https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&feed=atom&action=historyBritish Briefing - Revision history2024-03-29T14:18:56ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=121096&oldid=prevTom Mills at 21:08, 18 May 20102010-05-18T21:08:52Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been reported that the ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was produced by the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] from 1979. However, the most detailed report suggests that the operation was conducted by [[Brian Crozier]] <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ref> who left the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] that year. The [[Background Briefing on Subversion]] was written by [[Charles Elwell]], formerly of [[MI5|MI5’s]] [[MI5 F branch|F branch]] which targeted ‘subversives’. <ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/jan/21/mainsection.richardnortontaylor Charles Elwell: An MI5 officer during the cold war, he went on to target domestic 'subversives']’, ''The Guardian'', 21 January 2008</ref> From 1988 onwards Elwell’s ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was taken over (in terms of sponsorship rather than authorship) by the anti-union activist [[David Hart]] and became ''British Briefing''. <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ref> The ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' and British Briefing were based on paranoid and sometimes bizarre exposés. One issue of ''British Briefing'' published in 1989 condemned the housing charity Shelter for 'Communist affiliations' and the World Council of Churches, for its support for the Institute of Race Relations. <ref>David Rose, ‘Special Report: Top companies funded smears through charity’, ''The Observer'', 16 December 1990</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been reported that the ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was produced by the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] from 1979. However, the most detailed report suggests that the operation was conducted by [[Brian Crozier]] <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ref> who left the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] that year. The [[Background Briefing on Subversion]] was written by [[Charles Elwell]], formerly of [[MI5|MI5’s]] [[MI5 F branch|F branch]] which targeted ‘subversives’. <ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/jan/21/mainsection.richardnortontaylor Charles Elwell: An MI5 officer during the cold war, he went on to target domestic 'subversives']’, ''The Guardian'', 21 January 2008</ref> From 1988 onwards Elwell’s ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was taken over (in terms of sponsorship rather than authorship) by the anti-union activist [[David Hart]] and became ''British Briefing''. <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ref> The ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' and British Briefing were based on paranoid and sometimes bizarre exposés. One issue of ''British Briefing'' published in 1989 condemned the housing charity Shelter for 'Communist affiliations' and the World Council of Churches, for its support for the Institute of Race Relations. <ref>David Rose, ‘Special Report: Top companies funded smears through charity’, ''The Observer'', 16 December 1990</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The existence of ''British Briefing'' was made public in December 1989 by the ''Guardian''. The paper obtained a copy of a letter from [[David Hart]] to [[Gordon White|Sir Gordon White]], the US chairman of the Hanson conglomerate, who had recently appointed a director of [[British Airways]]. Hart said that he was also writing on behalf of [[Lord Harris of High Cross]], founder of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]]. The letter made an appeal for £250,000 in the name of the [[International Freedom Research Foundation]]. The letter read: '[[Ralph Harris]] and I are now able to let you know of our programme of research and education which we believe qualifies for support by a leading international enterprise such as the [[Hanson Trust]] ... The enemies of freedom are to be found both at home and abroad. The Prime Minister has described the enemies of freedom at home as "the enemy within".' <ref>Richard Norton-Taylor and David Rose, 'PM adviser in smear campaign', ''Guardian'', 14 December 1989</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It has been reported that the ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was produced by the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] from 1979. However, the most detailed report suggests that the operation was conducted by [[Brian Crozier]] <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ref> who left the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] that year. The [[Background Briefing on Subversion]] was written by [[Charles Elwell]], formerly of [[MI5|MI5’s]] [[MI5 F branch|F branch]] which targeted ‘subversives’. <ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/jan/21/mainsection.richardnortontaylor Charles Elwell: An MI5 officer during the cold war, he went on to target domestic 'subversives']’, ''The Guardian'', 21 January 2008</ref> From 1988 onwards Elwell’s ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was taken over (in terms of sponsorship rather than authorship) by the anti-union activist [[David Hart]] and became ''British Briefing''. <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ref> The ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' and British Briefing were based on paranoid and sometimes bizarre exposés. One issue of ''British Briefing'' published in 1989 condemned the housing charity Shelter for 'Communist affiliations' and the World Council of Churches, for its support for the Institute of Race Relations. <ref>David Rose, ‘Special Report: Top companies funded smears through charity’, ''The Observer'', 16 December 1990</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Whistle blower [[Colin Wallace]] has commented that: ‘Many of the smears in British Briefing are exactly the same sort of thing I was being asked by [[MI5]] to spread in the 1970s.  Some of the politicians…are the very same people I was being asked to smear.’ <ref>quoted in Seumas Milne, ‘[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=55iV2JlUz9YC&printsec=frontcover ''The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners'']’, (London: Verso, 1984) p.332</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Whistle blower [[Colin Wallace]] has commented that: ‘Many of the smears in British Briefing are exactly the same sort of thing I was being asked by [[MI5]] to spread in the 1970s.  Some of the politicians…are the very same people I was being asked to smear.’ <ref>quoted in Seumas Milne, ‘[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=55iV2JlUz9YC&printsec=frontcover ''The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners'']’, (London: Verso, 1984) p.332</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Whistle blower [[Colin Wallace]] has commented that: ‘Many of the smears in British Briefing are exactly the same sort of thing I was being asked by [[MI5]] to spread in the 1970s.  Some of the politicians…are the very same people I was being asked to smear.’ <ref>quoted in Seumas Milne, ‘[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=55iV2JlUz9YC&printsec=frontcover ''The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners'']’, (London: Verso, 1984) p.332</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Whistle blower [[Colin Wallace]] has commented that: ‘Many of the smears in British Briefing are exactly the same sort of thing I was being asked by [[MI5]] to spread in the 1970s.  Some of the politicians…are the very same people I was being asked to smear.’ <ref>quoted in Seumas Milne, ‘[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=55iV2JlUz9YC&printsec=frontcover ''The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners'']’, (London: Verso, 1984) p.332</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Tom Millshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=121089&oldid=prevTom Mills at 20:51, 18 May 20102010-05-18T20:51:26Z<p></p>
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In 1983 the </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Social Affairs Unit</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">published Elwell’s ''Tracts Beyond the Times - A Brief Guide to the Communist and Revolutionary Marxist Press''</del>. <ref>‘[http://www.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">telegraph</del>.co.uk/news/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">obituaries</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1576192</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Charles-Elwell</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">html </del>Charles Elwell]’, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Telegraph.co.uk</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1:49AM GMT 23 Jan </del>2008</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[British Briefing]]''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">originally ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Background Briefing on Subversion</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was a 'counter-subversion' newsletter which smeared trades unionists and left</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wing MPs</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It has been reported that the ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was produced by </ins>the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from 1979. However, the most detailed report suggests that the operation was conducted by [[Brian Crozier]] <ref>David Rose, 'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears', ''The Observer</ins>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, 23 December 1990</ref> who left the [[Institute for the Study of Conflict]] that year. The </ins>[[Background Briefing on Subversion]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was written by [[Charles Elwell]], formerly of [[MI5|MI5’s]] </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">MI5 F branch|F branch</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which targeted ‘subversives’</ins>. <ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Richard Norton-Taylor, </ins>‘[http://www.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">guardian</ins>.co.uk/news/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2008/jan</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">21</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mainsection</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">richardnortontaylor </ins>Charles Elwell<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: An MI5 officer during the cold war, he went on to target domestic 'subversives'</ins>]’, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''The Guardian''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">21 January </ins>2008</ref> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">From 1988 onwards </ins>Elwell’s ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">taken over (in terms of sponsorship rather than authorship) </ins>by the anti-union activist [[David Hart]] and became ''[[British Briefing]]''. <ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">David Rose</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'Murdoch funded Kinnock smears'</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''The Observer'', 23 December 1990</ins></ref> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Background </ins>Briefing <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on Subversion</ins>]]'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and British Briefing were based on </ins>paranoid and sometimes bizarre exposés. One issue of ''British Briefing'' published in 1989 condemned the housing charity Shelter for 'Communist affiliations' and the World Council of Churches, for its support for the Institute of Race Relations. <ref>David Rose, ‘Special Report: Top companies funded smears through charity’, ''The Observer'', 16 December 1990</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Elwell’s ''[[Background Briefing on Subversion]]'' was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">later funded </del>by the anti-union activist <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>[[David Hart]] and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>became ''[[British Briefing]]''. <ref><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mike Hughes</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Spies at Work"</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ch 9. <http://www.1in12.go-legend.net/publications/library/spies/chap9.htm></del></ref> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> As the author of </del>''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">British </del>Briefing]]''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Elwell continued with his </del>paranoid and sometimes bizarre exposés. One issue of ''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>British Briefing<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>'' published in 1989 condemned the housing charity Shelter for 'Communist affiliations' and the World Council of Churches, for its support for the Institute of Race Relations. <ref>David Rose, ‘Special Report: Top companies funded smears through charity’, ''The Observer'', 16  </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</table>Tom Millshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=120736&oldid=prevDavid: /* See Also */2010-05-14T06:47:15Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">See Also</span></span></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=120735&oldid=prevDavid: /* See Also */2010-05-14T06:47:03Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">See Also</span></span></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=120733&oldid=prevDavid at 06:32, 14 May 20102010-05-14T06:32:11Z<p></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=73586&oldid=prevTom Mills at 12:12, 15 January 20092009-01-15T12:12:37Z<p></p>
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</table>Tom Millshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Briefing&diff=73585&oldid=prevTom Mills at 12:11, 15 January 20092009-01-15T12:11:38Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Whistle blower [[Colin Wallace]] has commented that: ‘Many of the smears in British Briefing are exactly the same sort of thing I was being asked by [[MI5]] to spread in the 1970s. Some of the politicians…are the very same people I was being asked to smear.’ <ref>quoted in Seumas Milne, ‘[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=55iV2JlUz9YC&printsec=frontcover ''The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners'']’, (London: Verso, 1984) p.332</ref></div>Tom Mills