New Statesman 1978

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Resisting IMB: the politics of the great computer war

Ministry of Defence opts for £5million US-made data processors over a highly respected British version available at half the price.

12 May, 1978

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Sabotage, submarines and the secret Norwegian connection

Norwegian obstruction to housing foreign nuclear bases found to be simply pacifist rhetoric.

2 June, 1978

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Teaching terror to the Right

US-based mercenary groups are distributing explosive manuals to British bookshops - and Scotland Yard say they can do little about it.

16 June, 1978

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Unrestrained sales at Aldershot

British Army arms festival attracts some interesting global representatives.

23 June, 1978

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Rees on terror sales

The US's Improvised Munitions Manual - favoured by right-wing groups - is still available in London bookshops.

23 June, 1978

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Fatal secrecy of the low-flying RAF bombers

RAF's stalling in publishing training flight plans continues to put civilian pilots' lives at risk.

30 June, 1978

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Building up the workers' blacklist

Anti-union organisation, the Economic League is still hell-bent on persecuting socialism in the workplace.

7 July, 1978

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The field-marshall's bodyguard

Lord Carver's private bodyguard was sourced from a group of businessmen with right-wing mercenary connections

28 July, 1978

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Welsh language guerillas win some battles in long war

New 'direct action' approach by Welsh socialists begins to make political headway.

11 August, 1978

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New computer for Special Branch

The 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

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Risks at Aldermaston

Safety records at MoD's nuclear weapons facility in Berkshire shows dangerous lack of concern for public welfare.

1 December, 1978

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Intelligence fantasies

Iranian defector, Sia Zand, alleges that several British journalists - including Duncan Campbell - are in the employ of the Shah of Iran.

1 December, 1978

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The secret security computers

Read about the vital battles that the Data Protection Committee has lost.

1 December, 1978

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A jury in Wales without Dai Jones

Jury selection in Wales has been producing a suspiciously low number of Welsh.

8 December, 1978

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard to use A Time of Terror film in propaganda campaign.

22 December, 1978

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