IRA Part 1 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 1-5 · p.408
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Irish Republican Army Part 1 of 7 61-7606 Sect 1-5.pdf
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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
"from your Government renouncing all claim to interfere in
its domestic policy or external affairs.
The Irish people have no cause of dhostility to any
European nation, even those nations vhose natural develop-
meit may bring them into conflict vith British interests,
and we are desirous of making it clear that we shall in no
permit the nation to be regarded as having amy conmuity or
identity of interest with Britain that'vould make us liable
to attack by British encnies.
The occupation of our territory by troops of another
nation and the persistent subvention herv or activities directly
against thc expresscd natioial wiil and in thc,interosts of a
foreign powcr, prevent thc expansion and developnent of our
institution in consonarce vith our sociul nceds and purposcs,
and must cease.
Ncither the Goverimcnt of thy Irish Republic nor the
Irish People arc actuatcd by any feclings of hostility to the
Feople of Britain.
Ruthcr vould :ie volcone a bcttcr undcr-
standing but this can bo brougiit ubout only on thy basis that
cach of the two Peoples is absolutcly free tc pursuc its o.rn
course unhampcred by the othcr. he shali rverct ir this fundn-
mental condition is ignored und vo are compcllcd to intoryone
uctively in thc military or cormorcial lifc of your country as
your Govermnent are now intervoning in ours.
The Governmcnt of thc Irish Rcputlic blicvo thit a pvriod
of four days is sufficicnt noticc for your Govtrmacnt to signify
its intentions ii: this mzttor of thc military cvacuation aid for
the issuc of your Dcclaration of Abdication in respsct of our
country. Our Goverment rcscre thc richt of propriatc action
vithout furthcr noticc if upon the cxpir:ition of thi s poriod of
grace, thcsc conditions rcmin unfulfillcd.
OGLAIGH HA h-EIREAM: (Irish Rcpublicar: hrmy)
(Signcd) Fatricl: Fleming
Secretary