Irish Republican Army Part 01 · p.266

TONY HEFFERNAN
British imperialism and economic domination were the.
reasons for the trouble in Northern Ireland. He cited
instanees where British subjects live:in luxury while
the"Irish pay for their luxury through high. rents
for slums.
HEFFERNAN then exhibited a large rubber bullet
about 4! or '5" long and one inch thick, which he
indicated had been made in the United States.
He
declared that this 'bullet was
lethal and could kill
anyone standing in front of it.
According to HEFFERNAN,
these were used indiscriminately by the British forces
in putting down opposition in Northern Ireland.
HEFFERNAN remarked that he had taken a tour
of the United States and had spoken on the West Coast
in various cities including San Francisco, Oakland
and Santa Cruz, California.
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