Reference Code: 2017/10/34

Creation Dates: 5 August 1987

Extent and medium: 2 pages

Creator(s): Department of the Taoiseach

Accession Conditions: Open

Copyright: National Archives, Ireland. May only be reproduced with the written permission of the Director of the National Archives. Confidential

The Secretary, Department of Justice.

For the attention of Mr. S. Magner.

I enclose a letter, allegedly from the Volunteer Force, which has

been received in the Taoiseach 1 s Office. The letter is being forwarded to your Department for any action which you consider appropriate.

B. McCarthy.

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Colin Wallace, F.red Hol:roy were telling the truth when they revealed that :British Int were behind killings, kidnapping and a smear campaign~ 7ourse1r.

Ml.5, -Ml.6 assisted b7 s.A.s. used our J'orce 1972 to 1978, 1985.

We were given photographs of I.R.A. men, given. explosive•, inf'oi,aation to where intended rtctims were and when to carry out attacks. We lcilled 17 aen on infoz,aation 811;:?Jlied b7 :British Int. MJ.5 were double crossing us all the time ver were vorkiDg vith them.

We excuted some of our best men believing them to be traitors. Jim Hanna was killed as a result of inf'o:mation given to us b7 Ml$. Hanna was totally inDocent and we killed one of our beet volunteers.

They supplied us with detonators which they had aet to explode prematurely. The Miamia Showband. Sommerville & :Boyle, the Desertmartin, Joh.nstons h.rmland. Vol Logan, Vol Simpson hie body was never got. In 1985 we were approached b7 a Ml5 officer attached to the B.I.O. and based in , Alex Jones was his supposed name. He asked us to execute you, and supplied us with the tollovi.ng details.

Your care, aerial photographs or your home, your island ho11e on the Ker.cy­ coast. Details or 7our trips into Fa.rranford Private Airport, photographs of' 7our plane. Photographs and the details of 7our private yatch.

We refused to do it, we .. were asked would we accept responsibility 11' you were killed we -refused.

:British Int are going to BUpply a spoon of Anthras l'oort and Mouth Disease, J'owl Peet. Swine l'ever, and Jaagsikpi a fatal disease in sheep to anyone who will release it in Eire. They plan by doing so to destroy Eire eoonomy and to 118ke the Eire Government inorea.se border security. We have DO love for you but we are not going to oa.rry out work tor the Dirty Tricks Department of the l3ri tish.

C.AP1·

FOR GOD AND ULSTER

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