The FBI has released a number of files relating to the late Queen’s travels to the United States, following her death last year, in which he helped ensure the Queen’s safety during her visits, and that the office was concerned about threats from the IRA.
According to the documents, the threat of assassination was made to a San Francisco police officer, stating that the officer frequented an Irish bar in San Francisco, and warned of the possibility of the assassination after receiving a call from a man he met at the place.
The officer said the man told him he was seeking revenge on his daughter, who was “killed by a rubber bullet in Northern Ireland”.
The threat came on February 4, 1983, about a month before Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, traveled to California.
“He was trying to harm Queen Elizabeth and will either do so by dropping items from the Golden Gate Bridge onto the British Royal Yacht as it sails below, or he will try to kill Queen Elizabeth when she visits the National Park of Yosemite,” the document read said.
In response to this threat, the Secret Service planned to “close the lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge as the yacht approaches.” It is unclear what action was taken in Yosemite? But the visit continued.
The FBI has not released any details of the arrests.
The 102-page cache was uploaded to the FBI’s news website following a Freedom of Information Act request by US media.
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