IRA Part 1 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 1-5 · p.230
Back to search
·
About this set
·
Irish Republican Army Part 1 of 7 61-7606 Sect 1-5.pdf
·
All files
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
CJN:EOD
Cassmcd by 2BS1J
IRISH REPUBLICAN AREY
The background sr the Iriah Republican Aray ia traoed hy
the How Iark Timescdr Jaly 1b, 1939, whioh alaiims that, pesor to tbe
Yorld war in 19l么, men and boys 1a Ireland were opmly drilling mnd
armina, onlling themsalvss the Iriah Yaluntems..
Anether grouy
oonfinad to the aroa approxinsting the praeent boundary ot yorthaarns
Iraland were known as the Ulster Tolunteera. Tbe aole purpose of
those groups was to achiere home govarnment far the sotire Irla?
me ti oa.
It was contaaplated that John Recmond, thnn leader or ths
Irlsh Parliamentary Pxrty, vould nse thia foroe me a lsvar in in
aisting that tbe Bome Bule Bill, wbi ch bad beon approred by both
Houmes of the English Parlianert, be made oparative. At tbe oatbreak
of the World Far, however, Prine Minister Aaquith or Englend domardod
that this group el ther declare tbemselrea for Hednond's party er .
otharwiae dealaze that tbeir ultimate slms iare as Iar as the fataurs
of the Irish rule was concernod. Thia reaultad in a aplitting or
the militant forces, the majarity ol which nidad with Radnond'
party ani aboat twenty-fire per cent for the origiral priaciples or
the body, wiich rero for an indapendent Iriah repnblio. The mlnority
"upel tuts sut se uwox euwo+a 2osut dno.n
Arter the abortive Lastar week rebellion er 19l6,iander
the leaderahip or Sir RoBer Cassaent, the armed foroe or the rebellioo
becane imom aa the Iriah Republican Axay.' Those who fought in the
rebell1on fron 19l6 through 1922 and who side with DeValera a26
now kxsowm as the Md I.R.a. and are loyal sapporters or tbe presant
Irish Government. 'rhe Sinn Yoin group, howevsr, retained the nsne
of tbe Iriah Ropublican Arny, mhiah is prosantly outlnvod In Ireland
I leadar in this gronp at the present tine ia Sean Rusnall.
Prior to the inception or tbe present war, the I.R.A.
oonlined ita activities to England to farther demands far an inde--
1rraauommog qa7y rxx eus 0p3sr0o Loqordaoo orrqndey 4spxl zuopaed
Of natiors. A press dispatoh conoludod that a oertain Buropean power
xas at that time bohind the I.a,A. bombinza In Englard
6l-Ib06-bix
RECORDED&INDEXED.
Cn Jano 27, 28, snd 29, 1939, the 1ew Yark san ra0drted
!OFINVESTRATO!
Interviews mth uridontiriod members or the Iriah Republi ca Lriy,
COPIES DESTROYED
R 171 MAY 23 1961