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LOYALIST UMBRELLA GROUP SPLITS
10/23/97 10:53 EST

Attempts by pro-British loyalists to heal divisions in the
ruling paramilitary body, the Combined Loyalist Military
Command, have failed. The Ulster Freedom Fighters, linked to
the Ulster Defense Association, issued a statement today
saying its decision to split from the umbrella group had
been endorsed by its "offices and members".

John White of the Ulster Democratic Party, political
representatives of the UFF and UDA, said he believed the
Combined Loyalist Military Command - which had united all
the main loyalist paramilitaries - was now defunct. "The UFF
will now follow its own agenda," he said.
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