"ANTI-TERRORISM' LAWS COME UP FOR RENEWAL promptly jailed on a frame-up charge for his pains, but was finally released from Wandsworth last week.
DROP THE CHARGES! PUBLIC MEETING in solidarity with the 14 supporters of the British Withdrawal from Northern Ireland Campaign, who have been charged with conspiracy to contra vene the Incitement to Disaffection Act.
Saturday 3 May NUFTO Hall, Jockey's Fieids, W.C.1. (Holborn tube)
SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Joan Maynard MP. Maureen Colgahoun MP, Bill Hetherington (defendant, Peace Fledge Union); Ernie Roberts (Asst Gen Sec AUEWI; Pat Hickey IUCATT convenor. ANGI printed it up to now? 2.00 p.m. WHEN THE KISSING 2. No. 17, What really happened to Thomas Niedermayer, the German industraost kidnapped from his home in Belfast more than a year ago? And why, when the true story has been told in Germany, have the British papers not A recent issue of The Irish People carried un article translated from the sleeping with Craig's German wite, Doris.
The fact that Bild were advised by their lawyers not to muke an out-ofBut there is much more to the story than is included in the frish People From 1971, Niedermayer was both the German honorary consul for Northorn Ireland and the rennesatalie of bEndi For ten years he had boen Cruig's clasest triend and drinking companion. Craig's career has been that of a pompous doot and two men infonned him that they but dangerous demagogue. Given to making bloodthirsty shoot to kill spooches, he enjoys strutting up and down serried tanks of Vanguand "volunteers Like a latter day Mussolini, A less public side to his character was his involvement with Niodennayer an ARMS SMUGGLING For whatever season, Nodernayer agreed led him af caludion with the tIVF.) to a scheme whereby arnis were imported in With a weight limit of five tons, the pap at the top of the containers varied accordInp to the mass of the material. These gaps it, but Mrs. Craig went on German tele the containers were sealed at Hamburg.
They were then shipped to Hull, brought by contine lony to Heysam, and mau to Bellast, whose the scals were hroken.
When Nisdermayer becale Lavo lon. he did not loress the volume of traffie incrensine as fast as it did, and he becarpe uncomfortable when bo houd that the anns were being smuggled in with contain- promised by British Intelligence infiltra ers of steel, because in these cases the containers held 4/5 tis anns and only 1/5th spare parts As these arms-laden containers were arriving, he was abducted.
What exactly happened on 27 December? Legalism. Rapainted jrom the Plough, Volume When he came home tom work he set Lud down to watch telesion sbord after 11.00 p.at a knock came at the had run into the back of his parked car. He strolled down the drive to his car to Joe at it all the time laughing and joking with the 'strangers", Then, however, they began to argue. Niedermayer turned to go back 10 his hoose, was grabbed by the men, shoved into their cas, and drivur away.
All this was seen by Niedennayer's assis rant Heeck, who however waited one Hot before informing the RUC. (This man left Andersonstoon in 1971; the Provos suspec APPEASEMENT Why has this story not been made public before? Most ofit was outshed in wer Spiegel carly in 1974. Craig tried to lenion vision to deny any melstionship with Nieder mayer. British papers issued a garbled ver about Niedermayer absconding to sout Americh with his secretary The British Goucrnment are believed to koow the whole story, but an reluctant to act for lear of Loyalist reaction. The Irish Government knaw, but are too com tion to do anything. Amongst other things the stary illustrates the extent to which both British and Irish Governments are determined on a course of appeasing
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German eguivalent of the Sanday Mirror, Bild am Samslag, which reported that Thomas Niedermayer's abduction on 27 December 1973 was connected with Vanguard leader Bill Craig. The connection? Niedermayer had been
court payment to the furious Craig on the grounds that they could prove the accuracy of their story, indicates the truth of the Irish People's facts.