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MI5 ordered cops to spy on schoolchildren as young as 14 who were involved in ‘subversive activities,’ inquiry hears
Demonstrators outside the Amba Hotel at Marble Arch, London, where the Undercover Policing Inquiry are holding hearings looking at the activities of the Met's Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) between 1973 and 1982, in April 2021
MI5 ordered police officers to spy on schoolchildren as young as 14 who were deemed to be involved in “subversive activities,” an inquiry has heard.
A circular from the security service to chief constables from 1975 requesting that officers collect information about political activities in schools was disclosed by the Undercover Policing Inquiry today.
The document asks police forces to collect information on pupils “14 or over” who are “active in subversive organisations,” as well as teaching staff “who are using their position for subversive purposes.”
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