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| − | *'''8''' - [[Brian Nelson]] has his first meeting with an [[FRU]] handler. A contact form (CF) describes his motivation for informing against the UDA in the following terms: "… in the early days, the UDA was a necessary organisation but it had grown evil and was behind more of the criminal activities in Protestant areas."<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> | + | *'''8''' - [[Brian Nelson]] has his first meeting with an [[FRU]] handler. A contact form (CF) describes his motivation for informing against the [[UDA]] in the following terms: "… in the early days, the UDA was a necessary organisation but it had grown evil and was behind more of the criminal activities in Protestant areas."<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> |
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Revision as of 22:50, 14 December 2012
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1984.
Contents
April
- April undated - In April 1984, the Irish Joint Section was wound up. The Security Service became solely responsible for its Belfast station and created a new section, F8, in London which assumed management responsibility.[6] The F8 Section was a part of the FX Branch of the Service in London, which became responsible for dealing with counter-terrorism.[1]
May
- 8 - Brian Nelson has his first meeting with an FRU handler. A contact form (CF) describes his motivation for informing against the UDA in the following terms: "… in the early days, the UDA was a necessary organisation but it had grown evil and was behind more of the criminal activities in Protestant areas."[2]
November
- 16 - Loyalist Michael Stone killed Catholic milkman and Sinn Féin member Patrick Brady, after reading a military intelligence report passed on by Brian Nelson.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 3: Intelligence structures, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Martin Ingram & Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O'Brien Press, 2004, p.180.
