Only after that rude interruption was Collins led to the secret room where the files assembled by the DMP’s plain-clothes unit – the “G-Men” – were kept. On the other door, where Collins must have entered, they have the peaked caps of officers. In April 1919, it was the accumulated intelligence about republicans that Collins was interested in studying, and for more than just their details. Collins was to identify himself as “Field”, and in a phonecall to double-check that he was on night duty, ask for Broy as “Long”. These did not include a subsequent administrative change Broy had already foreseen, given the frequency with which Dublin Castle was by then ringing up for details about named suspects.

Source: The Irish Times April 03, 2019 17:03 UTC