Irish Republican Army Part 01 · p.265

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF.JUSTICE
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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In Rcply, Please Refer to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
File No.
JAN 1 0 1975
TONY HEFFERNAN
On November.ll,. l974, a source who has furnished
reliable information in the past advised that on
Friday evening, November l, i974, TONY HEFFERNAN, Joint
Secretary of the Sinn Fein, was the principal speaker at
a meeting held at the University of Pennsylvania under
the joint sponsorship of the Penn Committee for Social
telephone number 467-2806.
A second source adyised that telephone:
number 467-2806_is 1isted to
Philadelphia, Pa.
On December 2, l974, the first source advised that
RITA COcKERILL was present at.this meeting and has been
active in affairs of the James Larkin Irish Republican
Club in the past.
According to the source, HEFFERNAN addressed
a group of approximately eighty individuals at
Deitrich Hall and discussed the history of Northern
Ireland and the acceptance of the Irish people by the
British. During the course of his discussion, he referred
frequently to PADRAIC PEARSE, an Irish patriot, and the
struggle of the Irish for survival under alleged
exploitation of the British. HEFFERNAN indicated that
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property
of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and
its contents are not to be distributed'outside
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your agency.
Source whose identity is concealed here-
in has furnished reliable information
in the past except where otherwise
noted.
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