New Statesman 1985
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Thatcher goes for nerve gasDuncan Campbell reveals the 11 January 1985 |
The Chilean ConnectionMrs Thatcher's government was doing secret deals with one of the most brutally repressive regimes in South America, giving military equipment to Pinochet and turned a blind eye to human rights violations 25 January 1985 |
Dissent first target of Nuclear proposalA full-scale, secret exercise for nuclear war began this Tuesday - but during the present, 'pre-war' phase, exercise 'play' is almost entirely concerned with civil measures to be taken inside Britain. 01 March 1985 |
Massive daily issue of guns to USAF guardsUS Air Force guards at British bases are issued daily with massive quantities of guns and ammunition sufficient to mount a modest coup d'etat, according to documents passed to the NS. 8 March 1985 |
Veil lifts on RAF's secret works in KentA major new underground radar control centre has been constructed in Kent, the Ministry of Defence admitted to the New Statesman this week. 15 March 1985 |
UK put up £4m to get second cruise base£4 million has been provided to the US Air Force for the project, but the money has been hidden from public and parliamentary view by a MoD 'laundering' operation. 12 April 1985 |
Going back to gasDuncan Campbell reports that Mrs Thatcher's desire to re-arm with nerve gas echoes earlier Tory enthusiasm. 19 April 1985 |
Chinese DiaryNarita airport, Tokyo is guarded more tightly than Greenham Common. Encircling the airport is a floodlit barrier of fencing, close spaced watchtowers, searchlights, and a 'no go" zone laced with electronic detectors. 19 April 1985 |
Korean air lines 007New evidence about the 1983 shooting down of the jumbo jet disproves all the theories that the airliner's course into sensitive Soviet airspace could have been inadvertent navigational error. The crew must have known they were off track. 26 April 1985 |
Killing trade with Chile thrivesBritish companies are continuing to sell arms which could be used for internal repression and nuclear equipment to Chile, despite the introduction of a brutal 'State of siege' nearly six months ago by Pinochet. 03 May 1985 |
Top secret Belrano reportBritish intelligence services did not pass on to the MoD information about a vital signal recalling the Argentine cruiser shortly before it was sunk, members of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee have discovered. 03 May 1985 |
Conspiracies?The Waste Remains - Judith Cook - Pluto £7.95 & £2.50 The Price of Freedom Judith Cook Death of a Rose Grower: Who killed Hilda Murrell? Graham Smith 03 May 1985 |
Special Branch quiz private eyes on Murrell murderSpecial Branch detectives investigating the murder of Mrs Hilda Murrell have been questioning private detectives about the surveillance of anti-nuclear power protestors. 17 May 1985 |
Cover blown on the UK's support to El SalvadorConfidential government documents show that Britain has been 'conniving' secretly to back United States policy in Central America, including supporting international loans to El Salvador. 17 May 1985 |
Was there ever an old lady who told such whoppers?The resignation of the governor of the Bank of England ought hardly to be in doubt. But with the exception of one Labour MP no one has yet looked closely at the Bank's lies. 24 May 1985 |
Ascension island to be test area for Star Wars?The British Island of Ascension in the South Atlantic is one of only two target areas which can be used for long range US ballistic missile tests and may eventually be developed for 'Star Wars' defence system. 31 May 1985 |
Chile defence pact confirmedLeaked government files prove that Britain and Chile still have a secret Falklands military pact against Argentina. But the gross abuse of human rights has nevertheless led Foreign Secretary to prepare secretly to end relations with Pinochet. 07 June 1985 |
Bugs that blew the cops awayTwo incidents have come to light that show a collapse in controls over police surveillance techniques. 21 June 1985 |
Scale of police car-bugging to stay secretThe scale of police bugging 5 July, 1985 |
Questions on the JMB affairA full Parliamentary inquiry into the Johnson Matthey Bank fiasco is the last thing that the traditionally secretive Bank of England could want 12 July, 1985 |
New Whitehall bunker codenamed PINDARSecret new bunker control centre is now being constructed many floors below the Ministry of Defence headquarters building in Whitehall. 26 July, 1985 |
Unauthorised erections by Met policeMetropolitan police officers this week pleaded guilty to the unauthorised erection of three towers and four posts outside their New Scotland Yard headquarters. 26 July, 1985 |
Mail order warWarheads, recently withdrawn from the European theatre nuclear stockpile, have been offered for sale by mail order in the United States. Readers of a US gun magazine were last year offered delivery of nuclear warheads for a mere $150. 26 July, 1985 |
FO condemns American actions to destabilise NicaraguaSenior British government officials have condemned American actions to destabilise Nicaragua as 'bully boy tactics', 'heavy-handed' and downright 'economic sabotage.' 9 August, 1985 |
BBC: The TruthPublic criticism of the decision to ban the BBC's Real Lives programme by former BBC Director Sir Hugh Greene belies his own decision in banning Peter Watkins's documentary, The War Game, 20 years ago. 9 August, 1985 |
Excellent deathsClose links with Ministry of Defence departments are claimed in an extraordinary brochure just produced by the Midland Bank, in an attempt to cash in on arms sales in Britain and overseas. 9 August, 1985 |
Tale of anti-Reagan hit team was ‘fraud’An internationally publicised accusation that a Libyan-financed hit team tried to enter the United States to assassinate President Reagan in November 1981 is shown to be absurd by a document obtained by the New Statesman. 16 August, 1985 |
MoD outwitted by Greenham womenMoD police have made strenuous, but unsuccessful, attempts to recover from Greenham women copies of a document which describes the security arrangements at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston 16 August, 1985 |
New bug foundA new design of bug for tracking cars has been found in Northern Ireland. It was discovered last month, clamped beneath the car of a prominent member of Sinn Fein, Sean O'Hagan, of Lisnahull near Dungannon. 23 August, 1985 |
Secret laws for wartime BritainDraconian new laws are being secretly put to the test in this week's major Army exercise, 'Brave Defender'. The new laws will sacrifice civil rights to British and American military plans. 6 September, 1985 |
If war came close we would have new mastersAn unprecedented secret UK-US agreement means that in a crisis Britain would give priority to American military requirements; US forces would have the right to enforce martial law and would be provided with impressed civilian labour. 13 September, 1985 |
The woman who asked too many questionsChristine Saltmarshe triggered off enquiries which have revealed the secret Ground Defence Area plans when she enquired to the local United States base about emergency 20 September, 1985 |
Labour rejects emergency powers planThe Labour conference has voted that an incoming Labour government should 'repeal' the secret' war Emergency Powers Acts. In fact the Acts are not law and can .only be revealed, not repealed. 11 October, 1985 |
£100 million to be made as nuclear waste dumpers scramble to get rich quickInvestors in nuclear dumping are trying to appease environmentalists, 18 October, 1985 |
Secrets of Cyprus spy trialThe acquittal of all seven of the defendants in the Cyprus spy trial has left the government and the prosecution with egg all over its face. The spy base has been a continual embarrassment to the government. 1 November, 1985 |
When the lid blewThe farce of secrecy surrounding Ayios Nikolaos base in eastern Cyprus continues, as we saw in the £5 million case which ended last week with the acquittal of all seven defendants after a four-month trial conducted almost entirely in camera. 8 November, 1985 |
Too few bombs to go roundBehind the official bluff, there are fewer nukes than everyone thinks. Using secret official documents, Duncan Campbell reports on how many Bombs there really are. 29 November, 1985 |
Some more untruths from the MoDFollowing Yorkshire TV's First Tuesday programme on the cancer and leukaemia risks to people living near nuclear weapons manufacturing and servicing areas, Duncan Campbell and Mike Burke explore official complacency about safety. 6 December, 1985 |
Only the special relationship is stopping a British nuclear test banThe British Government could carry on building nuclear warheads for Trident missiles even if a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty were to be signed immediately. 13 December, 1985 |
Army and police get CS gas ‘dog sprays’...British troops and police have been trying out a new anti-personnel weapon, a CS liquid chemical spray which can be used to direct CS liquid at close range into a target's face, eyes or mouth. 13 December, 1985 |
Freedom Fighter's manualA practical guide to liberating Britain from oppression and misery by paralysing the military-industrial complex of fascistic Thatcher state. 20 December, 1985 |
Psychological warfare in guerrilla operationsA companion volume to the Freedom Fighter's Manual describes more specialised guerrilla methods. 20 December, 1985 |
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