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A SECRET document disclosed to the spycops inquiry suggests that an undercover officer spied on journalists in the 1970s.
The Metropolitan Police Special Branch document shows that a spycop was present at a meeting held by the editorial board of a publication called Indo-China.
The meeting was held at a private flat in 1971 to discuss the publication’s future.
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII