Above are 4 pages of 5 submitted
page 5 (also dated 5th February 1983) continued.
“Christopher Thomas is today The Times’ correspondent in New York.
For the record some 2,092 persons were killed in Northern Ireland between July 1959 and April 1981.
Some 45% of those 2,092 were killed by Loyalists or by British security forces. A Majority killed by those forces were non-combatants.
The Daily Express and the Daily Star continue to accuse the IRA of killing over 2,000 persons.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Humphrey Atkins also did so in the Daily Mail recently.
The Press Council has been advised of these false allegations.
Donal Kennedy, February 1983”
More about the continuing propaganda wars will follow here soon. Donal Kennedy August 20 2024
Above are 4 pages of 5 submitted
page 5 (also dated 5th February 1983) continued.
“Christopher Thomas is today The Times’ correspondent in New York.
For the record some 2,092 persons were killed in Northern Ireland between July 1959 and
April 1981.
Some 45% of those 2,092 were killed by Loyalists or by British security forces. A Majority
killed by those forces were non-combatants.
The Daily Express and the Daily Star continue to accuse the IRA of killing over 2,000 persons.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Humphrey Atkins also did so in the Daily Mail recently.
The Press Council has been advised of these false allegations.
Donal Kennedy, February 1983”
More about the continuing propaganda wars will follow here soon. Donal Kennedy August 20 2024