MI5 secret file on Harold Wilson: KGB contacts made him a suspect
The Security Service, MI5, kept a secret file on Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson throughout his time in office because of his friendships with eastern European businessmen and contacts with the KGB.
The first official history to be written about the organisation reveals that a "permanent file" was created on the politician when he entered the Commons in 1945 and remained in use throughout both his premierships from 1964-1970 and 1974-76.
Baroness Manningham-Buller, the former MI5 director general, said the existence of such a file did not necessarily mean a person was under suspicion, adding: "There was no plot, no conspiracy."
Wilson, who died in 1995, claimed that he had been subjected to several plots involving MI5 officers to overthrow his government, and became increasingly concerned that his activities and conversations were being monitored by the security services.
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The first official history to be written about the organisation reveals that a "permanent file" was created on the politician when he entered the Commons in 1945 and remained in use throughout both his premierships from 1964-1970 and 1974-76.
Baroness Manningham-Buller, the former MI5 director general, said the existence of such a file did not necessarily mean a person was under suspicion, adding: "There was no plot, no conspiracy."
Wilson, who died in 1995, claimed that he had been subjected to several plots involving MI5 officers to overthrow his government, and became increasingly concerned that his activities and conversations were being monitored by the security services.