IRA Part 1 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 1-5 · p.406
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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
a member of the Army of the People of Ireland, and
forces,.condemned a soldier of the Irish Republican Arny
to death by hanging,.its procedure is at variance with
'and a violation of the recognition of the Irish Republican
Army by the British Goverrment when the aforesaid govern-
ment sought the Truce in Ireland in July, l92l, and
: WHEREAS THOMAS JOS EPH VILLIAMS, soldier of the Irish Republican
Army, for performing his duty to the People oi Ireland was
done to death in the traditional British method reserved
WHEREAS the Irish Race which has carried the banner of Freedom
throughout the viorld, and particularly in the rnerican Con-
tinents, stands agast at this latests manifestation of in-
sult and indignity upon a people who desire the exercise of
Freedom in their own land, and`
WHEREAS in the enforcenent of her imperial lavs in Ireland--
laws similar to those ascribed to her cnemies in Europe
for the suppression of wiich American troops are being
sent overseas, americans are cbserving typical tritish
oppression while British propaganda is endecyoring to
undermine the warm undcrstanding and friendship that
exists between the Peoplo of the United States and thie
people of Ircland, and
WHEREAS since British Imporial policy is the direct negative
to the presont Amcrican crusade for the cxtcnsion of
froedoms throughout thc world, countlcss American lives
may be sacrificed ir. vain cven as their very prcsence
in Ireland is ineffectual in combatting fourtoenth century
oppression- their inaction moreover ondorsos the studicd
silenco being showm to thc demands of the people of Ireland
for the restoration of thcir sovercigr rights and self-
goverrment dcnicd to them by a British statute, Thc
Governmeurt of Irelend Act (ls20).
NOF 3Z IT RESOLVED
That we, Anerican citizons, chcrishing the belief
that no. pcacc can exist whilc thc cxercise of
Frcedon is dcnied to a peoplo whose natural
convictions and innate desires arc devotcd to
its attairmcnt,do endorco the rccont manifosto
of the Irish Rcpublican Army as being consistent
and compatiblc with thc dctermination of the
people of Ireiand to bc Frcv, and
BO IT FURTHER RESOLVED
That we, on behalf of the Irish Raco in these
Amcrican Contincnts, pledge our moral and
financial support to tho Irish Rcpublican army
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