Phil Chamberlain reveals the secret war between big business and union activists.
The files were held in an office sheltering behind an anonymous green door in a small town in England.
There were just over 3,200 of them and each gave, to varying degrees, a little history about a person. It had their National Insurance number, a home address, their occupation and information on what they did. That might include letters they had written to newspapers or gossip about their political activities.
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