James Harold Wilson was a politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964-70 and then 1974-76. He was also the Labour Party Leader from 1963 up to 1976. But during the mid-1970s, there emerged many conspiracy theories about Prime Minister Wilson. These theories range from being a Soviet spy to being a victim of treasonous plots. But the theory that he was a communist spy has never really gone away.
During his period in office, UK’s MI5 secret service agency kept a secret file about Wilson. This was due to his contacts with the KGB security agency, and connections with businessmen. Although the file was opened in 1945 when he entered and remained open throughout his tenure as Prime Minister, he was never actively under investigation for being a spy.
The Rise Of Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson was born on March 11, 1916 to a teacher and an industrial chemist in , England. He studied philosophy, politics, history, and economics at Oxford. He became the third Prime Minister of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, the first from the Labour Party.
While his two tenures as Prime Minister were marked by forces of liberalization in the United Kingdom, his stints were also afflicted by problematic social and economic issues.
