Ian PaisleyThe UPV was established by Mr Paisley and others in 1966 and in its early years shared a close relationship with the UVF. The UPV was closely linked to the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee (UCDC), which was also established by Mr Paisley in 1966. Mr Paisley, who died in 2014, was linked to several loyalist paramilitary groups before and during the Troubles. British army intelligence logsMilitary Intelligence documents from the time indicate who the British army believed were responsible for some of the bomb attacks in the weeks before the election. Despite suspecting loyalist involvement in some attacks, the British army took a decision to blame the emerging Provisional IRA.