By Jill Reilly
Margaret Thatcher waged a ’secret war‘ against civil rights groups and protest organisations after the Tories won the 1979 election, a memo has revealed.
A specialist army intelligence unit was used to infiltrate groups including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmamemt and Peace Pledge Union so soldiers could carry out spying missions ordered by the Ministry of Defence.
Members of 20 Security Company (V) have spoken out for the first time on how they were ordered by a senior officer to integrate themselves into organisations thought to be opposed to armed forces.
Revelations: For the first time members of 20 Security Company (V) have spoken about how after the Tories won the 1979 election, the military was used against civic organisations
Revelations: For the first time members of 20 Security Company (V) have spoken about how after the Tories won the 1979 election, the military was used against civic organisations
Details of the orders were revealed in a memo from a general to 20 COY, a Territorial Army body which had seen service in Northern Ireland, the Middle East and the British Army of the Rhine.
It said: ‚The change of government provides an excellent opportunity for the unit to play a more active role and to provide information about groups whose activities and interests are not beneficial and are opposed to the armed forces. (more on dailymail.co.uk
