Difference between revisions of "Conrad Heron"
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Conrad Heron worked at MI5 in 1974, and probably much longer. | Conrad Heron worked at MI5 in 1974, and probably much longer. | ||
| − | His name is mentioned in an [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6944356-PREM-15-2011-Red-Under-the-Bed.html#document/p18/a568014 internal document] of the [[Information Research Department]] (IRD), a secret anti-communist progaganda unit within the Foreign Office.<ref>DocCloud</ref> | + | His name is mentioned in an [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6944356-PREM-15-2011-Red-Under-the-Bed.html#document/p18/a568014 internal document] of the [[Information Research Department]] (IRD), a secret anti-communist progaganda unit within the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.<ref>DocCloud</ref> |
| − | "Mr. Conrad Heron's group at the Security Service" worked with the IRD in 1974, to feed material to [[Woodrow Wyatt]] when he was making the documentary ''Red Under The Bed'' for ITV.<ref> | + | "Mr. Conrad Heron's group at the Security Service" worked with the IRD in 1974, to feed material to [[Woodrow Wyatt]] when he was making the documentary ''Red Under The Bed'' for ITV.<ref>The National Archives, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6944356-PREM-15-2011-Red-Under-the-Bed.html#document/p18/a568014 Woodrow Wyatt's TV programme, 'Red Under the Bed'], PREM 15/2011, released 2015.</ref><ref>[http://specialbranchfiles.uk/secret-memos-confirm-government-role-in-the-jailing-of-ricky-tomlinson/ Secret memos confirm government role in the jailing of Ricky Tomlinson], Tom Coburg, Special Branch Files.org, 15 June 2020. ''Originally published in [https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2020/05/30/secret-memos-confirm-government-role-in-the-jailing-of-ricky-tomlinson/ The Canary], 30 May 2020'' (last accessed June 2020)</ref> This suggests that Heron was working on industrial disputes, unions and/or groups associated with communists. |
The IRD document mentioned the group 'met fortnightly over the past year', which was 1973 - a year with plenty of strikes. | The IRD document mentioned the group 'met fortnightly over the past year', which was 1973 - a year with plenty of strikes. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:05, 15 June 2020
Conrad Heron worked at MI5 in 1974, and probably much longer.
His name is mentioned in an internal document of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret anti-communist progaganda unit within the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.[1]
"Mr. Conrad Heron's group at the Security Service" worked with the IRD in 1974, to feed material to Woodrow Wyatt when he was making the documentary Red Under The Bed for ITV.[2][3] This suggests that Heron was working on industrial disputes, unions and/or groups associated with communists.
The IRD document mentioned the group 'met fortnightly over the past year', which was 1973 - a year with plenty of strikes.
Notes
- ↑ DocCloud
- ↑ The National Archives, Woodrow Wyatt's TV programme, 'Red Under the Bed', PREM 15/2011, released 2015.
- ↑ Secret memos confirm government role in the jailing of Ricky Tomlinson, Tom Coburg, Special Branch Files.org, 15 June 2020. Originally published in The Canary, 30 May 2020 (last accessed June 2020)
