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Agents

Tom Griffin: /* Commanders (CO FRU) */

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Commanders (CO FRU)

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Tom Griffin: /* West Detachment */

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West Detachment

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East Detachment

Tom Griffin: /* East Detachment */

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East Detachment

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East Detachment

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East Detachment

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Tom Griffin: /* Commanders (CO FRU) */

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Commanders (CO FRU)

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 *3007<ref>Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.</ref> - [[Willie Carlin]]<ref>David Sharrock, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1309226/Army-concealing-information-says-former-agent.html Army concealing information, says former agent], telegraph.co.uk, 20 June 2001.</ref>
 *[[Peter Keeley]]<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/18/uk.northernireland1 Revealed: five British spies inside IRA], The Observer, 18 May 2003.</ref>
-*[[Sam Rosenfeld]] - spied on republcian dissidents, 1990-1993.<ref name="Mcdonald071203">Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/07/northernireland Army spy faces jail after appeal to Queen over 'murders'], Observer, 7 December 2003.</ref>
+*[[Sam Rosenfeld]] - spied on republican dissidents, 1990-1993.<ref name="Mcdonald071203">Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/07/northernireland Army spy faces jail after appeal to Queen over 'murders'], Observer, 7 December 2003.</ref>
 *6137<ref>Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.</ref> - [[Brian Nelson]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2944007.stm Nelson's shadowy past], BBC, 13 April 2003.</ref>
 *[[Ned Greer]]<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/apr/20/northernireland The double agent who helped run terror cell], 20 April 2003.</ref>

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 ====Commanders (CO FRU)====
 *[[Gordon Kerr]]. Probably cipher A/05 in the report of Sir Desmond de Silva's Pat Finucane Review.
-*[[Lt Col A/16]] c.1992.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch3">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter003/ Volume 1 - Chapter 3: Intelligence structures], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
+*[[Lt Col A/16]] c.1992.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch3">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter003/ Volume 1 - Chapter 3: Intelligence structures], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> Given his activities and rank at this period, this may be Lt-Col [[George Williams]].
 ====Operations Officers====

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 According to "[[Martin Ingram]]", FRU agents were each given a number of which the first two digits signified their location, with the second two providing a unique identifier. The prefix '30' signified the FRU's western detachment (West Det.), while Brian Nelson prefix '61' signified East Det.<ref>Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.</ref>
-[[Provisional IRA]]
 *[[Freddie Scappaticci]]<ref>Rosie Cowan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/may/12/northernireland.northernireland1 He did the IRA's dirty work for 25 years - and was paid £80,000 a year by the government], The Guardian, 12 May 2003.</ref>
 *3007<ref>Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.</ref> - [[Willie Carlin]]<ref>David Sharrock, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1309226/Army-concealing-information-says-former-agent.html Army concealing information, says former agent], telegraph.co.uk, 20 June 2001.</ref>
 *[[Peter Keeley]]<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/may/18/uk.northernireland1 Revealed: five British spies inside IRA], The Observer, 18 May 2003.</ref>
-[[Ulster Defence Association]]
+*[[Sam Rosenfeld]] - spied on republcian dissidents, 1990-1993.<ref name="Mcdonald071203">Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/dec/07/northernireland Army spy faces jail after appeal to Queen over 'murders'], Observer, 7 December 2003.</ref>
 *6137<ref>Martin Ingram, Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.55.</ref> - [[Brian Nelson]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2944007.stm Nelson's shadowy past], BBC, 13 April 2003.</ref>
 *[[Ned Greer]]<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/apr/20/northernireland The double agent who helped run terror cell], 20 April 2003.</ref>

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 *[[Ian Hurst]]
 *[[Philip Campbell Smith]]<ref>Greg Harkin, EX-ARMY AGENT ON WITNESS 'NOBBLE' CHARGE; FINUCANE MURDER SQUAD COPS RAID AUTHOR'S HOME IN ENGLAND, 19 November 2000.</ref>
 ==Agents==

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 *A/11 - c.1986<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
 *A/07 - c.1986<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
-*A/10<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
+*Colour Sergeant A/10<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> - Nelson's main handler from April 1989.
 *A/12<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
 *A/13<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch7">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter007/ Volume 1 - Chapter 7: The activities of Brian Nelson 1987- 89], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>

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 *A/03 - OC of East Det FRU c.1987<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
 *A/01 - OC of East Det c.1989<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch7">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter007/ Volume 1 - Chapter 7: The activities of Brian Nelson 1987- 89], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
 *A/11 - c.1986<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
 *A/07 - c.1986<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>