United Liberty Paper

Overview

United Liberty Paper, also called U.L. Paper or U.L.P., poses as a paper merchant with offices on Columbus Avenue in The Triangle, Algonquin. In reality it is a front for the International Affairs Agency, a government intelligence service. Niko Bellic deals with the company through an anonymous senior agent known as the United Liberty Paper contact.

History

Niko is drawn in after discovering that his girlfriend Michelle is really an agent assigned to watch him. The contact then pressures him into working for the organization. U.L. Paper's maneuvering leads to Elizabeta Torres' arrest, ending her drug operation.

Its jobs for Niko are presented as part of a fight against a terrorist group. Across Wrong is Right, Portrait of a Killer, Dust Off and Paper Trail, he eliminates a man who knows about the organization and two men who bankroll terror plots, the last one shot down using a helicopter Niko steals from the group itself. The FIB then helps cover up that attack. The contact also gives Niko That Special Someone. After Niko tracks down Florian Cravic in Weekend at Florian's, the contact calls to tell him that Florian is the wrong man and that he should be looking for Darko Brevic. U.L. Paper later delivers Brevic to Niko as payment for his services to the organization and to Jon Gravelli. The contact also calls Niko after Payback, and the company is involved in Liquidize the Assets.

Territory and activities

The agency seems well funded and cooperates with official bodies, yet the contact despises the FIB and threatens to hand Niko over to it. He admits he is not a good guy but claims to fight on the side of the good guys. While its missions are available, Niko gets scolding calls from the contact after escaping a wanted level of three stars or more.

Trivia

• The game files label its missions "CIA", and CIA seals hang in the contact's office.
• The company is mentioned again in a later title, confirming the IAA link.