IRA Part 1 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 1-5 · p.35
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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
England itself, and the Association seeks a united Ireland of the
· North and the South, and demands evacuation of English soldiers from
the North of Ireland. Some I.R.A. members go further and demand an
a o r s
vealth of nations. ":
This press despatch further stated that in some. quar-
ters of Europe, it was openly stated that a certain European power
is at the back of the I.R.L. bombings in England, and that funds are
supplied to I.R.A. leaders for that purpose.
In connection with the I.R.A., the New York Sun on
June 27, 28 and 29, 1939, reported interviews had with unidentified
members of the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY, which in substance stated that
in London and other English cities. This information came from a
group of four men who were engaged in this coumtry in raising funds
for the prosecution of this war, and had embarked upon a campaign to
bomb the public service utilities of the English cities.
Press clippings reveal that since January 1939, 132
bombings have occurred which have been attributed to I.R.A. activities
in England.(
Other press despatches estimate that there existed in
England 3,OOO I.R.A. agents, and that DeVALERA, the President of the
zation to cease, since DeVALERA'S policy Vas to achieve the same re--
sult by non-violent means, and disapproved thoroughly the campaign of
violence.
I.R.A. activities in the United States are generally
identified with tbe CLAN NA GAEL, an Irish patriotic society. The
CLAN NA GAEL was organized in the United States around l86O, and gave
practical and financial support to the men of Ireland in the Rebeilion
of Easter Week, l9l6, and CLAN NA GAEL officers and members and
friends collected most of the several millions of dollars raised
d 7 1 9 y 5 1o 0 t 1
publicans in Ireland in the Rebellion against England.
In l920, individuals in New York City and elsewhere
Seceded from the CLAN NA GAEL and organized uTHERE-ORGANIZED CLAN
NA GAEL".