Overview

John Hunt was a senior civil servant and cabinet secretary from 1973 to 1979. He was also a member of the Dean Committee and chairman of the Official Committee on Subversion at Home. He is mentioned in Inquiry documents relating to these committees.

Reports

CSV
Date
Originator
MPS-UCPI
Title
Group on Subversion in Public Life
UCPI0000035272
Meeting minutes of Group on Subversion in Public Life, 17 Dec 1973 and 27 Nov 1972 (CAB 301-494)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035259
Cabinet Office letter to Home Office recommending suspension of government groups handling industrial intelligence due to incoming Labour government (CAB 301-491)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035327
Letter from Cabinet Secretary to Arthur Peterson saying new Prime Minister wants resumption of secret Industrial Assessments Group and Subversion in Public Life groups (CAB 301-484)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
UCPI0000035242
Report on history and function of the government's Information Research Department to counter subversion, inc covering letter from Foreign Office to Home Office (CAB 301-488)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
UCPI0000035241
Letter from Foreign and Commonwealth Office saying Foreign Secretary approves of counter-subversion activities (CAB 301-488)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035239
Letter from Cabinet Secretary saying he's unimpressed with Lord Chalfont’s motive for raising a debate on subversion in the House of Lords (CAB 301-488)
MI5
UCPI0000035309
MI5 report ‘The Security Significance of the Ultra Left in the UK in 1974’, inc cover from Home Office to Cabinet Secretary (CAB 163-268)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035240
Letter from Moss to Cabinet Secretary on potential House of Lords debate on subversion (CAB 301-488)
Home Office
UCPI0000035249
Home Office letter to Cabinet Secretary on extending methods of countering and discrediting subversive people and organisations (CAB 301-489)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035248
Cabinet Office letter on history and revival of the Committee on Subversion at Home and the Group on Subversion in Public Life, with terms and composition of the latter (CAB 301-489)
MI5
UCPI0000035247
MI5 report ‘The Threat of Subversion to the UK – April 1976’, with Home Office cover letter (CAB 301-489)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035246
Note of a meeting held to discuss the threat of subversion in the UK and reactivation of the interdepartmental Group on Subversion in Public Life (CAB 301-489)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035245
Letter from Cabinet Secretary proposing reinvigorating the Group on Subversion in Public Life and the Committee on Subversion at Home (CAB 301-489)
Group on Subversion in Public Life
UCPI0000035243
Revised Composition and Terms of Reference for the Interdepartmental Group on Subversion in Public Life, 1976 (CAB 301-489)
Home Office
UCPI0000035325
Home Office letter to Cabinet Secretary on reactivation of the Subversion in Public Life and Subversion (Home) Committees (CAB 163-269)
Home Office
UCPI0000035328
Home Office letter to Cabinet Secretary on police representation in the Subversion in Public Life Group
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035316
Briefing Note for Cabinet Secretary for upcoming meeting of the Subversion (Home) Committee (CAB 301-489)
MI5
UCPI0000035314
MI5 Prime Ministerial briefing paper ‘The Threat of Subversion in the UK’, annotated by Thatcher, inc letter from Cabinet Secretary to the PM (attached)
Cabinet Office
UCPI0000035311
Letter from Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister on MI5 and subversion (CAB 301-484)