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Having read your magazines spheres.
IRA in the upsurge of
3. 1 argued that the lrish
with greal interest during
The official policy of the
international terrorism. And 1 community in the United
1983 and having reccivcd a
Chinese Communist Party is
find that 1 mentioned the IRA States a/so acts as a rear
free copy of
The United
to eliminate religion under the
on only half a dozen
base for the lrish terrorists,
States and Britain in
guise of protccting religious
occasions in the interview. 1
providing money through
Prophecy,
1 feel vcry, very
belief (scc
Red Flag
June 16,
therefore hove no intention of NORAID, which buys arms in
guilty for not giving God what
1983, the ideological organ of
becoming invo/ved in the
sporting goods shops and
is rightfully his. 1 havc often
the Central Committee of the
400-year-o/d argument about
smuggles them across the
tr ied lo get out of my
Chinese Communist Party).
the rights and wrongs of the
Atlantic, as wel/ as providing
financia! mess but could not
Buddhists in Tibet, a formerly
lrish quarrel. lt would take
protection for terrorists on the
do so wilhoul God 's help and
independcnt country occupied
much too long and better men run and as a center for
am now even more guilty for
by the Chincse in 1950, know
than 1 hove tried toso/ve it
propaganda. Here is proof' ln
having received help that 1 do
all about this. A new era of
without success. 1 confine
/982 Michael Flannery and
nol deserve. May my tithes
liberalisalion was recently
myself to those questions
George Harrison, NORAID's
bring joy lo those in necd as 1
promiscd in Tibel and it lasled
which ríse specifically
leaders, admitted in a
am now a joyful lither.
jusl long enough for the
out ofmy statements.
Brooklyn court that they had
R. Heuscben
Chinese to idcntify religious
l . The Harrods bombing. 1
supplied more than a mil/ion
Windmeul, R.S.A.
believers and critics of their
said, "The 1RA
...
prefer
dollars worth of guns
10
lrish
50th Anniversary
r ule.
softer targets like people
terrorists in the post twenty
Paullngram
doing their shopping at
years. In fact it was not an
The February 1984
Plain
Secretary,
Harrods in London. The
admission, more a proud
Truth
is the mosl uplifting,
Scientific Buddhist
attack was disclaimed by the
boast .
inspiring magazine 1 have ever
Association,
'officia/' 1RA who hove
1 hove another, personal
seen. The articles are most
London
'apologised' for it." Your
piece of evidence. Sorne years
inspiring yet sober ing as they
Terrorism lnterview
corresponden! claims that
ago the Britísh army captured
show lhe world we live in with
forty minutes' warr¡ing was
a number of Armalite rifles
precise detail and also the
1 was compcllcd lo write
given of the explosion and
in Belfast. 1 asked for and
wonderful world tomorrow.
aboul severa! untrue
that it w}¡s not sanctioned by
was given their serial
William B.
Lee
statemenls in the May '84
the IRA Council. The facts
numbers. 1 then jlew to New
Stratford, England
issue. British author
are these: A warning was
York where 1 checked these
1 am a lypical 14-ycar-old
Christopher Dobson is
telephoned to the office of the
numbers with the authorities
interviewcd about terrorism.
London Samaritans at 12:44.
and found that they had come
who pickcd up a magazine al a Severa! times he mentions thc
The warning was deliberately
from a sporting goods store
restaurant. Ever since 1 have
I.R.A. and lr ish Americans.
confusing. referring to a
just outside New York. 1
bccn impressed. Thc fact that
He describes the Harrods
number of bombs planted in
visited the store where 1
God has blessed thi s wholc
bombing as an I.R.A. attack
different parts of London
proved how easy it was to
opcration for 50 years is
on Christmas shoppers. In fact
when there was on/y one. The
acquire Armalites by buying
incrcdible. 1 would likc to
a 40 minute warning was
po/ice began the search of the
one. 1 could not prove then
express my appreciation lo all
given. Furthermore the
Harrods orea at 12:54. By
that these particular guns
of you involved with
The
bombing didn ' t have the
1:20 they had discovered a
were bought by NORAID
Plain Truth
for the
support of the l.R.A. military
suspicious car in Hans
because the names given by
tremendous work you are
council.
Crescent a/ongside Harrods
the buyers were fictitious. One
doing. Both the magazines and
When talking about
and prepared to investiga/e ít.
thing certain however was
the literature have fascinated
NORA ID, an lrish American
At 1:21 as they approached
that they had been bought in
me. In this world full of
relief group, Mr. Dobson calls
the car, it exploded. Among
America for use by the IRA
garbage literature, it's great lo
it a gun-running group that
the five dead were a
in Be/fast.
see such a God-centercd and
powerful publication.
raises money to buy arms.
po/iceman and policewoman.
Charles Haughey when he
Tbi s statement is false.
lt
Dave Johnson
cannol be denicd that persons
As for the c/aim that the
was Taoiseach denounced
Springfield, Virginia
connectcd with NORAlD
bomb was not sanctioned by
NORAID in a speech at Cork
have smuggled guns, but that
the Army Council, this is, of on 27 July /980: "There is
New China
is their own choice. The
course, a ploy used by the
clear and conc/usive evidence
1 doubt the optimistic
money collectcd by NORAlD
1RA when one of its
availab/e to the Government
pi cture of new Chinese
is dist ributed by the Greco
operations backfires.
here from securíty and other
open-mindedness and
Cross and the Society of Help.
2. In its officia/ claim of
sources that NORAID has
ftexibility given by Mr.
These groups are the Jrish
responsibility the 1RA said:
provided support for the
Hogberg (" 'New China'
version of lhe Red Cross.
"The lrish Republican Army
campaign of violence and
Reaches Out," April 1984).
Hardly c razed terrorist
hove been operational in
indeed direct assistance in its
The only reason why the
supporters.
Britain throughout last week.
pursuit. On the basis of these
Chinese are displaying any
Ja~MS
Murphy
Our volunteers planted the
activities, it stands
economic flexibility is because
Piltsfield, Massachusetts
bomb outside the Woolwich
condemned, and 1 appeal to
their economy is in a mess,
Barracks and in the car
al/ in America who hove the
and they will certainly reach
•
Christopher Dobson
outside Harrods store." The
interests of /re/and at heart
out and grab whatever
rep/ies:
point is that whether the
not to give the body any
America gives them. But their
lt was not my purpose to
Harrods bombing was carried
support, financia/ or moral."
basic Marxist position is
become involved in the lrish
out on the orders of the IRA
Nobody could accuse Mr.
unchanged, and this is onl y
situation when we had our
Council or not, it was p/anted
Haughey of not wanting a
too clear in both the
interview. mere/y to record
by 1RA men in pursuance of
united lreland or of being a
political and religious
the part being played by the
the IRA's aims.
British stooge.
October 1984
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