A former Provisional IRA man refused today to provide the names of colleagues in the organisation at the time of Bloody Sunday.
Mr Eddie Dobbins told the Saville Inquiry that he would contact former members, including his commanding officer, to ask if they would come forward to provide testimony.
He added that he was not prepared to reveal the locations of IRA arms dumps used in January 1972.
Mr Dobbins's refusal to name names followed the lead taken by Mr Martin McGuinness two weeks ago when he said he would rather die than break the IRA's code of honour.
Giving evidence at the Guildhall in Derry today, Mr Dobbins revealed that some members of the public had called on them to retaliate for the shooting dead of civilians on Bloody Sunday.
The ex-paramilitary who was part of a four-man active service unit patrolling the Creggan area of Derry on the day of the march, said they had been told by passers-by that paratroopers were killing people in the Bogside.
He denied that his unit suffered verbal abuse from people stunned by what was happening.
"I recall later on in the Creggan that people came up to the car to encourage us to get our guns out. Some were looking for blood but it was the blood of the paratroopers and not ours," he said.
The Inquiry is investigating the events of January 30th, 1972 when 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead by members of the Parachute Regiment during a civil rights march.
Mr Dobbins told the Inquiry that his unit had been told two or three days before the march that there were to be no military operations by the Provos.
He had planned to go on the march but had been contacted that morning and told he would be on active service, patrolling the Creggan in case the British army planned to move into the no go areas.
After hearing reports of people being killed, they decided to drive towards the Bogside to check out what was going on.
Stopping close to the Bogside Inn, he said the section leader got out of the car with an M1 Carbine under his jacket to investigate.
When the section leader returned, he said people were shocked and dazed and there was talk of up to 30 people being murdered.
"He decided we should go back to the Creggan to wait for more orders from our commanders. After all, the orders for the day had been that we were not to engage the army and at no time were any shots fired by my section during the day."