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*E5 Collation Division - according to Mark Urban's 1992 account.<ref>Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.94.</ref> Belfast Region - according to testimony to the [[Billy Wright Inquiry]].<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/transcripts/160/ Oral Hearings, day 136], Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.</ref> | *E5 Collation Division - according to Mark Urban's 1992 account.<ref>Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.94.</ref> Belfast Region - according to testimony to the [[Billy Wright Inquiry]].<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/transcripts/160/ Oral Hearings, day 136], Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.</ref> | ||
*E6 North Region<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/transcripts/160/ Oral Hearings, day 136], Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.</ref> | *E6 North Region<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/transcripts/160/ Oral Hearings, day 136], Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | *E7/8 South Region<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/transcripts/160/ Oral Hearings, day 136], Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.</ref> | + | *E7/8 [[RUC Special Branch South Region|South Region]]<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/transcripts/160/ Oral Hearings, day 136], Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.</ref> |
*E9 | *E9 | ||
**E9A 'central desk' - "responsible for targeting all operations against strategic targets within terrorist organisations, in other words, the leadership of those organisations."<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/filestore/documents/transcripts/Day_142_BWI200309_Public_session_web-site_(2).txt Oral Hearings, Day 142], Billy Wright Inquiry, 20 March 2009.</ref> | **E9A 'central desk' - "responsible for targeting all operations against strategic targets within terrorist organisations, in other words, the leadership of those organisations."<ref>[http://www.billywrightinquiry.org/filestore/documents/transcripts/Day_142_BWI200309_Public_session_web-site_(2).txt Oral Hearings, Day 142], Billy Wright Inquiry, 20 March 2009.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 27 May 2011
The Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch (RUC Special Branch) was also known as E Department.[1]
Structure
Head of Special Branch (HSB)
Divisions
- E1 Administration Division
- E2 Legal Division
- E3 Intelligence Division
- E3A - republican groups
- E3B - loyalist groups
- E3C - leftist groups
- E4 Operations Division
- E4A - human surveillance
- E4B - technical surveillance
- E4C - photographic surveillance
- E4D - photographic surveillance
- E5 Collation Division - according to Mark Urban's 1992 account.[2] Belfast Region - according to testimony to the Billy Wright Inquiry.[3]
- E6 North Region[4]
- E7/8 South Region[5]
- E9
- E9A 'central desk' - "responsible for targeting all operations against strategic targets within terrorist organisations, in other words, the leadership of those organisations."[6]
Notes
- ↑ Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.94.
- ↑ Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.94.
- ↑ Oral Hearings, day 136, Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.
- ↑ Oral Hearings, day 136, Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.
- ↑ Oral Hearings, day 136, Billy Wright Inquiry, 10 March 2009.
- ↑ Oral Hearings, Day 142, Billy Wright Inquiry, 20 March 2009.
