IRA Part 2 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 6-12 · p.21
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Irish Republican Army Part 2 of 7 61-7606 Sect 6-12
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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.
Transcript
In the report of SpecialAgent
dated at San Pran-
cisco, California, June 12, 1939, in the case entitleo “KNIGHTS OF RED
FRANCH HALL; ESPIONAGE", the following information appears:
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It might be stated at this time that Agents of the San Francisco
office,
searched the lodgehalls and
building, and at that time it was found that the building consisted of a
large basement, an entrance hallway on the first fioor, and a store room
which is leased out and not ccnnected with the building proper.
The up-
stairs is occupied by a large ballroom and an adjoining bar.
Thereare
rest rooms off the balcony of this hall and a large attic is above. A
thorough search was made of the attic, rest rooms, ballroom, bar room and
supply rooms on the first floor entrance, with negative results.
1 1 s e a at
smaller locker rooms in the rear of this. In the center locker room
thiere was a large number of rifles stored in gun racks enclosed by a glass
panel. It was determined that there were 95 U. S. Springfield rifles,
Model 1884, calibre 45-70. These rifles are single shot, and had sling
straps and bayonets attached. In the bottom of the gun racksa supply of
bayonet scabbards and web cartridge plates were found and also a number of
empty 45-70 cartridge cases.
These cases were examined and found to be
tlanks, having already been fired.
In addition to the above-mentioned guns thiere was one Herington
Springfield Model l879, with magazine removed, which was believed by Agents
to be a 30-40.
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