'that the Irish
Cabraoh in Dublin.to depend.
.ts
picked'up the conversation.
Northern Aid Committee is a
ents of.“political”.prisoners.
propagandist, apologist_ and
jailed inNonthernIrelandand
7S.
Meeting
collection agent" for the IRA.
the Republic..
arranged
h-
Noraid is,appealing against·
The British Government has.
re
the federal.court order'that it
claimedon many occasions that
1d
(on. June 18), George Harrison ;
should register as.an agent of
Noraid funds are used to buy
placed a 'call to (212) 458-4879,
the'IRA.
arms in the United States.or
'e
a
telephone number listed 'to
are “laundered" in Ireland to
thedefendant MichaelFlan-!
.Since·1971, it.has.been regis.!
1
acquire weapons fromunder-
nery, at 35-42, 91st Street.:
teredundertheForeign
groundsourcesinEuiropeand
Queen’s, New York,” the' FBI
Agents',Registration Act as an
the Middle.East.
document says.
agent.of the “Northern Aid
d
"Harrison spoke to a man!
Committee,” a'Belfast charity
'Two'jailed
he called Michrael,and arranged
organisation.,
to meet Michael between 8 p.m.'
But .the Juistice Department
The first American.prosecu-
and 9p:m.thefollowing'even-
says in court documents that it
tion to link.Noraid direculyto
jng at his house.
cannot locate the Northern Aid
arms running'to Irelanda
"Harrison asked Michael:to.
Committee..
case which'resulted in a fall
make it as high as you can'
.off incontributions to.the
All'the weapons the IRA
pver the stated'amount,..you
organisation - was in Philadel.
Sroup
acquired
from
the
phia five.vears'ago.
know. if possible.
Governmentunder-coveragent
"Michael
plusother illegalarms seized
Daniel..Cahalane. andNeil
replied:
'Yeai,
iraids,will be produced`af
Byrrie were convicted,in Fed-
yeah."
eral court of conspiraoyand
illegal exportation of arms to.
Ireland-in the·early1970s...
The prosecution said that the
pair. and. others bought 360
weapons costing、more.'than
$30.000.-(f16,300):.some
of
which'were later seized byBrit-
ish.authorities in Ulster.
The two : received
one-year
jail terms, 'an appeals court
ryledthatCahalane andByrne
Were officers of Noraid and that?
the organisation had been used
ad"the centre of the armament
3
purchase.
and transportation
efforts."
,Harriso1:
Mullin andFalvey,which isdid
tQ begin on Nov, 23.
‘The'serial’numbers,.
the
"Covernnentclaims,‘hiad been
theaweapon was still "here,"
oBliteratedfrom the.weapons
meaning it.had not yet been
I. The four will face charges-of
conspiring. to buy illicit arms
shippedtoIreland:
and "transfer,sbiy and export,
The man he was dealing with
without obtaining.an export
seeimed'to have a preoccupation*
. FBI agents were.outside
licence, such firearms,along
with theweapon anda month
later, on June 17,.the tnder:
Flannery's home when Harrf-
with ammunition and: other
sonarrivedat8.15thienext
implements of>war, to the Irish
cover agent'sold 25 rounids of
1
evening.
Republican Army in Lreland."
rison at his hame.-
r
“Harrison was carrying
The,resultsof the*F·BIs
m'this
" electronic” surveillance "the
transaction,$400
blueand whiteplasticbag.At
(217) changed handsin.the
t
tape-recorded telephone conver-
approximately8.30 p.m., Har-
deal'.
TheFBI perhaps re.
sations-wil also be.entered as'
rison.left·the·residence and
covered
da.littlemore of.the
evidence.
moneywhich is raised atdin-
protruding from the blue and
whitebagwasawhiteenvelope.
dances,.raffles, and
Hunger strike:
ners;"
r
tavern
colleotions . in' Irish-
té
approximately
'three
iniches..
American'comimunities.
wide..
The amount. of money Noraid
a
" At approximately 9.50 p.m,
has raised in America and.
A major arms deal, however,
the‘undercover agent.met
Canada. for “The Cause" has.
was discussed at the June 17
p
Gcorge Harrison at another
long been a mystery. America's
meeting.
te
locationin Queen's andsold
JusticeDepartmienthas claimed
thathehadaccess toafund
:e
him47
that:.Noraid.hasfailed'to
in New York cityfor_purchas-
P
machine guns for
ingweapons,”the FBIaccount
account"accuratelyfor'thre
ul
$16,800.
money it colleots.and dispenses.
says.
g
“Harrison paid for the guns
At 10.40the followingeven-
with money which he had in a
But according_to Mr Martin
Galyin,3
31,Noraid's chief
ing the under-cover agent tele-
e
three-inch wide white envelope
}-
phoned Harrison at:his home.
spokesman'who is Assistant
ed
y
contained in a·blue and white
Harrison: agreed.to' buy “more
District Attorney, or prosecutor.
plastic'bag.Harrison
had
in.the New York suburb of
h
than40machineguns
for
$17,000 in the white envelope."
gthe Bronx,publicity:,this yegr
1
$16,800 (9,130).
about the Maze lunger strikes
:d
The court.papers reveal the
: . :Foreign agent *
hasserved,torejuvenat
Pxistence of·FBI tapson the.
The FBI statement noted:.
Noraid's fund-raising.
suspects'home telephones.
st
“Michael Flannery is one of
·For the first six months f
'y
An,FBI,offioial told me-it
the United States'representa
this year. Noraid says it col
!e
wasalogicalassunptionthat
tives'of the IrishNorthern Aid
leoted $250,000(135,000).more
le
the bureau had been maintain-
than
ing·"electronic surveillance”"
Committee and has called him
'y
(f59.782) it averaged in. com-
self a director of that organisal
over people suspected of IR.A
'parable periodsover.'thepast
gun-running from America.
tion.
a-
five years.
"The Irish Northern Aid
h
Harrison's. telephone
“" This was directly outof
tapped, but it is not
wa.s:
Committee hasrecently been
le
clear
concern for the·hunger. strike"
id
whether
ordered by the United States.
the'FBIwas
said Mr,Galvin.
also
of
eavesdropping on Flannery's.
District‘Court for the Southern
He‘and other Noraid'officials
ns
Butwhien
district of New York to regis
Harrisont
have said repeatedly that'all
d.
tele-
phoned,the..elderly.Noraid
ter as a foreign agent for the
he money collectedis disti
direotor'to discuss pickingup
Irish Republican Army"
huted thirough Green Cross in
the cash for the machineguns,
America's Justice Depart.
Belfast.
.and
An.
Cumiman.
le
the tap on Harrison's telephone
ment has claimed'that the Irish
Cabraoh in Dublin.to depend.
.ts
picked'up the conversation.
Northern Aid Committee is a
ents of.“political”.prisoners.
propagandist, apologist_ and
jailed inNonthernIrelandand
7S.
Meeting
collection agent" for the IRA.
the Republic..
arranged
h-
Noraid is,appealing against·
The British Government has.
re
the federal.court order'that it
claimedon many occasions that
1d
(on. June 18), George Harrison ;
should register as.an agent of
Noraid funds are used to buy
placed a 'call to (212) 458-4879,
the'IRA.
arms in the United States.or
'e
a
telephone number listed 'to
are “laundered" in Ireland to
thedefendant MichaelFlan-!
.Since·1971, it.has.been regis.!
1
acquire weapons fromunder-
nery, at 35-42, 91st Street.:
teredundertheForeign
groundsourcesinEuiropeand
Queen’s, New York,” the' FBI
Agents',Registration Act as an
the Middle.East.
document says.
agent.of the “Northern Aid
d
"Harrison spoke to a man!
Committee,” a'Belfast charity
'Two'jailed
he called Michrael,and arranged
organisation.,
to meet Michael between 8 p.m.'
But .the Juistice Department
The first American.prosecu-
and 9p:m.thefollowing'even-
says in court documents that it
tion to link.Noraid direculyto
jng at his house.
cannot locate the Northern Aid
arms running'to Irelanda
"Harrison asked Michael:to.
Committee..
case which'resulted in a fall
make it as high as you can'
.off incontributions to.the
All'the weapons the IRA
pver the stated'amount,..you
organisation - was in Philadel.
Sroup
acquired
from
the
phia five.vears'ago.
know. if possible.
Governmentunder-coveragent
"Michael
plusother illegalarms seized
Daniel..Cahalane. andNeil
replied:
'Yeai,
iraids,will be produced`af
Byrrie were convicted,in Fed-
yeah."
eral court of conspiraoyand
illegal exportation of arms to.
Ireland-in the·early1970s...
The prosecution said that the
pair. and. others bought 360
weapons costing、more.'than
$30.000.-(f16,300):.some
of
which'were later seized byBrit-
ish.authorities in Ulster.
The two : received
one-year
jail terms, 'an appeals court
ryledthatCahalane andByrne
Were officers of Noraid and that?
the organisation had been used
ad"the centre of the armament
3
purchase.
and transportation
efforts."