IRA Part 1 of 7 · 61-7606 sect 1-5 (text layer) · p.50
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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.
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^at Cleveland, Ohio during the neek of August 16, 1936. A prior des-
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patch as reported in the Herald Trt.bune on Uoveniber 20, 1925,
cated the arrest in Dublin, Ireland, by the Irish Free State, of SEWJ
RUSSELL on .charges of treason. -
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The Daily News of August 15, 1936 reported RUSSELL as
^ saying that the I.R.A. in Ireland had airplanes hidden there, manned
by skilled pilots, and had large stqpplies of annnunitiott concealed in
both England and Ireland.
The New lork Times of Havenber U, 1927 reported the
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Arrest in Dublin, of SEAN RUSSELL, together with MICHAEL HIINCE, for
violation of the FJree State Treason Act.
^ The New York Sun of August 23, 1937 indicated that SEAN
RUSSELL was then in San Francisco, and was engaged in touring the Un-
ited States to rainy Irish-Americans to his CIAN NA GKEL.
The New York Times of June 6, 1939 reflected the ar- f
rest of RUSSELL, reputed leader of the IRISK REFUBLICA1\[ ARM, in De- \
troit, by Federal Agents on June 5, 1939* RUSSELL was accompanied by '
JOSEPH McGARRITI of ^Mladelphia, knam as an I.R.A. leader in the Un-
ited States, lAxo was not held by the authorities. RUSSELL was arres-
ted in firont of the Michigan Central Railway station, and was said to
have been touring the United States making speeches. McGARRITT, who
was registered at a hotel in Detroit, eaqpressed surprise at the ar-
rest, and stated that he and RUSSELL had come fron Chicago to Detroit
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to see some friends, and said that he was an old friend of RUSSELL who
had been here for about six weeks on a valid passport*
RUSSELL was held at Detention Headquarters in Detroit,
Michigan, and TKOLIAS jV CHATSKE and FBAN^l^ANE, attorneys, were re-
ported to have been eng^ed to represent^uDSSELL. The State Depar-t-
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ment was reported as denying-receipt of any request for RUSSELL'S ex-
tradition, and this Hew York Times report indicated that J. ^BUGAS,
FBI official in charge of the Detroit Office had dediixed to discuss
the case.
The New York Times of June 7, 1939 indicated that RUS-
^ P^TT. ivas held at Immigration Detention Quarters as a Federal prisoner
pending deportation proceedings. RUSSELL described himself as head
man of the IRISH REPUBLICAN KBMI, and is reported to state that he
had intended going from Chicago to New York Cily, and thence to Ire-