SDS undercover list

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Part of a series on the Undercover Policing Inquiry
N Officers list
Description:	A list of N & HN cyphers used to designate individual officers in the Inquiry and by Operation Herne (Part 3)

Police officers cited in the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) are generally designated by a cypher / nominal starting with N or HN followed by a number. The practice of assigning these cyphers was begun in by the Metropolitan Police inquiry Operation Herne which investigated the activities of the Special Demonstration Squad undercovers. It was subsequently adopted by Mark Ellison for his Review and the UCPI, both of which draw heavily on Operation Herne. The system appears to have changed in 2017, when the Inquiry began using the 'HN' label, though the associated numbers appear unchanged.

• For a general introduction into the cypher system, see N Officers (main page).
• For N officers with numbers <100, see N officers part 1.
• For N officers with numbers 100 - 299, see N officers part 2.
• For N officers with numbers 400 and higher, see N officers part 4.

• Updated 25 July 2018

N series officers part 3 (>300)

Cypher	Name (italics for cover name only)	Position	Notes
HN300	Jim / Jimmy	SDS undercover	Infiltrated the Socialist Workers Party late 1974 to January 1977. His cover surname has not been discovered. During deployment told another undercover that he had fallen in love with a member of his target group and had divorced from second wife in 1979.
HN301	Bob Stubbs	SDS undercover	Infiltrated the International Socialists / Socialist Workers Party 1971-1976.
HN302	restricted	SDS undercover	Deployed undercover in 1970s. Admits to 'fleeting sexual encounter'. Real and cover names to be restricted as there is a risk to HN302's safety. Appeared as 'Brian' in True Spies.
HN303	Peter Collins	SDS undercover	1973-77 deployed into the Workers Revolutionary Party.
HN304	Graham Coates	SDS undercover	1976-1979 infiltrated International Socialists/Socialist Workers Party, Zero Collective, Anarchy Collective and the Libertarian Anarchist Group.
HN306	to come	SDS	20 February 2018, directions issued for any application for restriction orders to be submitted by 26 & 28 February 2018 for MPS and Designated Lawyers Team respectively. No application for restriction order made.
HN307	unknown	SDS	20 February 2018, directions issued for any application for restriction orders to be submitted by 26 & 28 February 2018 for MPS and Designated Lawyers Team respectively. No application for restriction order made.
HN308	unknown	SDS	April 2018: no application made. 20 March 2018, directed that any anonymity applications to be filed by 28 March 2018 by MPS legal team, or 6 April for the Designated Lawyers team.
HN311	unknown	SDS	20 March 2018, directed that any anonymity application to be filed by 28 March 2018 by MPS legal team, or 6 April for the Designated Lawyers team. April 2018: no application made.
N315	unknown	other	Witness Protection Unit officer assigned by John Grieve to Lawrence family following wrongful publication of witness details in a Macpherson Report appendix; said they were 'never approached by any member of the MPS or asked for personal information or rumour surrounding the Stephen Lawrence family' (Herne II, 21.2.4-5).
HN318	to come	SDS managerial / back office	Deceased. No restriction order applications made so real name to be published in due course.
HN321	Wililam Paul "Bill" Lewis	SDS undercover	Deployed against the International Marxist Group and the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, for one year Sept 1968-Sept 1969.
HN322	cover name lost; real name restricted	SDS undercover	Deployed in 1968 for two months.
HN323	lost	SDS undercover	Deceased and no records of cover name have been found. No restriction order application made. Real name to be used in due course.
HN325	unknown	SDS back office / manager	Real name to be published in due course. No application made.
HN326	Douglas Edwards	SDS undercover	1968-1971 was deployed into anarchist groups, Independent Labour Party, Tri-Continental and Dambusters Mobilising Committee.
HN327	lost	SDS undercover	Deceased. No record of cover name and no application made in respect of the real name. Real name to be used in due course.
HN328	to come	SDS back office / manager.	No restriction order application made and real name to be published in due course.
HN329	John Graham (alias)	SDS undercover	Deployed against Vietnam Solidarity Campaign and Revolutionary Socialist Students Federation in 1968-1969.
HN330	Don de Freitas (alias)	SDS undercover	Deployed against the Havering branch of the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign for several weeks in 1968.
HN331	lost	SDS undercover	Deployed against one group (now defunct) in 1968 & 1969. Cover name is unknown. Killed in road traffic accident in the 1970s leaving a widow and son. Application made over real name. Mitting in his 'Minded To' Nov 2017, indicated he would restrict the real name, on the grounds it would cause distress to HN331's widow): HN331’s death caused his widow to suffer an acute mental illness, for which she received in-patient treatment. She did not remarry. She is now in her 70s and suffers from the early stages of dementia. According to her son, she has been deeply affected by the possibility that HN331’s identity might be revealed in the course of the Inquiry. No useful purpose would be served by publication of HN331’s real name. Given the nature of his deployment and the elapse of time since it occurred, it is inconceivable that it would prompt evidence from others about his deployment. His widow and surviving family are entitled to be left in peace. May 2018: Mitting ruled the real name would be restricted and declined to disclose at this stage the groups that were infiltrated by HN331.
HN332	restricted	SDS manager	Held SDS managerial role in the 1970s. Ruled that real name will be restricted on health grounds.
HN333	restricted	SDS undercover	Deployed for nine months in 1968-1969, into a left wing group that no longer exists. Real and cover name restricted due to small risk arising out of those who might have interest in his later activities.
HN334	Margaret White	SDS undercover & back office	Deployed into Vietnam Solidarity Campaign in 1968 for several months, as girlfriend of Don de Freitas (HN330). Served in SDS back office 1968-1972.
HN335	lost	SDS undercover	No record of cover name and no application made to restrict real name. which will be used in due course.
HN336	Dick Epps	SDS undercover	Deployed 1969 to 1972 into International Marxist Group, Vietnam Solidarity Campaign and British Communist Party. Later served in Special Branch Industrial Intelligence Section. Appeared in True Spies under the pseudonym 'Dan'.
HN337	restricted	SDS undercover and manager	Deployed against four groups in 1970s.
HN337	restricted	SDS undercover and manager	Deployed against four groups in 1970s.
HN338	lost	SDS undercover	Deployed for a period in 1970 or 1971. Deceased. 27 September 2017: Application over real name made by Metropolitan Police. Nov 2017: Mitting minded to restrict publication of real name to avoid distress to HN338's widow, who had recently lost an immediate family member, with Mitting saying 'I accept the [MPS] submission that nothing should be done which risks causing her further distress'. May 2018: ruling made to restrict real name with Mitting stated he was declined to disclose at this stage the groups that were infiltrated by HN338.
HN339	Stewart Goodman	SDS undercover	Deployed 1970-1971 into the Anti-Apartheid Movement & International Socialists.

• Numbers <100
• Numbers 100-299
• Numbers 400 and higher