LevelPiece
Ref NoLDG/1/8/85
TitleAnti-IRA disinformation policy
Date1 February 1990
Extent1 cartoon
Creator NameGibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
DescriptionDepicts argaret Thatcher (centre) standing above MI5 realising that she is manipulating puppets without strings.

Likely refers to the Government's admission to an anti-IRA disinformation policy during the early 1970's, as alleged by former Ulster army press officer Colin Wallace, who also stated that there had been a dirty-tricks campaign to destabilise Harold Wilson's Government.
Access StatusOpen
FormatDrawing

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