Yard Action
Socialist Organiser1981 1981-07-30Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 7 →
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IT WAS no surprise to find Scotland Yard denying allegations by the 'World in Action' programme that they had obstructed Operation Countryman, the investigation started in 1978 into corruption in the Met.
According to 'World in Action' , Countryman officers believed they had achieved few results because of obstruction, particularly from some officers of the Flying Squad. This included failure to disclose potential evidence, an attempt to fabricate charges against a key witness, and a security leak.
That wasn't surprising either. What was surprising was that Arthur Hambleton, Chief Constable of Dorset, who led the Coun tryman inquiry, responded to the Scotland Yard denial by confirming that 'I saw the programme. It was factual' Indeed, he went further, implicitly calling the senior police officers who appeared in the programme liars. 'I don't disagree with any of the presentation but I don't agree with some of the statements made by persons in authority". He was referring to Met. Commissioner MeNee and