Overview

Labour Party leader James Harold Wilson was prime minister in 1964-1970, and again in 1974-1976. The Special Demonstration Squad took shape during Wilson’s first term, set up to monitor supposed left-wing and trade-union subversion. 

Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson

MI5 opened a personal file on the prime minister, giving him the alias Norman John Worthington.

 

Reports

CSV
Date
Originator
MPS-UCPI
Title
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722098/18-19
Possible Protest against Harold Wilson visit to Bradford University, 13 July 1968, p.18-19
10 Downing Street
UCPI0000035237
Letter from the Prime Minister’s Office to Cabinet Secretary, agreeing to name change for Official Committee on Communism (Home) (CAB 301-487)