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| + | '''Margaret White''' is the cover name used by a former undercover officer with the [[Special Demonstration Squad]] who was deployed for several months in 1968 into the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign. For the purposes of the [[Undercover Policing Inquiry]] and [[Operation Herne]], htey are also refered to by the cipher HN334 (for the N cipher system see [[N officers]]). | ||
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| + | ==As an SDS officer== | ||
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| + | Mitting wrote of her: No allegation of misconduct against her. She served with Special Operations Squad 1968-72. In 1968 she was deployed for several months against the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign as the girlfriend of another SDS undercover officer, ''[[Don de Freitas (alias)|Don de Freitas]]'' (HN330). Thereafter, according to her own recollection, she performed back office duties only.'<ref name="mitting.mindedto2.14Nov17">[https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171114-SDS-anonymity-Minded-to-2.pdf In the matter of section 19 (3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad ‘Minded to’ note 2], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 14 November 2017 (accessed 15 November 2017).</ref> | ||
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| + | ==In the Undercover Policing Inquiry== | ||
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| + | * November 2017: Mitting stated was minded-to: restrict real name. He noted she wished to 'preserve her privacy and that of her family', and it was unlikely that surviving members of the groups she targeted would recall her.<ref name="mitting.mindedto2.14Nov17"/> | ||
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| + | * 6 March 2018: cover name and target group released.<ref name="ucpi.tw.6Mar2018">[https://twitter.com/ucpinquiry/status/970962901107445761 Cover names released: "Don de Freitas” and “Margaret White” - Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, 1968 -] ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', 6 March 2018). See also [https://www.ucpi.org.uk/cover-names/ ucpi.org.uk/cover-names], accessed 6 March 2018.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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Revision as of 09:03, 26 July 2018
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Margaret White is the cover name used by a former undercover officer with the Special Demonstration Squad who was deployed for several months in 1968 into the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign. For the purposes of the Undercover Policing Inquiry and Operation Herne, htey are also refered to by the cipher HN334 (for the N cipher system see N officers).
As an SDS officer
Mitting wrote of her: No allegation of misconduct against her. She served with Special Operations Squad 1968-72. In 1968 she was deployed for several months against the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign as the girlfriend of another SDS undercover officer, Don de Freitas (HN330). Thereafter, according to her own recollection, she performed back office duties only.'[1]
In the Undercover Policing Inquiry
- November 2017: Mitting stated was minded-to: restrict real name. He noted she wished to 'preserve her privacy and that of her family', and it was unlikely that surviving members of the groups she targeted would recall her.[1]
- 6 March 2018: cover name and target group released.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In the matter of section 19 (3) of the Inquiries Act 2005 Applications for restriction orders in respect of the real and cover names of officers of the Special Operations Squad and the Special Demonstrations Squad ‘Minded to’ note 2, Undercover Policing Inquiry, 14 November 2017 (accessed 15 November 2017).
- ↑ Cover names released: "Don de Freitas” and “Margaret White” - Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, 1968 - Undercover Policing Inquiry, 6 March 2018). See also ucpi.org.uk/cover-names, accessed 6 March 2018.
