19 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000014319
Report on meeting of Earls Court Britain-Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, held at 251 Cromwell Road SW5 on 16 Dec 1968
18 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000007685
Report on a meeting of Kilburn and Willesden VSC, held at Community Centre, Tollgate Gardens, Kilburn High Road brefore decamoing to a pub on 17 Dec 1968
17 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000014318
Report that BVSF plan a march from Trafalgar Square to the US embassy on 23 March 1969
16 Dec 1968
Home Office
MPS-0724116
Home Office letter from James Waddell to Peter Brodie concerning expenditure on accommodation
16 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0746478
File Note signed by Chief Superintendent EL Williams concerning HN322's intention to remain in Special Branch
16 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/224-225
VSC North London Ad Hoc Committee (Hornsey VSC and Highgate & Holloway VSC) meeting, 16 December 1968, pp.224-225
13 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0724117
Memo from Ferguson Smith on meeting with Home Office where long-term viability of SDS discussed
13 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000026382
Report on developments among Maoist groups associated with 'Albert' Manchanda
10 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000005785
Report on upcoming demo against police brutality organised by te Revolutionary Socialist Students Federation, to be held from Charing Cross Embankment to New Scotland Yard on 14 Dec 1968
10 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/233-243
Redcated Special Branch minute sheet, 10 December 1968, pp.233-243
9 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/195-197
Report relating to various VSC matters, 9 December 1968, pp.195-197
7 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/231-232
Redacted VSC report based on a informants notes, 7 December 1968, pp.231-232
6 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000007684
Report on meeting of Kilburn and Willesden VSC, held at Community Hall, Tollgate Gardens, Killburn High Road NW6 on 5 Dec 1968
5 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0741313
Minutes of two meetings of VSC Working Committee, 5 and 12 Dec 1968, placed on Special Branch files in Jan 1969
5 Dec 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000007754
Report on private meeting of Notting Hill VSC, held at redacted address on 4 Dec 1968
30 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0736478
Minute Sheet from report concerning coverage of future Revolutionary Socialist Students Federation meetings
29 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0724118
Memo on meeting between Cunningham, Dixon and F2 detailing initial SDS financing
29 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000007752
Report on private meeting of Camden VSC, held at Co-operative Hall, Kentish Town Road NW5 on 27 Nov 1968
27 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0724114
Memo from Dixon to Cunningham on initial SDS financing and expenditure
26 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0724119
'Penetration of Extremist Groups', Dixon on SDS achievements and future structure and strategy,
26 Nov 1968
Morning Star
MPS-0746714
Two Morning Star cuttings on undercover police at Oct 27 1968 Vietnam War demo
26 Nov 1968
Morning Star
UCPI0000034232
Transcript of two Morning Star cuttings on undercover police at Oct 27 1968 Vietnam War demo (originals in MPS-0746714)
25 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0728406
Report on possible incitement offences by the editorial board of ‘The Black Dwarf’ re Oct 27 Vietnam War demo
21 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0724120
Met Police letter to Home Office on continuation of the SDS after the Oct 27 1968 demo
20 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/219-220
Croydon VSC meeting at New Ruskin House, 20 November 1968, pp.219-220
18 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0747100
Internal VSC documents analysing the Oct 27 1968 demo, placed on Special Branch files in Nov 1968
18 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/221-223
Letter warning that North London VSC Ad Hoc Committeee might bring smoke bombs to demos, 19 November and 3 December 1968, pp.221-223 p.221-223
15 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0734501
Cover to Special Branch file 346/68/1 Pt.1 - ’Vietnam Solidarity Campaign Demonstration on 17.3.68'
15 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000005793
Report on public meeting of Notting Hill VSC discussing future activities, held at All Saints Church hall, Clydesdale Road W11 on14 Nov 1968
14 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
UCPI0000007750
Report on meeting of Camden VSC, held at 16 Marlborough Place NW8 on 13 Nov 1968
12 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730094
Report by Dixon on the future of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign following the 'Autumn Offensive' demo
12 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730768
Report on meeting of the VSC 'reporting back' on the Oct 1968 demonstration held at Conway Hall, 11 November 1968
12 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/226-230
Letter from Bromley police station with VSC leaflet on Green Berets film, 12 November 1968, pp.226-230
11 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/215
Telephone message regarding VSC meeting at Conway Hall, 11 November 1968, pp.215
9 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730219
Minute Sheet on continuing the SDS after the Oct 1968 Vietnam demo, inc contributions from many managers and Commissioner John Waldron
8 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0724121
Memo from Dixon to Cunningham on initial SDS accommodation needs
7 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/214
Telephone message that Holloway VSC will disrupt performance sponsored by South Vietnamese Embassy, 7 November 1968, p.214
4 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730765
Report on meeting of the Action Committee of the Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Movement held at Friar's Hall SE1, 3 Nov 1968
4 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0731634
Report on IMG meeting on the subject of Northern Ireland, held at The Earl Russell N1, 3 Nov 1968
4 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0736476
Report on weekly meeting of Britain-Vietnam Solidarity Front discussing the route and tactics for next large demo, held at the Union Tavern on 3 Nov 1968
4 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/211-212
Hampstead VSC street meeting, 2 November 1968, pp.211-212
3 Nov 1968
Daily Telegraph
MPS-0742227
Telegraph article 'The Revolution that Never Was' by Peter Gladstone Smith, after Oct 27 Vietnam demo
2 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/209-210
Report on VSC (no branch mentioned) Muswell Hill Broadway N10, 2 November 1968, pp.209-210
2 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/213
Telegram saying VSC NW London held a discussion in Kilburn, 2 November 1968, pp.213
1 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/207-208
Report on VSC SW London Ad Hoc Ctee, Queens Head pub, Brixton, 31 October 1968, pp.207-208
1 Nov 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/205-206
Report on Earls Court VSC public meeting, 31 October 1968, pp.205-206
31 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/203-204
Croydon VSC meeting debrief about 27th October demo, 31 October 1968, pp.203-204
31 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/201-202
Hampstead VSC meeting, 30 October 1968, pp.201-202
30 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730758
Report on meeting of Notting Hill VSC, with members of the International Socialists present, held at Essex Church Hall W8, 30 Oct 1968
30 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730790
Report on national "report-back" VSC meeting after the Oct 1968 demo, held at Conway Hall 29 Oct 1968
29 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0735148
Report on meeting of Havering International Socialists having ‘post-mortem’ of Oct 27 Vietnam demo, hled at Edwin Lambert Hall, Romford on 29 Oct 1968
29 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0731912
Report on meeting of Havering International Socialists reviewing the 27 Oct Vietnam War demo, held at Edwin Lambert Hall, Romford on 29 Oct 1968
29 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0736479
Report on meeting of the BVSF analysing the October 27th Vietnam War demo, held at the at Union Tavern N1 on 28 Oct 1968
29 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0742200
Letter from US Ambassador David Bruce to Commander Ferguson Smith expressing gratitude for intelligence work done on the Oct 27 VSC demo
29 Oct 1968
Daily Express
MPS-0746713
Daily Express article ‘How the Battle of Grosvenor Square was Won’ by Percy Hoskins and Alain Cass, after Oct 27 1968 Vietnam War demo
29 Oct 1968
Daily Express
UCPI0000034231
Transcript of Daily Express article ‘How the Battle of Grosvenor Square was Won’ by Percy Hoskins and Alain Cass, after Oct 27 1968 Vietnam War demo
29 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS_0730788
Report responding to request for details on the owner of a car seen at VSC Ad Hoc Committee meetings in July and August 1968
28 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0735443
Photograph of Conrad Dixon - Exhibit ASR/2 to HN334’s Witness Statement
28 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730093
Report on VSC ’Autumn Offensive’ demo, 13 page comprehensive review
28 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0735146
Cover to Special Branch file 346/68/15 Pt.5 – ‘Vietnam Solidarity Campaign Autumn Offensive 1968’
28 Oct 1968
Daily Mail
MPS-0742226
Daily Mail article '41 arrests in march' after Oct 27 Vietnam demo
28 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS_0730781
Minute Sheet on 27 Oct 1968 VSC demonstration
28 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS_0730794
Minute Sheet containing note of appreciation from the Commissioner to Special Branch for information provided prior to 27 Oct 1968 Vietnam demo
27 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730088
Message from 'reliable source' to the Met alleging Vietnam demo's real target is US embassy
27 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730779
Quarterly Survey of Subversive Activities July-Sept 1968, extract on the VSC
27 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733954
Telegram from DI Saunders to CSI Special Branch, authored by Sgt Creamer, on actions of a large group of anarchists in the vicinity of Grosvenor Square
27 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733955
Telegram on leafletting at Oct VSC demonstration encouraging targeting of US Embassy
27 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733981
Telegram reporting on a 1000 LSE students joining the Oct 27 Vietnam War demo, split over going to US embassy
27 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/126-127
Lambeth VSC meeting at Duke of Cambridge Durham Street SE11, 26 September 1968, pp.126-127
26 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730774
Telegram from HN321 to TN0039 on a suggestion of sabotaging police vehicles ahead of the Oct 1968 Vietnam War demo
26 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/200
Hackney VSC & IS meeting, 26 October 1968, pp.200
25 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS_0746538
Telegram with info on potential planned disruption to roads and railways by LSE students
25 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722102_001
Met telegram with details of foreign students joining Notting Hill VSC for the Oct 27 march
25 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Service
MPS-0730067
Telegram to Ch Sup Special Branch reporting sighting of Tariq Ali en route to LSE
25 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Service
MPS-0730068
Telegram saying Crystal Palace Camping Site checked ahead of Vietnam demo and no foreign students were present
25 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730775
Telegram from Dixon to Ch Supt on intel about how VSC stewards will keep control of Oct 1968 Vietnam War demo
24 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0748329
Memo from Commander Special Branch to Commander ‘A’ with info on attendees plans for the Oct 1968 Vietnam War demo, inc circular from October 27th Committee for Solidarity with Vietnam (attached)
24 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0748328
Met Police Telegram from HN332 on International Socialists' plans for Oct 1968 Vietnam War demo
24 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0748327
Met Police Telegram from Riby Wilson with info on International Socialists' plans for Oct 1968 Vietnam demo
24 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0734263
Telegram on sighting of Tariq Ali at South Kensington tube station on 20 Oct 1968
24 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0734506
Cover to Special Branch file 346/68/15 D - ’VSC Autumn Offensive 1968 Press Cuttings’
24 Oct 1968
Morning Star
MPS-0742223
Morning Star article ‘Link-arms call to Communists for Sunday’ ahead of Oct 27 1968 Vietnam demo
23 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Service
MPS-0748326
Met Police instructions for the Oct 1968 Vietnam War demos
23 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0734515
Cover to Special Branch file 346/68/15 Pt.4 - ’VSC Autumn Offensive 1968’
23 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0738436
Telegram on meeting of the National Ad Hoc Committee of the VSC making plans for the Oct 27 Vietnam march, held at Conway Hall on 22 Oct 1968
23 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0741374
Telegram on Blackfirars cold storage depot being a possible target of the 27 Oct VSC demo
23 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/198-199
Report on Notting Hill VSC at Essex Church Hall, 23 October 1968, pp.198-199
22 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Service
MPS-0730085
Report on damage to police officers' cars near a Vietnam War demo flyposter (seriously)
22 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0730092
Final weekly report by Dixon on preparations for Oct 1968 VSC 'Autumn Offensive’ demo, inc letter from Cunningham presenting it to Home Office
22 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733951
Report on meeting of October 27th Committee for Solidarity with Vietnam, held at Union Tavern WC1 on 20 Oct 1968
22 Oct 1968
The Guardian
MPS-0742221
The Guardian article ‘No mindless militancy on march – Tariq Ali’ by John Ezard ahead of Oct 27 1968 Vietnam demo
22 Oct 1968
Morning Star
MPS-0742222
Morning Star article ‘October 27: militancy but no punch-up is aim’ by Peter Avis
22 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Service
MPS-0733951
Special Branch report concerning a meeting of the October 27th Committee for Solidarity with Vietnam, 20 Oct 1968
21 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733983
Report on Durham VSC members’ arrangements to attend 27 Oct 1968 Vietnam War demo
21 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/192-194
Public meeting report VSC/IS, Islington Town Hall, 21 October 1968, pp.192-194
19 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733745
Report on leaflet of Havering International Socialism and Havering VSC (leaflet illegible)
19 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0733943
Report on attitude towards VSC of British Committee for Peace in Vietnam, and implications for Oct 27 demo
19 Oct 1968
The Guardian
MPS-0742220
The Guardian article ‘Cohn-Bendit banned but others slip in’ by John Ezard, on foreign militant students entering the UK for the Oct 1968 Vietnam demo
19 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0722099/191
Street meeting of Notting Hill VSC, 19 October 1968, Lancaster Road W10, pp.191
18 Oct 1968
Metropolitan Police Special Branch
MPS-0734594
Report on personal details of a teaching student who knows Tariq Ali