Irish Republican Army Part 02 · p.363

INTERNATIONALTERRORISM-
PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (PIRA)
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It is_also believed thatNew York Clan
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Na Gael
was in attendance at this
meeting.
On August 30, 1988,
attendedthewake_of_deceased
On August 31, 1988
attended a meeting at the
BREFFNI INN, Oueens. New York
nattendanceatthismeetino
were
On September 5, 1988
leparted the United States
from JFKIA to Shannon, ROI, aboard AERLINGUS Flight Number l02.
He was afforded an exit examination by the FBI and United States
Customs with negative results.
declined to make any
statements or provide any information as to his purpose in travel
to the United States.
He_provided his Irish Passport Number
805879 in the name of
with the.only travel disclosed
in the passport being his arrival at JFKIA, on August 8, 1988.
was in possession of a valid B-2 visitor's visa issued
January 12, 1979,at Belfast;Northern Ireland.
The following is an assessment of
activities
while in the United States:
The Nyo of the FBI concurs with your delicate source
information that
travel to the United States was to unify
the various Republican support groups, specifically NoRAID and
Clan Na Gael as evidenced by his meeting with the leadership of
both groups detailed above.
Confidential and reliable source information has
advised that: this was
brimary purpose in travel. At least
one source:has.reported that
authority was supreme" to
the extent:that
could have discontinued either
oraanization if nat group was not conducive to adhering to
birectives.
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