New Statesman 1978
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Resisting IMB: the politics of the great computer warMinistry of Defence opts for £5million US-made data processors over a highly respected British version available at half the price. 12 May, 1978 |
Sabotage, submarines and the secret Norwegian connectionNorwegian obstruction to housing foreign nuclear bases found to be simply pacifist rhetoric. 2 June, 1978 |
Teaching terror to the RightUS-based mercenary groups are distributing explosive manuals to British bookshops - and Scotland Yard say they can do little about it. 16 June, 1978 |
Unrestrained sales at AldershotBritish Army arms festival attracts some interesting global representatives. 23 June, 1978 |
Rees on terror salesThe US's Improvised Munitions Manual - favoured by right-wing groups - is still available in London bookshops. 23 June, 1978 |
Fatal secrecy of the low-flying RAF bombersRAF's stalling in publishing training flight plans continues to put civilian pilots' lives at risk. 30 June, 1978 |
Building up the workers' blacklistAnti-union organisation, the Economic League is still hell-bent on persecuting socialism in the workplace. 7 July, 1978 |
The field-marshall's bodyguardLord Carver's private bodyguard was sourced from a group of businessmen with right-wing mercenary connections 28 July, 1978Click here to read more NOT SCANNED |
Welsh language guerillas win some battles in long warNew 'direct action' approach by Welsh socialists begins to make political headway. 11 August, 1978 |
New computer for Special BranchThe collating of Met police's intelligence data onto a new central computer could see over 2 million names on file by 1985. 25 August, 1978 |
Risks at AldermastonSafety records at MoD's nuclear weapons facility in Berkshire shows dangerous lack of concern for public welfare. 1 December, 1978 |
Intelligence fantasiesIranian defector, Sia Zand, alleges that several British journalists - including Duncan Campbell - are in the employ of the Shah of Iran. 1 December, 1978 |
The secret security computersRead about the vital battles that the Data Protection Committee has lost. 1 December, 1978 |
A jury in Wales without Dai JonesJury selection in Wales has been producing a suspiciously low number of Welsh. 8 December, 1978 |
Scotland YardScotland Yard to use A Time of Terror film in propaganda campaign. 22 December, 1978 |