Difference between revisions of "State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1986"

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==April==
 
==April==
 
*'''25''' - A letter from the Director General of the [[Security Service]] Sir [[Antony Duff]] to the Cabinet Secretary Sir [[Robert Armstrong]], in April 1986 outlined operations to frustrate loyalist attempts to purchase weapons in Scotland and London, with two further investigations into possible future attempts continuing.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch5">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter005/ Volume 1 - Chapter 5: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
 
*'''25''' - A letter from the Director General of the [[Security Service]] Sir [[Antony Duff]] to the Cabinet Secretary Sir [[Robert Armstrong]], in April 1986 outlined operations to frustrate loyalist attempts to purchase weapons in Scotland and London, with two further investigations into possible future attempts continuing.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch5">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter005/ Volume 1 - Chapter 5: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
*'''29''' - Sir [[Anthony Duff]]'s briefing is circulated to Sir [[Percy Cradock]] at the [[Prime Minister's office]] under the title, ''Loyalist Paramilitary Activity''.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch5">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter005/ Volume 1 - Chapter 5: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
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*'''29''' - Sir [[Antony Duff]]'s briefing is circulated to Sir [[Percy Cradock]] at the [[Prime Minister's office]] under the title, ''Loyalist Paramilitary Activity''.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch5">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter005/ Volume 1 - Chapter 5: Agent-handling], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref>
  
 
==July==
 
==July==

Revision as of 22:14, 14 December 2012

Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1986.

April

July

  • '3 A note produced for the Joint Intelligence Committee Chair entitled Loyalist Paramilitary Activity stated that:"… staff [in the Security Service] have commented that if the UDA had obtained these weapons, it would have represented a significant increase in its available arsenal and operational capabilities."[1]
  • 26 - 'Directive for the Force Research Unit (Northern Ireland)' promulgated by Major General A. S. Jeapes, Commander Land Forces.[2]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 5: Agent-handling, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
  2. Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Agent-handling, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.