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Peter Wright's 1987 memoir Spycatcher lifted the lid on the British intelligence services. Photograph: Alamy. He also alleged agents burgled and bugged the embassies of hostile countries and allies.


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Wright, a former MI5 officer, claimed in his 1987 autobiography, Spycatcher, that the security agency had bugged embassies, and that a small group of agents had plotted against the then prime.


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Paperback - July 1, 1988. by Peter Wright (Author) 4.5 395 ratings. See all formats and editions. The former assistant director of MI5 offers an account of British Intelligence, including his work on the Ring of Five and exposing Soviet espionage and the conspiracy to oust Harold Wilson from the office of Prime Minister in the 1970s. Print.


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A former spy's memoir in the 1980s left then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher "shattered", according to newly-released files. Spycatcher, by ex-MI5 officer Peter Wright, made explosive claims.


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Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer (1987) is a memoir written by Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director, and co-author Paul Greengrass.He drew on his own experiences and research into the history of the British intelligence community.


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Peter Wright served for 21 years in MI5 before leaving in 1976. His memoir Spycatcher, the unpublished manuscript of which Mrs Thatcher read in 1986, detailed operations, alleged a former MI5.


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'Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer', is a book written by Peter Wright, former MI5 secret service officer and Assistant Director, and co-author Paul Greengrass. It was published first in Australia. Its allegations proved scandalous on publication, but more so because the British Government attempted to ban it, ensuring its profit and notoriety.


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Spycatcher. Paperback - 1 July 1988. by Peter Wright (Author) 4.6 397 ratings. See all formats and editions. The former assistant director of MI5 offers an account of British Intelligence, including his work on the Ring of Five and exposing Soviet espionage and the conspiracy to oust Harold Wilson from the office of Prime Minister in the 1970s.


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Peter Maurice Wright CBE [1] (9 August 1916 - 26 April 1995) was a principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book Spycatcher, written with Paul Greengrass, became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé detailing what Wright claimed.