MI5 files on 1966 seaman’s strike released at National Archives. The report(13 June 1966)is from Thistlethwaite MI5 link to the Labour Government. However protocol applied. The discussion had to wait for the Queen’s birthday parade before the report could be discussed.
Wigg was the Labour Paymaster General. (Bert) Ramelson was the recently appointed industrial organiser of the Communist Party. Sir Burke Trend was the Cabinet Secretary.
The 1966 seamen’s strike was according to Wilson run by a tightly knit group of politically motivated men. MI5 reports suggest this wasn’t quite the case..
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