Alleged_plots_against_Harold_Wilson Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma

peter wright, in book spycatcher, claimed in may 1968 mountbatten attended private meeting press baron cecil king, , government s chief scientific adviser, solly zuckerman. wright alleged thirty mi5 officers had joined secret campaign undermine crisis-stricken labour government of harold wilson , king mi5 agent. in meeting, king allegedly urged mountbatten become leader of government of national salvation. solly zuckerman pointed out rank treachery , , idea came nothing because of mountbatten s reluctance act.

in 2006, bbc documentary plot against harold wilson alleged there had been plot involving mountbatten oust wilson during second term in office (1974–76). period characterised high inflation, increasing unemployment , widespread industrial unrest. alleged plot revolved around right-wing former military figures supposedly building private armies counter perceived threat trade unions , soviet union. believed labour party, (and still is) partly funded affiliated trade unions, unable , unwilling counter these developments , wilson either soviet agent or @ least communist sympathiser – claims wilson denied. documentary alleged coup planned overthrow wilson , replace him mountbatten using private armies , sympathisers in military , mi5.

the first official history of mi5, defence of realm (2009), tacitly confirmed there plot against wilson , mi5 did have file on him. yet made clear plot in no way official , activity centred on small group of discontented officers. had been confirmed former cabinet secretary lord hunt, concluded in secret inquiry conducted in 1996 there absolutely no doubt @ few, few, malcontents in mi5...a lot of them peter wright right-wing, malicious , had serious personal grudges – gave vent these , spread damaging malicious stories labour government.