Declassified UK

Posted: 23rd November 2022

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering billions worth of cuts in public spending while the Ministry of Defence, with Labour’s support, plans to spend vast sums on just two hugely expensive military projects.

There is a myth the UK did not support Washington’s war against Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, Labour and Conservative governments backed every phase of US military escalation and played secret roles in the conflict, declassified files show.

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The UK Foreign Office’s propaganda unit, the Information Research Department, worked to gloss over Washington’s complicity in civilian bloodshed during its devastating war in Vietnam, declassified files show.