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finance arms purchases for the Provisional IRA. As Father Dennis Faul, a
Roman Catholic priest and trustee of Green Cross,said:"I have my own
suspicions. All I'm saying is that NoRAID sends some money. It may not be
all the money"(Christian Science Monitor,14 January 1985). 0n the same
occasion the Christian Science Monitor reported that at least half of what is
raised in America stays in the Us for the purchase of weapons.
Under the headline "Help us buy guns, SF man tells NORAID visitors", the
Carron, former Sinn Fein member of the Northern Ireland Assembly and former
Sinn Fein MP for ,Fermanagh and South Tyrone, currently wanted by police on
arms charges after failing to respect his bail conditions. He told a
visiting NoRAID delegation that "the need for armaments is the greatest in
our struggle at the minute', and that the Republicans depended on America for
"financial, moral and concrete support". He asked members of the group for
theircontinuedsupport.
During the same visit, a NORAID official, Richard Lawlor, said:
"I would not discourage people from sending guns here....
It'sprobably
vensure democracy" (The Irish Press, Dublin, 14 August 1984).
Irish connexions
In April 1982, during a court case brought against NoRAID under the
"since its inception NoRAID has acted as the agent in this country of the
Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army,its political arm,the Sinn
Fein, and their affiliates".Among the correspondence made public at the
trial were letters from NORAID saying thiat
"Our support goes exclusively to the'Provisional IRA and those who
are working with them" (27 0ctober 1971).
i"Our sympathies are with the so-called 'Provisional' IRA and that
branch of the Sinn Fein movement which supports them....
The
Committee was set up by the trustees in Ireland about two years
ago....
Our funds are channelled through Joe Cahill of Belfast to
be used for the advancement of the campaign in Ireland" (8 March
1972).
"Any money you wish to donate to Northern Aid should be sent through
the New York Office.Joe Cahill has asked us to cooperate here as it
will be-a-tremendous help_to those at the other side. They would
like to have every person. there engaged directly in the struggle.
This~is an authentic committee, chartered by the Provisional Irish
Republican Army (and the only one) to collect money for their cause.
We guarantee that all monies collected will be used for that purpose"
(28 February'1972).
The US court found that NoRAID had.violated the provisions of the Act by
failing to identify as its foreign principal "the Irish Republican Army,
Provisional Wing". It found also that NORAID had not fully identified its
officers and other groups acting for it; that it had not given the true
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Roman Catholic priest and trustee of Green Cross,said:"I have my own
suspicions. All I'm saying is that NoRAID sends some money. It may not be
all the money"(Christian Science Monitor,14 January 1985). 0n the same
occasion the Christian Science Monitor reported that at least half of what is
raised in America stays in the Us for the purchase of weapons.
Under the headline "Help us buy guns, SF man tells NORAID visitors", the
Carron, former Sinn Fein member of the Northern Ireland Assembly and former
Sinn Fein MP for ,Fermanagh and South Tyrone, currently wanted by police on
arms charges after failing to respect his bail conditions. He told a
visiting NoRAID delegation that "the need for armaments is the greatest in
our struggle at the minute', and that the Republicans depended on America for
"financial, moral and concrete support". He asked members of the group for
theircontinuedsupport.
During the same visit, a NORAID official, Richard Lawlor, said:
"I would not discourage people from sending guns here....
It'sprobably
vensure democracy" (The Irish Press, Dublin, 14 August 1984).
Irish connexions
In April 1982, during a court case brought against NoRAID under the
"since its inception NoRAID has acted as the agent in this country of the
Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army,its political arm,the Sinn
Fein, and their affiliates".Among the correspondence made public at the
trial were letters from NORAID saying thiat
"Our support goes exclusively to the'Provisional IRA and those who
are working with them" (27 0ctober 1971).
i"Our sympathies are with the so-called 'Provisional' IRA and that
branch of the Sinn Fein movement which supports them....
The
Committee was set up by the trustees in Ireland about two years
ago....
Our funds are channelled through Joe Cahill of Belfast to
be used for the advancement of the campaign in Ireland" (8 March
1972).
"Any money you wish to donate to Northern Aid should be sent through
the New York Office.Joe Cahill has asked us to cooperate here as it
will be-a-tremendous help_to those at the other side. They would
like to have every person. there engaged directly in the struggle.
This~is an authentic committee, chartered by the Provisional Irish
Republican Army (and the only one) to collect money for their cause.
We guarantee that all monies collected will be used for that purpose"
(28 February'1972).
The US court found that NoRAID had.violated the provisions of the Act by
failing to identify as its foreign principal "the Irish Republican Army,
Provisional Wing". It found also that NORAID had not fully identified its
officers and other groups acting for it; that it had not given the true
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