11.   A resumption of IRA violence in Northern Ireland, officials said, could cause Protestant paramilitary groups to retaliate.

12.   A police report said most killings were by Protestant paramilitary groups, while Catholic and Protestant gangs were equally responsible for maimings and beatings by vigilante enforcers.

13.   All major Protestant paramilitary groups have already called cease-fires.

14.   Britain must also find a way for the Protestant paramilitary groups to be represented in the peace talks.

15.   But neither the IRA nor the Protestant paramilitary groups, have resumed their violence in Northern Ireland.

16.   But the Protestant groups have produced no evidence to support that.

17.   David Trimble, the leader of the largest Protestant political group, the Ulster Unionist Party, said he favored simultaneous discussion of disarmament and political issues.

18.   Elsewhere, regional officials require Protestant groups to get permission from local Orthodox priests to rent theaters and other meeting places.

19.   Ervine and other Protestant leaders say they are trying to persuade the Protestant paramilitary groups not to retaliate.

20.   Finally, there are Southern Baptists, the biggest Protestant group.