Collins's plan had been to kill over fifty British intelligence officers and informers, but the list was reduced to thirty-five on the insistence of Cathal Brugha, the Irish Minister for Defence, on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence against some of those named.
O plan de Collins era, nun inicio, matar ó redor duns 50 oficiais de intelixencia británicos e informadores, pero a lista reduciuse a 35 pola insistencia de Cathal Brugha, o Ministro Irlandés de Defensa, baseándose en que non había probas suficientes en contra dalgúns dos nomeados.