NY chapter reprint + Albany 199F-324 · p.95

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Irish. Nortlern Aid Committee:
erployed by the City of
New York, is NORAID's
Ln August
1983,
Lead al
OneAmericar:memberofthetourwas
arrested by the Royal. Ulster Constabulary,during one of a number
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of civil distrrbances orchestrated by PiRA to coincide with the:
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NCRAID tour.T
As a resvlt of tke l983 disturbances, the British
authorities refused to issue a visa to
for the 1984
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NORAID tour. As a
the visa
denial played right into PIRA's
hancs.
vowedto visit Northern Ireland.
On August 12, 1984
pppeared brieifly before
a
Membersof thie RuC attempted
Pue wru asarieoa Xrrnissaoonsun
ir. the resulting disturbance,
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RUC officer.
mace his. escape from Northern Ireland and
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returned to the, Uni.ted Stetes as a new hero for NoRAID.1
According
to NY r-l, people in the Irish American Community in New York,
are now calling
According to NY T-2, an extremely reliable source
who
Falls all the: shots for NoRAID, anc. has a big say. _in
financial matters...
-Source-explainedthat the monies collected
r o
relief in Ireland.S
Source: said that PiRA is for the most part
self-sufficient financially, generating funds from drinking
clubs, extcrtion, one armed bandi.ts, and other illegal operations.
NY T-2 explained trat
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Altnoughmostof_theAmerican
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sourcesaid
there
1.S
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