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James Callaghan
JAMES CALLAGHAN secretly urged officials to find a way to get rid of left-leaning trade union leaders “by one means or another,” newly released official papers reveal today.
While home secretary in the late 1960s under Harold Wilson, Mr Callaghan was deeply concerned about the rise of “politically motivated” trade unionists, files released by the National Archives show.
Of particular worry to the future prime minister was Hugh Scanlon, the socialist leader of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, and Transport and General Workers Union head Jack Jones.
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