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| + | '''Clockwork Orange''' was a secret campaign carried out to try to discredit the government of [[Harold Wilson]]. | ||
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| + | ==Exposure== | ||
One of the project's members, [[Colin Wallace]], who was the press officer at the Army Headquarters in Northern Ireland, claims that in 1973, after [[MI5]] became the primary [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] service in Northern Ireland, the project began giving briefings to foreign journalists against members of Wilson's government. These briefings included distributing forged documents in an attempt to show that the victims were [[communist]]s or [[Irish republican]] sympathisers leading a campaign to destabilise Northern Ireland<ref>Steiner Verlag, Franz (2006). ''Conspiracy Encyclopedia''. Thom Burnett, pp. 158-159. {{ISBN|1843403811}}</ref> or were taking bribes. | One of the project's members, [[Colin Wallace]], who was the press officer at the Army Headquarters in Northern Ireland, claims that in 1973, after [[MI5]] became the primary [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] service in Northern Ireland, the project began giving briefings to foreign journalists against members of Wilson's government. These briefings included distributing forged documents in an attempt to show that the victims were [[communist]]s or [[Irish republican]] sympathisers leading a campaign to destabilise Northern Ireland<ref>Steiner Verlag, Franz (2006). ''Conspiracy Encyclopedia''. Thom Burnett, pp. 158-159. {{ISBN|1843403811}}</ref> or were taking bribes. | ||
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After his resignation, [[UK Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson]] claimed that he was the target of a planned military [[coup]]. He also denounced a campaign to smear him staged by members of [[MI5]] in order to force his resignation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last = Wheeler | first = Brian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Wilson 'plot': The secret tapes | work = |publisher = BBC News | date = 9 March 2006 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4789060.stm | format =| doi = | accessdate = }}</ref><ref>Simon, Tomlin (2009). ''Sons of Soldiers''. p. 177. {{ISBN|1427641951}}</ref> According to journalist Barry Penrose "Wilson spoke darkly of two military coups which he said had been planned to overthrow his government in the late 1960s and in the mid 1970s."<ref name=":0" /> | After his resignation, [[UK Prime Minister]] [[Harold Wilson]] claimed that he was the target of a planned military [[coup]]. He also denounced a campaign to smear him staged by members of [[MI5]] in order to force his resignation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last = Wheeler | first = Brian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Wilson 'plot': The secret tapes | work = |publisher = BBC News | date = 9 March 2006 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4789060.stm | format =| doi = | accessdate = }}</ref><ref>Simon, Tomlin (2009). ''Sons of Soldiers''. p. 177. {{ISBN|1427641951}}</ref> According to journalist Barry Penrose "Wilson spoke darkly of two military coups which he said had been planned to overthrow his government in the late 1960s and in the mid 1970s."<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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| + | ==BBC film== | ||
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Revision as of 09:14, 28 December 2019
| Date | 1970s - April 1976 |
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| Location | UK |
| Perpetrators | MI5 |
| Exposed by | Colin Wallace |
Clockwork Orange was a secret campaign carried out to try to discredit the government of Harold Wilson.
Exposure
One of the project's members, Colin Wallace, who was the press officer at the Army Headquarters in Northern Ireland, claims that in 1973, after MI5 became the primary intelligence service in Northern Ireland, the project began giving briefings to foreign journalists against members of Wilson's government. These briefings included distributing forged documents in an attempt to show that the victims were communists or Irish republican sympathisers leading a campaign to destabilise Northern Ireland[1] or were taking bribes.
Military coup
After his resignation, UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson claimed that he was the target of a planned military coup. He also denounced a campaign to smear him staged by members of MI5 in order to force his resignation.[2][3] According to journalist Barry Penrose "Wilson spoke darkly of two military coups which he said had been planned to overthrow his government in the late 1960s and in the mid 1970s."[2]
BBC film
An example
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| The Cecil King coup plot | 1968 coup plan for the United Kingdom |
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References
- ↑ Steiner Verlag, Franz (2006). Conspiracy Encyclopedia. Thom Burnett, pp. 158-159. ISBN 1843403811
- ↑ a b Wheeler, Brian (9 March 2006). "Wilson 'plot': The secret tapes". BBC News.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Simon, Tomlin (2009). Sons of Soldiers. p. 177. ISBN 1427641951
