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Wilson too?
Dramatised documentary which explores the reasons behind the sudden resignation on 16 March 1976 of British prime minister Harold Wilson. It isbased on secret discussions that he had at the time with two journalists in which he alleges that the British intelligence services had made his position as prime minister untenable and that Britain was on the brink of a military coup, with Lord Mountbatten, the Queen's cousin, lined up to head an interim government after Wilson had been deposed.
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Moderator Posts: 1143 | Was that what was behind the assassination of Mountbatten? | |
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I think the Mountbatten assassination was a straightforward IRA hit, Terry. They also tried to take out Margaret Thatcher and her fellow high Tories in the 1984 Brighton bombing. There was an excellent TV film, A Very British Coup made in 1988, which is fictional but supposed to be based on the rumoured right-wing coup against Harold Wilson. | |
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No, not that I know of, but Mountbatten had a prominent role in the plan as post coup natioal leader of a fascist state. The upper class in cahoots with the military and MI5 thought Wilson was a comunist spy, and from where they got this idea is no secret. CIA and master fruitcake James Jesus Angleton. | |
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