State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1970

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Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1970.

April

June

18 - British General Election won by the Conservatives under Edward Heath.[3]

July

  • An MI5 security liaison officer was appointed to Northern Ireland at some point during the month.[4] This was probably David Eastwood.[5]

Notes

  1. The Ulster Defence Regiment, Army.mod.uk, accessed 23 August 2010.
  2. Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.426.
  3. Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.426.
  4. Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.618.
  5. Nigel West, Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence, Scarecrow Press, 2014, p.192.