Irish Republican Army Part 01 · p.138

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b7c
PH 97-324
Race
white
Sex
Male
Age
35-36
Height
5:61
Weight
140 pounds:
O TUATHAIL spoke for approximately 5o minutes
on the history and background of the Irish Republican
Movement and described instances of alleged British
repression in Northern Ireland at the present time.
O TUATHAIL was highly critical of President NIXON and
the United States Government in general in its repression
of the Irish in the case of the "Fort' Worth 5". F
He was
: also critical of the Provisional Movement of the I.R.A.
I.R.A.
O TUATHAIL made no direct appeal for funds;
however, an individual in the auditorium made a special
collection for relief of the Irish refugees.
O TUATHAIL indicated that he was in the United
States as part of a North American tour and planned to visit
Chicago, Ill., Quebec, Montreal, and unidentified sections
of Canada with heavy irish popuiations and subsequently
visit the major cities on the west coast of the United
States from the Canadian border"to Mexico.
PH T-l further advised that the group was com-
prised mostly of young males with a sprinkling of neighbor-
hood housewives. According to the source. the only prominent
individual identified at the meeting was
a
former Philadelphia, Pa.,
who has been the champion of the Irish Republican cause in
the Philadelphia, Pa., area.
. PH T-l identified a photograph of
as being one of the individuals who heiped in the organiza-
tion of the speech.
On May 23._1972. PH T-2 advised that
was_a.self-
employed,
Philadelphia Free Press (rREEP);
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