"Raymond Smith worked for...

 "... Irish Military Intelligence and numerous other intelligence organisations. He sometimes used the name Hayes because that was his real name but he had a multitude of false names and bogus addresses like any other spy. He and Jim Mc Brearty had numerous people killed, usually by building site accidents. They arranged those incidentts and they tried to do the same to you but the union official at Team Aer Lingus reported them and Scannell to the Gardai and all concerned including your ...... were arrested and discharged from active duty. That eventually brought the Troubles to an end,NOT YOU or anyone who you know or have ever met, Joseph. You were dealing with dangerous people who would do anything for a pint of beer and those thugs-I'm talking about the IRA-handed you over to the police and doctors. They all hated you and your family which is the only good thing anyone has or is any good,that and the Catholic Church... ...regardless of what Protestants tell you about the Church.... regardless of what Paisley says about the Pope. The French who the Irish Army mixed with on foreign service taught them how to have people killed and make it look like an accident. The English taught the French that..and the Germans and all armies do it,too, particularly the American and Australian armies."

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"You'll not change the mind if people like Smith's main opponent,Joe Mc Veigh. He knows he was responsible for the Birmingham Bomb while working for the Irish Army. Mc Veigh would like to have someone to give evidence against Smith and then offer him up as a human sacrifice.

" You'll not change the mindset of a murder gang like the IRA or your cousin Gerry because they're on the road to ruin for themselves and their families, telling their whole business to doctors. Only a fool does that. They work for the government,too.

"All you can do is trim around the edges with what you write but don't go too deeply into it because most of the main culprits are dead and the people who wanted you dead were dealt with by the British Army. The British Army aren't your friends but they respect educated people.

"There's another bollocks up by the Border who you' LL have to deal with. He's young but he thinks he can use you to get a place in Stormont by playing Lynch and the Provos at their own game of 'use and abuse' but you'll get the better of him too if you have nothing to do with the Provos. Stormont will soon be back and your enemies will all get seats in it. People in this country have no brains or manners. That's why the English will always be involved here either in the lead role or giving the orders from behind the scenes."