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A LEGENDARY union leader whose political legacy lives on in the Westcountry, was bugged by the Security Services who thought he was being "manipulated" by the Russians. Jack Jones, who died in April aged 96, was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union from 1969 to 1978 and was once voted the most powerful man in Britain.
But MI5 kept a secret file on his activities, even eaves- dropping on his phone conversations for a year, with the approval of then prime minister, Edward Heath.See the full content of this document
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Former Union Boss Was Bugged by Mi5
According to his MI5 file - seen by author Christopher Andrew who this week published The Defence of the Realm - the KGB also regarded Mr...
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