Peter Wright served for 21 years in MI5 before leaving in 1976. His memoir Spycatcher, the unpublished manuscript of which Mrs Thatcher read in 1986,
Peter Wright served for 21 years in MI5 before leaving in 1976. His memoir Spycatcher, the unpublished manuscript of which Mrs Thatcher read in 1986, detailed operations, alleged a former MI5 director general had been a Soviet spy, and claimed MI5 officers had plotted in the mid-1970s against the then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson. All these claims were dismissed by the government.
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