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BV G. M*Ct EOD RC►SS British Labour Party had lost all only awaited its engulf hent •into
sense of urgency. The Ulster thecorruptmechanismof Orange'
I September'1969 the IRA was
Attorney General's working party supremacy.•
still in, a •
,peaceful posture in , had spent 4 months examining the ' THE "PROVISIONALS"
.
• ,''Belfast whenGeneral• Freeland
Special Powers A.c't and, INTERVENE ''" _
tet - than' organisation secretly' surprisingly, early', in 1970 it The 'Stage was now set for the
411: got agreement 'that the• reportedthe time had come to end emergency.. of the - Provisional
Cetho ie,s°would take down their its present f o rm , t h o u g h ."' IRA. Who are the Provisiopals
barrlcades;:a cdncessiop without 'internment" should be retained, ` and why did they take 18 months to
• ti htipg', w cad dg•reat credit to. ' '
g Redraft of• the, :Act required appear`' for not till February 6th
both sides. However, while the ' Callaghan's consent, which he • 1971 was a British soldier shot by
mit: was trying to sell the idea' to` refused, saying ' `let the old one' a Provo. The Belfast IRA differs •
the inhabitants of the Felts; Area •. fall into disuse,"' Thus was, from others elsewhere because
a ""Sunday Times'' reporter sacrificed yet another golden its Catholic enclaves Fare so''
leaked, information on the ;secret • opporflinity to make a gesture top dominated by Protestaats.. In the
meetings, whereupon the -
the Catholics, Which Protestants , 1960's the IRA leadership
Protestants rioted, Chichester- •
Clark the Prime minister, wentWould accept. exchanged its fight for a 32-
on TV at once, , catling the O n June 3rd 1 9 7 0 , the Count Republic, far a Civil
barricades "an act of defiance" Protestant • summer marches . R i g h t s m o v e in e n t w h i c h
and ordering their removal in 24 began again, heading as usual for bewildered the old-time Belfast
hours.
the mostsensitive,Catholic spots. IRA members, .who then became
4 . -The police ,failed to . notify the .,leaders of the Provisionals. The
Both Army and. Catholics were • - army of the march and two nights Belfast "battalion," of 1964 was
appalled at this denouncement and' of rioting ensued. 100 activists. In August 1969, it
all began to splay for time. A On June 18th the Labour was under 150, but by December it
Catholic deputation to London had government was,, ,voted out of Numbered 600, of whom 80 were .
a 7,, h e u r discussion with offices nd Heath became Prime hardcore: The quiet of early 1970
Calla i an of the Home Office, who , Minister o f Britain,, with 'was due to• the re -organisation of
gavepersonal assurance`"that-the Maudling. replacing Callaghan the Belfast Provisionals. • ~'
barricades • once down, he would / • • ,
Harold Wilsons Labour party had The January 1971 riots in West
• prevent any Protestant practiced a sho `t -term policy and Belfast influenced the following:
incursions by, posting troops at had underesti.r,r•ated its ability to
the eed -of each 'street, . 1. Chichester -Clark's
�r_ . _e },.., _ force Stormont to pass reforms �iSenchantmentwith',Reforms."
Chlches£er arlC slime. irrii for {'m"- whicfi would c'ut some ice. al e
removal proved, too short;.So theto appreciate that. a military 2. His attachment to s rong
Army a d to remove' the resenee afforded an excuse .for, measures, and 3. surprisingly,
",,=..• berries, 'and when, ten ,days p renewed secret efforts by the
new grievances. Under all the. Army to' enlist the help of the
later, three Catholic.houses. were •circumstances, if ' was fortunate
°burnt, up they went ., to � Provisignals to keep the peace.-
.again, only.
for them thatthey lost the election , This was the work of the Royal .
be removed after open negotiation ands the responsibility.
between FatherMurphy; the local . ..• THE STAGE IS SET FOR
• lo.priest, and General Freeland.' THE PROVISIONALS TO
Under the circumstances an APPEAR- ,
'' ,astounding feat of, h.uma'h.
' relations.
Anglian Regiment, with itsEgreat
reputation for unflappability and
its coolness in riots: in response
to a tfp.fromthe Army that the life ,
Ori June 24th Young was warned of Francis Card, the Number 3 on
_ , by Cathblic contactstthat if the the •- Provisiopalr • .staff, - was
u Protestants insisted on marching threatened, his associates, Liam
Misuse of the 'Army over the scene' "of' Protestant
and Kevin Hannaway, told ° the
victories'' e.g. "Burnt_ out Army - that ifthey--•wouldget-.out of
Labour government seconded" -Sir • Bombay Street, they -• would be Ball'ymurphy the .IRA. could
- . g ern head of the _ repelled, but Chichester -Clark'
Arthur Youn f p control it alone:" Unfortunately
"-City of London police... ,to;• be .� ntairttiairred` hi followers would,
Inspector General of the Royal -�--•• � •�• rioting broke out while they were
P destroy "alto rf he banned` the `. engaged in their final meting
Irish• Constabulary, (RUC) with marches. Genf, Freeland for his .
"civilianise" it. ,• with the Provos, who `suddenly
ittstr ction$ t4 part _saki. _b would push the found they outbreak was_ i1. a'
Youn had had unusual experience _. A marches; through whether they severity 'which daunted even
were legal or not. Westminstbr's them. It was blamed on teenagers •
troops and police while he "was • civilian repreentative•iri Ulster who went beserk at the sight of a
• employed in.quellinefi �Gfalayan• was well' aware . that "illegal British uniform; the rioters
Emergency in the early sixties. . defenders" that is IRA. amen, outnumbering the non -rioters by
He -was convinced that since the would offer. their services to the 20 to one.
Army had. no. training in police ` Catholic ghetto inhabitants and he „Higher authority" now made a
and the army as well, ordering:in
ft001ro�opsfora •thottse• .tar louse
e days ,41,„..office,... xcs • • � _;e + , �,, ° searcJ while . a.='Cil ell t r Clark
Arrived in' Ulster, h found `that nothing. Rioting ensued all _over announced the Army would not
° General Freeland wasauthorised gelfast, with 276 injured and 3 • leave Ballymurphy under either,
_.both .to .command and to set the protes.tants...shot..d_ea.dt while; in sure:.
police tasks: Young tried -to get t physical or: political pre
July when the army, sealed off,, ‘The Provos saw a breach of
this changed; only to find that the Balkan Street, the Police made confidence and while they wanted
two British Cabinet Ministers ' . the biggest arms haul in the past the political success, of ay
concerned were jealous of their . two years.
agreement with the Army,. 'the
'respective powers: Callaghan of Stormont's jubilation reached a Army wantedpeace in the streets.
to . the Home Office over the police; peak;•what with the Orange parade But :the Provos coluld,not keep
• Healey of the Defence Ministry which Genl. Freeland had. their mouths shut. Two were -
ever the Army. In the result . „pushed through"., and the Tory heard to advise some RUC men to
Callaghan ensured that "no joint election victory in Britain. The leave the area if they valued their
Ulster Department of government Catholics discerned a political- .lives. ,
- was setup: All Young -could -obtain - militaryplot in the Balkan. Street , r
This was retailed to Craig the
_-� was -that Freeland ""coordinated' ' haul;and as the last truckload of _
., ex -Stormont •Home •Minister.
troops withdrew, it was stoned, Hannaway contends the Army
whereupon the soldiers promised • norntrpsion by" police
overreacted and fired CS gas: or troops The Army denies any
In October 1969 the British
• in,the r,eelative responsibilities of
•
"intelligence" of the local public, . took action with. Stormont, but
its„arniecl,presence.P_P the treets' ` both `Yleath_ and'Maudling, only. 8,.
ossib
'm l
oliein i
• ,made ' policing 1?ff d d d t d
both Army and police", a highly
unsatisfabtory.arrangement and a
continuing source of divergence,
(Young finally cleared out, in Reinforcements were poured rn;
November 1970,- .finding the RUC .agreement. February 3rd, the '
g g..rched
�.• ... .._.........._ _...._ _. _ .. Royal An Tian Regt: sea
+ � among them some `-`green troops, • ..y ,, - .� Reg4. . ..�.
i ntradt81 .. 3. R.. ... ..- , e. _. ! ,.:x',.^,9irctaei.1.;..iy ;', o 1 e'."-'iY' Z,..- •,-. t••-• _
_ _ _ lust::l"a,in�3e'd;•-th�a�'l�i'tt�""'°�l'�lnn�i�y`�5• . Crouse for•ri.,�oleri-
• Although the RUC had, not thought it was an invasion. Nail
g documents which gave personal
patrolled the Falls Area on focit 111 bombs were .ioliowed by -shots so details about the RUC Special
5 year's, the Unionistiin Stormont that at 10 p.m, tent. Freeland • Branch men. Catholic rioting
accused -the Artily of expelling the 'took it upon himself to declare a broke out. The Props felt after
pollee from that area, so that it 35 -hour curfew over the whole this "breach. of -confidence" they
fell to Young to "talk the police • Falls Road area, something which ,must prove themselves to their
back into the Falls." To do this he . he had. no authority to do. A grouse co -religionists. by, taking• on the
talked, as was his habit, to all and to house search failed to uncover Army, so' thele were no more
sundry, action which annoyed the , any appreciable cache of arms, ' `talks'. The Provos began their
• Unionists, so thea with Young while ",the casualties numbered reign of murder by shooting a
absent in 'London for a 'day, ' LI
four civilians dead , .none, young . gunner, after which
POrteir the Stormont Home connected with the IRA. Chichester -Clark announced on
Affairs, Minister, ordered ItDie There' is little doubt that
TV that Ulster was at war with the
police back into the Falls, if Callaghan eventually intended to Provos:
necessary, with military backing. a take over direct rule of Ulster,.
And still, to this time, the IRA had being prevented' only by the Tory
made fro aggressive move! victory. The' Stormont, for its
END OF,THE HONEYMOON ' Part, wasin panic following Genl.
Young, seeing the honeymoon- >` reeland's "pushing" through of On 'February , 2'0 t h
was nearly over, suggested the Orange parade and it was Stormontormont sent the Army a
'organising a squad of 100,200 under these ' circurnstances that most amazing •documdent with twb
: soldiers armed With batons Only; l '
y Kelly, the ' Ulster Attorney pages ' of .,Unionist , `"Military
lus 100 :police similarly. armed... '
eter, t• seeing •-:that it might
General, pushed through the Deriands." These included more'
- Criminal Justice Act, which he troops; more arrests; _ total
. I inmate the troops eventually, had cobbled up, making 6 -month curfew of Catholic areas t a plan to
*and 'finding his Unionist back- prison sentences Mandatory for bring the Ulster D e°f e n c e
benchers. would be satisfied, •~r i o t o u s o_ r di s -o r d e,' 1 y: Regiment (the camouflage which
while not •exacerbating Catholic - behaviour. hid the B -Specials) into parallel
feelings, favoured the proposal, Inevitablythearmybecame the operation:with the Army. Finally
'but ,Freeland refused point blank instrument of , arrest, ---handing . and most startling, •a demand for
• to ..$o ' along with the scheme. over .for- the- Police to' prefer a.' search°es of Catholic areas as
Youngthenpersuaded the RUC to • charge. Young was appalled. One straight reprisal raids. When
droptheir'distinction of being -the ,of the results was that a man three young Scots soldiers were
sole, armed . police force in painting "NO TEA HERE" on his shot in the back of their heads, a
'. Britain, When he got the RUC wall, got a •6 -month prison • Protestant backlash was feared.
anti,euryatSpl"'ucefield`c'leared"It sentence. The police, `' working to On March 1*th Chichester,
1"vias said; "It contained enoigh to rule" soop made the Act look Clark resigned and Faulkner was
equip a division of troops:.' ` ` -foetc 1, SQ that Kelly had to ask • chos n to succeed him a man
As l9GG dr�ewt to, a close Ulster thein to "bend the law", while noted for his agility -to jump from
tefkthe headline and the l4aboirr Young told'hirir he mdse repea!1 the . ons„ amp to another. tit June
gRF_._;� �.. _ ...,1 s . ,lois ed itself" �,.�,_,_. 0111). _ u
olrerntiitetlt 'Ctmg> a �en fhe� Stormonrelbinet .`. al'1 "ner su elated`"three—iiew°
r)athe Army's excellent relations finally' succumbed and r'epeale'd c m m i t t e e s" t o c on s id er
'with the"CathO1iCS,. whidh ineaht,. 'a l 1 sentences for r i o t o it s. Government policy on: ,t. Social
invertaly, their bad relations behaviour, 269 persons had 110- S e r !Aces. 2. )n d.0 s t r.i a l
with the P'l'etestanta, yet rid one " charged with 109' convicted and Develaprnttiit. 3. Envirbnmental
ittetnedt4talliae that these good only out of 11appeals granted.
'leil�diiotile tnailrtatriied` matters, ands iimagi�tatively, he
re
Stormont now'had two pieces of proposed that the Opposition
4nl651the partisan machinery, of repressive* legislation on the Should find salaried chairmen for
Iti"St ' wad t1 tialsembled. book& The S etal Powers a A,et two of them. This was Faulkner's
Meal+ b * ""l '� Street and that above, while ftrolliy the finest hour, but he' had to negate
trstittll"' a f August 1969 wt Atli, ,had been ' turned 'Witt , his action in. Catholic' eyes by,
*'Mier* : t "bet While wits protecting the Catholics and now ' .going alilgrie to Brownlow
STORMONT'S AMAZING
DOCUMENT
t rpart2
House, Lurgan, the true shrin0 of
Orange ideals. Bombing was
really nicking up now, rising from
3'h Mar,*h to 50 in June and 91, `in.
July. There were ,''4 .dayso
unbroken rioting in�Derry:during
which thetroops were fit ed on 60' '
times, r,OpIying bi t. thrice.;
Rubber bullets were used and
army; 'marksmen " .trilled.. two
rioters. The Opposition M.P,'s
demanded an inquir' into .these.
• two deaths and being ',refused ,by
the Cabinet,,, they left the •
Stormont, while the Unionists
complained their hand of
friendship has been bitten.
Since Faulkner becam,e ;;,.°,r
became Prime Minister until the
end of July seven soldiers and 6
civilians had been killed; .34
soldiers wounded; 258 explosions
and 2788` pounds of explosife-
used. Thus it was that a
combination of •bombing..rioting'
and the collapse of political
initiative gave Faulkner . the
excuse to introduce internment
without charge or trial,
something he had believed to be
the solution of the turmoil ever
since 1956-62 when •the IRA
. •..":n which the Ulster recipient
Catholics did not, support, was
ended by these means. But at this
juncture the newer and younger
Provos, the gunmen, were
unidentified;, even the Provo
command structure was unknown.
Scotland Yard had been knocking
together a RUC Special: Branch
which was still -feeling its way.
Violence; kId'iiapping and.4
explosions continued and
internment' ' stems froth the
bombing of the `Daily Mirror'
plant on July �l'7th.
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Award. The`�"L_Kotchabaw, Halliday Marketin Mana erand right Mr. G. W. E. .
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On the 1.9th Faulkner-telt' Heath
internment was now necessary.
General Tuzo, who had succeeded
Freeland, and the RUC chief
.opposed internment as hopeless
with ailopen border into Eire. But
Faulkner slipp d away Co
Westminster, which found his
analogies with 1956-62 were
shakey; nevertheless Maudling,
the Horne Office Minister, was;
alarmed . so' that once again the
British Cabinet gave in, while not
believing in_th'e.�remedy,
internment being. rriirod'u•
ep
cdo
August 9th, 1971.
A certain euphoria attacked
Faulkner with,, his "We . have
forcedthegunmeninto the openand ''� per - hdllrneWe'velicked the IRA:" Three
months and 12 days later Tuzos
opinion was upheld, for since
August9th,26 soldiers had,been
killd and 11.0 wounded: 9 RUC. 56
civilinskilledand 380 bombings
using 6122 poundspf eplosiveFor the thirdtime the
sndrome had worked itselfout,
forthe same processwent inta the
decision to intern as into the
previous escalations of violence
of 1969 and 1970. The British
government adopted the option tostave off assumption •of direct
intrnment was essential to his,
personal survival.
•
As the "Econoriiist" recently
put it:``The army cannot.defeat
the IRA unless the northern
Catholics are detached from the
gunmen. The Catholics cannot he
detached unless internment is
entirely ended. The Protestants.
cannot let internment be 'endued
even . parily unless Mr: Lynch
gives up the IRA. Mr. Lynch
cannot give up the IRA unless 'MI'.
Heath delivers the Protestants to
a united Ireland. Mr. Heathcannptdeliver the ' Protestants to
anything unless he has direct ruleand he cannotexpect to get direct
rule unless the army first defeats'
'the IRA". Q.E.D.
Mr. LnchisrimeMinisterof
Eire inDublin:
..•
Jack Caesar is in Toronto all Due to illness, ~the president,
this week attending:'--a`=T,V.B: ' Mrs.- -Wilmer Rutledge, was
seminar. ' absent, and .Mrs: Alton -
,,,�° ,,Mrs. Graham `McNee, -District, conducted the meeting. Ten •
Secretary for W.I. went to an'' members answered -the roll call,
executive meeting Saturday; Jan. "What gives me pep."- ,
29 at the home. of Mrs. Norman Minutes of . the November
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poem, "Prayer for Every Day Phone the Clinton News-Record.
�closed,..tllemeeting. at 482-3443 to place your sad.
Mrs -Esther Rivett, Goderich, • Christmas party were read and °
visited friends in Dungannon on approved, -and the treasurer's
Thursday. report • was given. The
Grant Kilpatrick of Wingham, . correspondence for two months
a student at Chiropractic College had many articles of greetings
in Toronto, visited his aunt, Mrs. for the New Year, and btisiness
Cecil Blake, on Wednesday to be; done. e, •
Mr.' ander Mrs. 'Fred Y.oug
tok1 lois bo, quad bee eY`for. �-he',;e...c o
t vvknd"'okLondon Sunday. In honour of
their 23 anniversary they .dined-inLondon:Ontheir'returnthey'visited`'Mrs. Young's ,sister, Mrs.
Lois Lee, in Goderich, who is
'convalescing following her recent
operation in Kichener hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irvine. Eedy.and
Matha .also EricWiggins; visitedlast Sunday with Mrx. and Mrs.`
Bob 'Ott and ' Matthew. in
Kitchner. This' weekend Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Eedy-of Torontowerehomehete.•
Little Jacquelyn' Dawson, and
Jamie Bere have had :a lengthy
spell of 'flu. • .
The Women's Institute
meeting on Thursday at ..2 p.rn.
at the home of Mrs. Chas. Travisbegan witha dessertlu•nch.This
was preceded by Institute Grace
and` a poem "A Healthy Prayer",
read by first vice-president, Mrs.
Harvey Alton.•Dessert and coffee, and ' teawere served by Mrs. Travis, MrsC. McClaghan and Mrs. C.
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