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61-7606 is the FBI’s old main file on the Irish Republican Army. 61 is the classification (treason / internal security in that era). 7606 is the case number. When the paper got too thick they bound it into sections. Joshua Smith’s 2015 release is seven PDFs covering sections 1–32, from 1939 into the early 1990s. A serial is one document inside a section (a letter, teletype, or clipping). The file list follows those PDFs, not the serial numbers.
The 2015 drop includes a second PDF with an embedded text layer for some parts (_text). Same pages as the scan; that copy is omitted from the file list. Word-level OCR differs and search may still hit both.
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Ven^elos,pitchforkedintopower. Theshipthatthenbore—KingConstantine
away—likethe ships in the Shannon atthe Black Famine met onehaving
Venezelos on board. "But the popular leader/' as the British iness then
s n a o i t d, re ' l ' y do e e v s en no o t n pr t o h p e os A e lli t e o s e w n h t o er w A e t r h e en e s xpl f o o i r ti t n h g e h p i r m es : ent m " a - n — y for m he Gr c e o e u c ld e
w m a o n n t a e r d ch a y R t e h p er n e b , Uc as , t i h t e w y as no a w dm w i a t n t t ed a ; Ba b v u a t r W i e a s n t p m r i i n n s c t e e o r n w t a h n e t G ed er a m s a y n mp t a h t r h o e n t e ic
W th i e nd B s r o i r t . ish W r h oy a a t lf s a e m l i f l - y r , es m p e e a ct n i t n i g me r , ac h e a , vi l n et g c m h e ang a e s d k it a s g H ai a n n , ove c r o i u a l n d na r m e e ma t m o
associated with a people so selfish, so avaricipus, so unscrupulous, so.
hypocritical, so unchristian, so callously brutal? *
Letmesubmit,beforeconcluding,thatitistimeforeveryonewhohas
reached the age of responsibility in Irelaad toreflect thattiierehasalways .
been an abundance of red blood in thisland to ensure that alien reformers -
can never substitute lasting despotism for the deathless spirit of pure
patriotism by which the Almighty has sustained our Island of Saints and
Scholars since time was young, while dowering her children witii the
perseverance to ensure that, as the Gates of HeU shall not prevail agamst
HolyChurch,the wiles,even ofwolvesin sheeps' clothingshallneverprevail
againstholyIreland. Andso,letmepubliclyprotestagainst,first,therecrat
arbitrary arrest of Miss Mary McSwiney in Galway, next, against the
suppressionof all reference totheSinn Ard-Fheisheldsomeweeksago
inl5ublin.
ThosewhoorderedthissuppressionkeeptellingushypocriticaUy
that an political organisations are free to seek the endorsement w o ^ f their
policy by the Irish people. Yet, notonlyis the organisation that most
instrumental in defeating conscription and establishing Ddil Eireann
ostracised by the heavy arm of "the Law," under a vaunted Christian
Constitution, but itsfunds,to aminimumof£16,000 are eitfcerdraftedinto
FreeStateLoansorgrowingmouldyintheChanceryCourt. yEighteenyears j'
agn some £8,000 from the Sinn F^in Treasury was lodged in Chancery
without authority. At 4 per cent., which represents the average dividend
onsuchLoans,asanyschoolboyheremaycalculate,thatmoneywouldhavd
more than renewed itself by now, and hence do I sayriie minimumamount
soretainedmustbe £16,000. Ihavejustread, ofcourse, thatnolessexalted
a br n o a u u g t h h t or t i h t e y en t t h i a r n eS t i h n e n n F ew ^M p i o n l i i s c t y er wi o t f h F i i t n i a n n t c o e Le h i a n s st s e t r at H e o d us t e h , at an F d ia I nn w a on F d 4 e i r l
whether the next contention will not be that the assets go with thepoUcy
so claimed.
I need hardly add that i—t is anjrthing but a pleasure to trace those
stepping-stones as I have done ascending until we were invited to look
up,salutetheflagofth—eRepublic,andgiveallegiancetoit; thendescending
in the midst ofpeace to the conception of Coercian schemes worthy of the
Cecils. It is, I suppose, automatic that anybody disturbing the prospects
o is f g l u i i fe l - t l y on o g f l s u e x d u i r ti y on w , hi a c s h t t h h o e se po r U e t b i e c l a s l w p e a r r e tie g s ui h lt a y ve of sp f r e e l a o d ny be i f n or t e he th p e a m s s t el w v h e o s
challenged the despotism of the comfortable Conservatives planted in our
midsttoperpetuateEngland'simperialsway. ThepatriotGaelwill survive
them all.
I am glad that commemoration lectures like this are being made
a feature oftheir activitiesbythe young men who have to risk their lives
in every serious struggle for our liberty, and whose right and duty it is to
study the ambitions and the tendencies of would-be leaders, and so guard
themselvesagainstbeingexploited. Itrust theyoungpeoplewhohavepaid
methecompliment ofcomingtohearmewillkeepinclosecontactwiththe
triedandloyalmen whobecometheeldersofthemovementwiththepassing
oftheyears,andseekinassociationwiththemtoraiseyourcausetothehigh,
unselfish, noble plane on wh—ich only men and women of true courage and
steadfast charactercan live tothe plane, in aword, on which aUthatwas
sincere and truly patriotic in the Republican movement stood before the
betrayal. Need I urge the Republican youth of Cork to remember the
services and the sacrifices of the Four Martyrs we commemorate to-night
needIaskthemtoadhereloyallytothePrinciplesofFreedomthatanimated
theirownMartyrs andalltheMartyrswhohavegiven theirlivesinthecause
of Irish liberty, asprecious lives will continue to be given until they have
smashedthelastlinkbindingustoEngland. BeapnachtdUisDeoraibhuile.
;
•
24
Ven^elos,pitchforkedintopower. Theshipthatthenbore—KingConstantine
away—likethe ships in the Shannon atthe Black Famine met onehaving
Venezelos on board. "But the popular leader/' as the British iness then
s n a o i t d, re ' l ' y do e e v s en no o t n pr t o h p e os A e lli t e o s e w n h t o er w A e t r h e en e s xpl f o o i r ti t n h g e h p i r m es : ent m " a - n — y for m he Gr c e o e u c ld e
w m a o n n t a e r d ch a y R t e h p er n e b , Uc as , t i h t e w y as no a w dm w i a t n t t ed a ; Ba b v u a t r W i e a s n t p m r i i n n s c t e e o r n w t a h n e t G ed er a m s a y n mp t a h t r h o e n t e ic
W th i e nd B s r o i r t . ish W r h oy a a t lf s a e m l i f l - y r , es m p e e a ct n i t n i g me r , ac h e a , vi l n et g c m h e ang a e s d k it a s g H ai a n n , ove c r o i u a l n d na r m e e ma t m o
associated with a people so selfish, so avaricipus, so unscrupulous, so.
hypocritical, so unchristian, so callously brutal? *
Letmesubmit,beforeconcluding,thatitistimeforeveryonewhohas
reached the age of responsibility in Irelaad toreflect thattiierehasalways .
been an abundance of red blood in thisland to ensure that alien reformers -
can never substitute lasting despotism for the deathless spirit of pure
patriotism by which the Almighty has sustained our Island of Saints and
Scholars since time was young, while dowering her children witii the
perseverance to ensure that, as the Gates of HeU shall not prevail agamst
HolyChurch,the wiles,even ofwolvesin sheeps' clothingshallneverprevail
againstholyIreland. Andso,letmepubliclyprotestagainst,first,therecrat
arbitrary arrest of Miss Mary McSwiney in Galway, next, against the
suppressionof all reference totheSinn Ard-Fheisheldsomeweeksago
inl5ublin.
ThosewhoorderedthissuppressionkeeptellingushypocriticaUy
that an political organisations are free to seek the endorsement w o ^ f their
policy by the Irish people. Yet, notonlyis the organisation that most
instrumental in defeating conscription and establishing Ddil Eireann
ostracised by the heavy arm of "the Law," under a vaunted Christian
Constitution, but itsfunds,to aminimumof£16,000 are eitfcerdraftedinto
FreeStateLoansorgrowingmouldyintheChanceryCourt. yEighteenyears j'
agn some £8,000 from the Sinn F^in Treasury was lodged in Chancery
without authority. At 4 per cent., which represents the average dividend
onsuchLoans,asanyschoolboyheremaycalculate,thatmoneywouldhavd
more than renewed itself by now, and hence do I sayriie minimumamount
soretainedmustbe £16,000. Ihavejustread, ofcourse, thatnolessexalted
a br n o a u u g t h h t or t i h t e y en t t h i a r n eS t i h n e n n F ew ^M p i o n l i i s c t y er wi o t f h F i i t n i a n n t c o e Le h i a n s st s e t r at H e o d us t e h , at an F d ia I nn w a on F d 4 e i r l
whether the next contention will not be that the assets go with thepoUcy
so claimed.
I need hardly add that i—t is anjrthing but a pleasure to trace those
stepping-stones as I have done ascending until we were invited to look
up,salutetheflagofth—eRepublic,andgiveallegiancetoit; thendescending
in the midst ofpeace to the conception of Coercian schemes worthy of the
Cecils. It is, I suppose, automatic that anybody disturbing the prospects
o is f g l u i i fe l - t l y on o g f l s u e x d u i r ti y on w , hi a c s h t t h h o e se po r U e t b i e c l a s l w p e a r r e tie g s ui h lt a y ve of sp f r e e l a o d ny be i f n or t e he th p e a m s s t el w v h e o s
challenged the despotism of the comfortable Conservatives planted in our
midsttoperpetuateEngland'simperialsway. ThepatriotGaelwill survive
them all.
I am glad that commemoration lectures like this are being made
a feature oftheir activitiesbythe young men who have to risk their lives
in every serious struggle for our liberty, and whose right and duty it is to
study the ambitions and the tendencies of would-be leaders, and so guard
themselvesagainstbeingexploited. Itrust theyoungpeoplewhohavepaid
methecompliment ofcomingtohearmewillkeepinclosecontactwiththe
triedandloyalmen whobecometheeldersofthemovementwiththepassing
oftheyears,andseekinassociationwiththemtoraiseyourcausetothehigh,
unselfish, noble plane on wh—ich only men and women of true courage and
steadfast charactercan live tothe plane, in aword, on which aUthatwas
sincere and truly patriotic in the Republican movement stood before the
betrayal. Need I urge the Republican youth of Cork to remember the
services and the sacrifices of the Four Martyrs we commemorate to-night
needIaskthemtoadhereloyallytothePrinciplesofFreedomthatanimated
theirownMartyrs andalltheMartyrswhohavegiven theirlivesinthecause
of Irish liberty, asprecious lives will continue to be given until they have
smashedthelastlinkbindingustoEngland. BeapnachtdUisDeoraibhuile.