ABSTRACT
The new Office of Northern Command gave evidence that even the traditional GHQ was once removed from control of the armed struggle. In a real sense as the struggle extended it grew more narrow; only those at the cutting edge could sacrifice: those along the border and those in the hard-core areas. When Brian Keenan had been lost as GHQ Operation Officer, these new preparations in England had been put into place. When the H-Block campaign escalated, another card was played and volunteers sent to Britain. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) GHQ had set in motion another English campaign that sputtered on until the summer when at last and almost as usual atrocity attracted all again to the Irish issue. In England, the volunteers were even less discriminating—shopping at Harrods was hardly reason to die—thus making it increasingly difficult for the movement to deny the terrorist label.
