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Sir [[Michael Hanley]] (1918-2001) was head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1972 to 1978.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | Sir [[Michael Hanley]] (1918-2001) was head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1972 to 1978.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to a 2009 account the official [[MI5]] historian [[Christopher Andrew]], Hanley concealed the existence of a file on Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]], held under the pseudonym 'Norman John Worthington' by removing it from the central index.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8288247.stm MI5 kept file on former PM Wilson], BBC News, 3 October 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | An earlier accounted by David Leigh described the document as the 'Henry Worthington' file: | ||
| + | ::The Worthington file was not kept in the main registry to be handled by the scores of 'registry queens'. Nor was it kept in the rows of locked 'y-boxes' in the K6 secret registry, along with the identities of agents. It was kept permanently in the safe of Director-General [[Martin Furnival Jones]], a practice which was continued by his successor [[Michael Hanley]].<ref>David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, 1989, Mandarin, p.109.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 01:50, 5 October 2009
Sir Michael Hanley (1918-2001) was head of the Security Service MI5 from 1972 to 1978.[1]
Worthington File
According to a 2009 account the official MI5 historian Christopher Andrew, Hanley concealed the existence of a file on Prime Minister Harold Wilson, held under the pseudonym 'Norman John Worthington' by removing it from the central index.[2]
An earlier accounted by David Leigh described the document as the 'Henry Worthington' file:
- The Worthington file was not kept in the main registry to be handled by the scores of 'registry queens'. Nor was it kept in the rows of locked 'y-boxes' in the K6 secret registry, along with the identities of agents. It was kept permanently in the safe of Director-General Martin Furnival Jones, a practice which was continued by his successor Michael Hanley.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ MI5 kept file on former PM Wilson, BBC News, 3 October 2009.
- ↑ David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, 1989, Mandarin, p.109.
