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Based on years of work including interviews with former members of the security forces and extensive documentary research, this report is the most comprehensive study available about the [[Military Reaction Force]] and its successor the [[Special Reconnaissance Unit]].  

Based on years of work including interviews with former members of the security forces and extensive documentary research, this report is the most comprehensive study available about the [[Military Reaction Force]] and its successor the [[Special Reconnaissance Unit]].  

'''Key Findings include:'''

'''Key Findings include:'''

*Senior Army officers at Headquarters Northern Ireland instructed subordinate commands in late 1971 to develop informal contacts with loyalist paramilitaries, described as ‘unofficial unarmed bodies... ...working in the public interest.’

*Senior Army officers at Headquarters Northern Ireland instructed subordinate commands in late 1971 to develop informal contacts with loyalist paramilitaries, described as ‘unofficial unarmed bodies... ...working in the public interest.’