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FD-350 (Rev.10-19-77)
Noraidofficlalswere linked to procuring
Ulster Pipeline: How
arms for the IRA In yet another criminal
case. In 1976. Daniel Cahaiane and Nell
U.S. Catholics Help
Byrne were convicted in federai court in
Philadeiphia of conspiracy and lleral expor-
Northen Ireland Allies
tatonoarms toIreland in the eariy1970s.
The prosecutor charged that the pair,and
-others.bad purchased 360 weapons costing
morethns30,000,some ofwhichwere ater
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_seized by tbe Brttish in Northern Ireland.
fr ading the IRA's "canpaien of vio-
In isf.a cireult court.aflrrmng tbose
lence. John Kelly, the rnimster of trade.
convictions.said that Mesrs.Cahaiane and
commerce and tourism for the republic.
Byrne.together with twro unindictedco-con-
says.Noraid colects funds that go Into
spirators.were offlcers of Norald Further.
gurchase of rifles and equipment for IRAL
the court said,Norald had been nsedas the
This directly coatnbutes tofunerals t Lre
"center of the armarment purchase and
land."
transportation eforts.The two defendants
Other crities suezest that Noraid funds.
received oxeyear prison terms. Mr. Galvin
says he isn't aware of the case.
(Indicate page, name of
concerrably writbout the group's knowledge.
may be iaumdered in Ireiandand then used
Noraid inits earty years made no secret
newspaper,city and state.)
for the purchase of U.S-made weapons for
ofIts support of the IRA.On filein federal.
the RA (The Brtsh say that af the arms
court ln New York is a March 8.1972.letter
recovered from terronsts in Nortbern Ire
to a Sacrareento.Calif.prlest in which No
[and,47%aremnufacturedinAmerica.)
an edsopspe
Norald's Mr.Gaivin,while deplonng loss
so-calledProvislonai IRA."
of life,says physical force is justified to
.compelaBritishwithdrawal trom Northern
the mid·1970s,Noraid hadgrown more cau.
Ireland Sail, he says. Norad would be
tious.Lncresingty.itspokeotits supportof
redoapmn ,sodeamnqoze
oarorganizatlon.
ment says, adding:The Republican Move
ment Is.of course. symonymous wfth the
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Last week's arrest of Mr. Flannery. the
Noraid offlcial.on charges of conspiring o
IRA....
shup arms to the IRA grew out of the Fed
Undoubtedly.some would·be contributors
eral Bureau of Investigaton's arrest last
to Norad were put offby lts support of Irish
-June of three other men on simular charges.1
militants.Mr.Galvin conceces that by the
Two of the three. George Harmson and
late 1970s.we could see cur funds going
Thomas J. Falvey.were charged wth a
down."
s16,500 purchase from an tndercover FBI
Then came the hunger strike.and with 1t
agent of 47 submachine guns. The FBI
a tumaround in Yoraid's forrunes.For the
charges that the money had been given by
six months ended July 31.Noraid says It
Mr.Flannery to Mr.Harrison shorty before
-it was handed over to the undercover agent
s110.000 it averaged in comparable penodsi
Messrs. Harrison and Falvey have pleaded
not guilty.
out of concern for the hunger strike." Mr.
Among the effects found in Mr.Harri
Galvn says.
son's bome at the time of his arrest was the
Narad's Deroit chapter atracted 2.000
passport of one Joseph Czhill,according to a
moumers toa marchfollowimgtbe starva
govermment tnvesdgator.Mr. Cahill,2 na
tion death of striker Bobby Sands last May.
tve of Ireiand.is listed on Noraid letter
according to Dan O'Rourke,the chapter vce
.beads as a trustee. According to a 197o No-
president.It was the bigzest turnout."he
raid pubieity release.3r.Cahull joined·he
says.in thehistory of theIrish comraunity
RA in'1939andbelleves thata strong RA
here."
Is vtai to the Irish national interest."
U.S.polticans have mingiedwith dem
onstrators at some Noraid railles.Thepres
Ln 1973. Mr.Cahill was convicted in Dub
ence ot Manhattan Borough President An
linfor conspiracy to smugrie arms.for
drew Stetn at a NewYorkrally lastAugust
Donald J. McGorty.who heads an FBI unit
saded se epuos
pathedic to the Irish nationaiists.The same
combasing mtermanonaF terronsn.says 61-
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year-old Mr. Cahill illegally entered the U.S.
paper carrled a statement by Rep.Mario
Biagtt.a Bronx DemocratthatBrinsh
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this year and has since left When he is
pollcy (lnNorthernIreland)is bankrupt
Gaining soch infuentlal support sama-
Jorgoel of Noraid,Mr.Galvin says Though
Mr. Cahill. who hz't been accued ofl
the bumger strike hes coliepsed, he rows 1o
any wrongdoing.1sa general secreary of
continue fundraisingand demonstratingto
Sinn Feinwidely describedas the RA's po
Title:"'!
litcai arm. Noraud's Mr. Galvin says Mr.
then there's an Irish-Amencan vote on this
Cahill wtsa founder ot Northerm Aid of Bel
Wle roeuos rmlau Ane i,asvu. pre isey
Issue of Brtsh ruleIn Northern Ireland.
Norad.be says.aso ntends to press
.Noraid."
ported Brtish goodsandBrtish·made teie
Character:
nsion shows.(A previous effortn the early
1970s falled.)In Boston.Marfe Howe.an as.
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sistant majority leader ofthe state'sHouse
Classification:
ofRepresentatives,foined.a group that on
Sept.2s dumped Britsh teainto Boston har
Submitting Office:
bor.aprotest reminscent of the American
colonists'Boston Tea Party of 1773.
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