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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48750-4 — The Intelligence War against the IRA Thomas Leahy Index More Information Index 14 Intelligence Company, 139, 140, 141, release from internment, 26 142, 159, 161 West Belfast MP, 156, 201, 217, 218, 225 Adams, Gerry, 46, 58, 232 African National Congress (ANC), 211 American visa, 222 Agents and armed struggle and British intelligence strategy, 10, 30 1986, 218 motives, 11 1989, 218, 238 Ahern, Bertie, 223, 225 and Belfast, 142, 156 Ahern, Dermot, 201 and Denis Donaldson, 200, 228, 232 Aldrich, Richard J., 7, 14, 17, 56, 78, 90, 140 and Douglas Hurd, 129 An Phoblacht and Father Alec Reid, 127, 200 on informers, 1, 86 and Fianna Fáil, 201 Andrew, Christopher and James Prior, 133 on official histories, 14 and John Hume, 201, 208, 217, 222 on the Cyprus Emergency, 1 and pan-nationalist talks, 218, 222 on the IRA in England, 191, 192, 194 and peace talks, 55, 115, 129, 130, 134, Anglo-Irish Agreement, 202, 215, 222 135, 218, 219, 225, 235 Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985), 132 and republican strategy, 127, 128 Arlow, Reverend William, 74, 102 and Sir Patrick Mayhew, 209 Armagh (County) and talks with British officials and discrimination, 18, 45, 46 June 1972, 52 Armagh city, 180, 198 and the Garda, 200 Craigavon, 181, 202 and the south Armagh watchtowers, Gough barracks, 141 231 Lurgan, 179, 180, 181, 182, 198 and Whiterock leisure centre, 206 Portadown, 179, 180, 198 1984, 206 Atkins, Humphrey, 131 Ard Fheis speech 1984, 215 Barker, Alan 1987, 215 and Raymond Gilmour, 11, 157, 160, See 1990, 215 also Derry Brigade (Derry city IRA); 1991, 130, 219 Gilmour, Raymond 1994, 219, 221 and Sean McCord, 158, 160 arrest and the Derry IRA, 93 1972, 30 on agents, 10 on a military stalemate, 212 on IRA operations in England, 106 on Éire Nua, 115 on surveillance operations, 159 on the Enniskillen bombing, 213 on the Derry IRA, 92, 93, 157, 158, on the IRA cessation 160, 161 1997, 224 on the Garda, 161 on the Irish state, 204, 205, 214, on the IRA in England, 195 215 on the peace process, 196 327 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48750-4 — The Intelligence War against the IRA Thomas Leahy Index More Information 328 Index Barr, Glenn, 72, 73, 110, See also Ulster loose talk, 86, 149 Defence Association (UDA); number of volunteers Vanguard 1971–1972, 34 Beattie, Desmond, 20, See also Cusack, Second battalion, 34 Seamus Third battalion, 34, 82, 85 Belfast, 18, 68, 72, 97, 101, 138, 149, 189, Bell, Ivor, 13, 55 231, 239 Bennett, Huw, 1, 23, 27 and discrimination, 18, 91 Best, William, 49 and the British Army, 22, 23, 34, 41, Bew, John. See also Frampton, Martyn 42, 45 on talks with the IRA (1972), 244 Andersontown, 34, 37 on talks with the IRA (1975), 245 Ardoyne, 34, 150 on the intelligence war, 3, 4, 81, 143 Ballymurphy, 34, 85, 87, 154, 216 on the IRA’s ceasefire (1975), 67 city centre bombings on the peace process, 3, 209, 223, 244 1992 and 1993, 154 Birmingham bombings, 77, 105, 106, 192 city council, 156, 201, 206, 222 Black, Christopher, 124, 150, See also Clonard district, 31 supergrass trials Crumlin Road, 31 Blair, Tony, 171, 207, 210, 223, 225, 232, Crumlin Road jail, 45, 46, 143, 241, 242 217 Bloody Friday (1972), 63, 64, 65, 93, 97 Divis Flats, 83, 148 Bloody Sunday (1972), 21, 23, 33, 36, 37, east Belfast, 83, 149 39, 58, 93, 160, 202, 242 Falls Road, 20, 34, 35, 39, 216 Boal, Desmond, 110 Lenadoon, 54, 57, 58, 59 Boston College oral history project, 12, 13, north Belfast, 38, 82, 87, See also Hughes, Brendan; McIntyre, 147 Anthony; Moloney, Ed; Short Strand, 34, 229 McConville, Jean; Price, Dolores south Belfast, 151 Boutcher, Jon, 242 the Bone, 34, 150 Bradley, Gerry, 29, See also Black, the Markets, 34, 145, 154 Christopher; Donaldson, Denis; Unity Flats, 34, 85, 87, 88, 147 Feeney, Brian; Molloy, Eamon; west Belfast, 13, 18, 36, 37, 38, 54, 83, Stakeknife; Valente, Peter 84, 124, 143, 144, 147, 148, 152, arrest (1974), 82 156, 201, 217, 218, 223, See also on Belfast IRA cells, 89 Belfast Brigade (IRA) on British Army helicopters, 150, 151 Belfast Brigade (IRA), 5, 82, 91, 101, 102, on British Army security bases, 151 138, 148, 149, 182, 229, 237, 238, on Christopher Black, 150 239, See also Provisional IRA on Denis Donaldson, 229 and Operation Motorman, 87 on Eamon Molloy, 84–5 and the 1972 ceasefire on informers, 154 June to July 1972, 53 on IRA counter-intelligence, 124 and the 1975 ceasefire, 29, 81, 82, 91, on IRA support, 38 107, 113, 116, 117, 246 on Operation Motorman, 88 and the 1997 ceasefire, 223, 231 on Peter Valente, 147 brigade and battalion structure, 85, 89 on screening, 86 brigade quartermasters, 66 on Stakeknife, 145–6 campaign, 10, 35, 36, 39, 82–91, 142–57, on the Belfast IRA, 85, 87, 88, 89, 237, 238–9 150, 153 cells, 5, 89, 121, 125, 126, 145, 148, 150, on the IRA in England, 195 155, 205, 237 on the peace process, 226 civilian casualties, 153, 237 Braniff, Anthony, 148 First battalion, 34 Breen, Harry, 165 Headquarters Belfast Brigade, 66 British Army. See also British government Intended target killings, 35, 36, 82, 89, policy 138, 144, 145 agent, 10, 185 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48750-4 — The Intelligence War against the IRA Thomas Leahy Index More Information Index 329 and cross-border roads, 47 and power-sharing, 63, 65, 66, 79, 131, and population control, 17, 19, 22, 28, 37 134, 137, 210 and south Armagh watchtowers, 167, and the Brooke-Mayhew talks 168, 170, 171, See also South (1991–1992), 207, 208, 209 Armagh Brigade and the civil service, 63, 67, 69, 71, 75, and the Garda, 99, 188, 189 79, 122, 130, 133, 194, 199, 241 and the nationalist community, 37, 39, and the Fair Employment Act 45, 47, 48, 93, 102, 187 (1989), 215 and the RUC, 39–41 and the IRA and Sinn Féin, 19, 20, 23, Borucki Sangar, 166, 168, 171 25–7, 49, 53, 54–5, 56–9, 63–72, checkpoints, 34, 43, 87, 88, 92, 93, 94, 75–6, 78, 79–80, 108–9, 111–12, 96, 100, 156, 162, 167, 170, 174, 114–17, 121, 122–5, 199, 205–10, 176, 189 224–5, 233–4, 238, 240–1, 243–7 computer database, 88, 96 and the McBride Principles, 215 hearts and minds strategy, 23 and unionism, 17, 18–19, 27, 113 helicopters, 150, 151, 152, 167, 170, 172 The Way Ahead for Security Policy (1977), house searches, 37, 88 122, 123, 137 low-profile approach, 27 British intelligence personality cards (p cards), 43, 44, 48, eavesdropping, 9, 146, 151, 152, 87, 96, 152 232, 243 personality checks, 86, 87, 90 electronic intelligence (ELINT), 8, 90, protective equipment, 154, 163 100, 130, 140, 148, 151, 192, 237 Royal Marines, 166, 171, 193 human intelligence, 8, 9, 30, 84, 130, screening, 37, 48, 86 139, 146, 151, 166, 167, 168, 243 British Conservative Party, 19, 64, 125, See intercept and deciphering also British government policy; (COMINT), 90 Brooke, Peter; Heath, Edward; intercepts and deciphering Major, John; Mayhew, Sir Patrick; (COMINT), 8 Thatcher, Margaret; Whitelaw, British Labour government. See Blair, William Tony; British government policy; British General Officer Commanding Callaghan, James; Donoughue, (GOC), 31, 33, 40, 42, 57, 100, 122, Bernard; Mason, Roy; Mowlam, 139, 140 Mo; Powell, Jonathan; Rees, British government policy Merlyn; Wilson, Harold and a dual approach strategy, 66, 68, 137, British Liberal Party, 19 199, 210, 233, 237 Brittany, 196 and a two-front war, 58, 59, 70, 76, 77, Brooke, Peter, 136, 137, 207, 208, 227, See 79, 108, 112, 114, 117, 122 also British government policy; and a unionist backlash, 17, 21, 26, 53, Mayhew, Sir Patrick; Thatcher, 58, 68, 76, 221 Margaret and an acceptable level of violence, 5, 7, Brown, James Joseph, 91 17, 23, 27, 30, 39, 49, 63, 103, 117, Bryson, James, 87 121, 123, 142, 164, 169, 198, 210, Buchanan, Robert, 165 236, 238, 243 Burns, Gregory, 179–80, See also Burns, and an independent Northern Ireland Sean; Dignam, John; Starrs, Aidan (1974–1975), 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, Burns, Sean, 179–80, See also Burns, 71, 74, 75, 76, 79 Gregory and an independent Northern Ireland Burton, Frank, 20 (1977), 129 and criminalisation, 66, 123, 124 Cahill, Joe, 55 and divisions within the state, 7, American visa, 222 240–1 and ceasefire talks (July 1972), 54, 56 and Home Rule, 28 and ceasefire talks (March 1972), 53, 54 and Irish immigrants, 19, 77 arrest (1972), 52 and loyalism, 78 on politicising republicanism, 55 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-48750-4 — The Intelligence War against the IRA Thomas Leahy Index More Information 330 Index Cahill, Joe (cont.) on James Bryson, 87 on republican support following Bloody on the Four-Square Laundry, 32, 33, 83 Sunday (1972), 58 on the IRA cell structure, 89 Callaghan, James, 123, 125, 128, 129 on the MRF, 31, 33 Caraher, Fergal, 45, 166, 168–9 Cusack, Seamus, 20, 22, See also Beattie, Caraher, Micheál, 46 Desmond Caraher, Peter John, 45, 46 Cyprus Emergency, 1 Carron, Owen, 204 Cavan (county), 51, 190 Dáil Éireann, 204, 214, 226 Clarke, George, 29, See also Nairac, Robert Daly, Archbishop Cahal, 168 and informers, 100 Daly, Reverend Edward, 115 and Nairac, Robert, 95 de Baroid, Ciaran, 154, 223 on British Army intelligence, 40 de Silva, Sir Desmond, 130, 139, 141, on human intelligence, 9 142 on RUC Special Branch, 39, 40 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 74, on rural IRA infiltration, 42 110, 114, 132, 236 on the Old Bailey bombing (1973), 104 Derry Brigade (Derry city IRA), 5, 34, 93, Clarke, Phil, 46 101, 102, 138 Cleary, Peter, 166 and
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