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*'''1''' - A contact form records a meeting between [[Brian Nelson]] and his two [[FRU]] handlers during which Nelson informed them that [[Tommy Lyttle|Thomas 'Tucker' Lyttle]] - a high-ranking [[UDA]] member - had asked him to provide names, addresses and photographs of [[Sinn Féin]] Councillors.<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> | *'''1''' - A contact form records a meeting between [[Brian Nelson]] and his two [[FRU]] handlers during which Nelson informed them that [[Tommy Lyttle|Thomas 'Tucker' Lyttle]] - a high-ranking [[UDA]] member - had asked him to provide names, addresses and photographs of [[Sinn Féin]] Councillors.<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 | + | *'''8''' - An [[FRU]] contact form of this date records that [[Tommy Lyttle]] had specified to [[Brian Nelson]] that T/27 (Pat Finucane Review cipher) was the Sinn Féin member to be targeted.<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> Following this meeting with Nelson, the [[FRU]] send a Military Intelligence Source Report (MISR) to the [[RUC]] noting the the threat to T/27..<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> |
| + | *'''16''' - Following another meeting with Nelson, the [[FRU]] send another MISR to the [[RUC]] reiterating the threat to T/27..<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> | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
Revision as of 23:38, 14 December 2012
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1985.
Contents
February
- 23 - Strabane Shootings: TCG North commands operation which led to the fatal shooting of IRA members Charles Breslin, Michael Devine and David Devine on 23 February 1985.[1]
June
- Undated June - Brian Nelson travelled to South Africa on an arms procurement mission.[2]
August
- 1 - A contact form records a meeting between Brian Nelson and his two FRU handlers during which Nelson informed them that Thomas 'Tucker' Lyttle - a high-ranking UDA member - had asked him to provide names, addresses and photographs of Sinn Féin Councillors.[3]
- 8 - An FRU contact form of this date records that Tommy Lyttle had specified to Brian Nelson that T/27 (Pat Finucane Review cipher) was the Sinn Féin member to be targeted.[3] Following this meeting with Nelson, the FRU send a Military Intelligence Source Report (MISR) to the RUC noting the the threat to T/27..[3]
- 16 - Following another meeting with Nelson, the FRU send another MISR to the RUC reiterating the threat to T/27..[3]
October
- 25 - Nelson left Northern Ireland for another stint in Germany.[4] He remained an FRU agent, according to the Irish News.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Mark Urban, Big Boys' Rules, Faber and Faber, 1992, p.197
- ↑ Barry McCaffrey, At least 29 killings blamed on actions of double agent;The secrets that died with Brian Nelson THE DEATH OF BRITISH ARMY AGENT 6137, Irish News, 14 April 2003.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Peter Taylor, Brits: The War Against the IRA, Bloomsbury, 2002, p.288.
- ↑ Barry McCaffrey, At least 29 killings blamed on actions of double agent;The secrets that died with Brian Nelson THE DEATH OF BRITISH ARMY AGENT 6137, Irish News, 14 April 2003.
