course openly tolerated, not to say encouraged, by the British Army. Just one little example of this is the fact that the leader of the Red Hand Commandos, a so-called 'proscribed' organisation and on its own admission the perpetrator of some of the most despicable sectarian bombings and assassinations, has its leader under day and night protection by the British Army against death threats from the UVF.
ARMY COUNCIL The Ulster Army Council has publicly set itself the task of recruiting 20,000 men in the next period. This is in addition to the 7,000 men in the Ulster Defence Regiment, 4,000 in the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve, and 6,000 men in the RUC itself which, as one Loyalist politician commented, will not give their allegiance to a retreating Westminster Government' This political and military preparation aims to call the bluff of the Labour Government as was so successfully done in 1912. ties with the British Army and political support from the right wing in Britain won, after massive bloodletting, a commitment from the British Government to the installation of these elements in the driving seat of the sectarian Six County state.
PAISLEY
They want all that power handed back to them again today. is no doubt where the British Army stands, while large sections of the Tory Party - including its official spokesman, Airey Neave support the demands of the Loyalists. The report back of the Convention will put this to the-test. RITA OHARE WE DEMAND OPEN VISITS FREE ASSOCIATION AND ACCESS TO STOP SiSTERS JAIL FLY TO WORST JAILS IN THE EEC.
red weekly 12 june 1975 news