Prosecutive report + Buffalo clips · p.35

NY 4-102
Durina_this meeting both
"attempted
to
recruit"
to the IRA cause and also convince
tosell varioustvpes of electronicequipment to
the IRA
mentioned that
was of Irish ancestry
and
proceeded
toask
ifhe
was.related to various
in Ireland.
stated
that he could possibly
be related to these individuals,
however, was not sure.
Both
discussed general equipment
needs such as remote explosive detonators,
electronic surveillance
equipment, and radio monitoring equipment.
advised
b6
that he did not deal in weapons, however, was in
b7c
a position to provide numerous commercially available electronic/
b7D
radio equipment.
Neither
nor
requested specific
types of equipment and
provided
with "free
trade manuals" depicting various commercially available radio/
electronic equipment.
requested a meeting with
later that date stating that he desired to review the provided
publications for information.
At approximately 9:00 PM_at a bar on South Broadway
in Yonkers on June 2, l981
again met with
and another individual identified
as
Last
Name UnknQwn (LNU).
introduced
as
At this meeting
provided
a book
entitled "rhe Science of Electronic Surveillance" which
is a published l975 report_ made to the National Commission
of Wire Tapping.
advised that this booklet details
the various legal statutes
concerning wire tapping and also
discloses some of the equipment that is available.
day without specifying types of equipment needed.
b6
At this meeting
mentioned that the IRA
b7c
had a safehouse in Rockaway Beach, Ny, Ny, and a "mail drop"
b7D
address located on Fordham Road, Bronx, NY.
At this meeting
stated that they were not
interested in utilizing
"bulky equipment like flak jackets"
in that following the completion of a "operation" they (the
IRA members) desired to be in a position to discard any
weapons/evidence that could link the individual to a specific
action.
elaborated on the fact that it was difficult
for the (IRA heirarchy) to mandate the use of bullet proof

be suspect.