Charlie"s concern was how the army command would react on hearing of Percy"s suicide. That was something he could not hide, nor ignore. He thought he would get in first with the news. On his arrival at Dublin airport, he found a phone box and telephoned the number that was only to be used in an emergency as a way to contact the man in overall charge of the military arm of the IRA. Two hours later they met on a bench in Phoenix Park, high on a hill, overlooking the zoo. Charlie began the conversation.
“I"ve just returned from London where I went to see that friend of mine. The meeting I attended at Kilkenny worried me, as I got the go-ahead from you know who at my home. My English friend was there when he rang. My friend wasn"t in the same room as me. I"d gone into another when I found out
