asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a statement by Mr. Blaney, former Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, that on or after January, 1970, the Government decided that a large surplus of small arms which had been advertised for sale should not be sold because the Government had decided that they would be suitable for arming the civil population of the Six Counties; and that these arms were later loaded on to trucks and left ready to roll in a barracks in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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