Chapter 1: Formation of the Special Operations Squad – the “Autumn Offensive”
Chapter 2: The Special Operations Squad after 27 October 1968
Chapter 3: The Special Operations Squad 1971 and the Special Demonstration Squad 1972 to 1973
Chapter 4: The Special Demonstration Squad 1974 to 1976
Chapter 5: The Special Demonstration Squad 1977 to 1982
Chapter 6: Analysis and conclusions
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Appendix 2: List of abbreviations
| wdt_ID | abbreviation | Organisation/Term |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACAN | Action Committee Against NATO |
| 2 | ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers |
| 3 | AIL | Anti-Internment League |
| 4 | ALCARAF | All Lewisham Campaign Against Racism and Fascism |
| 5 | ANC | Anti-Nuclear Campaign |
| 6 | APEX | Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff union |
| 7 | AWA | Anarchist Workers Association |
| 8 | BNP | British National Party |
| 9 | BRAG | Battersea Redevelopment Action Group |
| 10 | BTO | British Tri-continental Organisation |
| 11 | BVSF | Britain–Vietnam Solidarity Front |
| 12 | CPE (M-L) | Communist Party of England (Marxist–Leninist) |
| 13 | CPGB | Communist Party of Great Britain |
| 14 | DMC | Dambusters Mobilising Committee |
| 15 | ELWAR | East London Workers Against Racism |
| 16 | FLAG | Federation of London Anarchists Groups |
| 17 | GLC | Greater London Council |
| 18 | HMIC | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (until July 2017) |
| 19 | ICRSC | Irish Civils Rights Solidarity Campaign |
| 20 | ILP | Independent Labour Party |
| 21 | IMG | International Marxist Group |
| 22 | INLSF | Irish National Liberation Solidarity Front |
| 23 | IRA | Irish Republican Army |
| 24 | IS | International Socialists |
| 25 | ISC | Irish Solidarity Campaign |
| 26 | LSE | London School of Economics |
| 27 | MPS | Metropolitan Police Service |
| 28 | MPSB | Metropolitan Police Service Special Branch |
| 29 | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| 30 | NF | National Front |
| 31 | NICRA | Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association |
| 32 | NMDF | Northern Minority Defence Force |
| 33 | NPOIU | National Public Order Intelligence Unit |
| 34 | NVDA | non-violent direct action |
| 35 | PD | People’s Democracy |
| 36 | PIRA | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
| 37 | RCP | Revolutionary Communist Party |
| 38 | RCT | Revolutionary Communist Tendency |
| 39 | RF | Registry File |
| 40 | RMLL | Revolutionary Marxist–Leninist League |
| 41 | RWU | Revolutionary Women’s Union |
| 42 | SDS | Special Demonstration Squad |
| 43 | SL | Spartacus League |
| 44 | SOS | Special Operations Squad |
| 45 | SPL | Subversion in Public Life committee |
| 46 | STST | Stop the Seventy Tour |
| 47 | SWP | Socialist Workers Party |
| 48 | TOM | Troops Out Movement |
| 49 | VSC | Vietnam Solidarity Campaign |
| 50 | WLF | Women’s Liberation Front |
| 51 | WLM | Women’s Liberation Movement |
| 52 | WRP | Workers Revolutionary Party |
Undercover Policing Inquiry Tranche 1 Interim Report
Tranche 1: Special Demonstration Squad officers and managers and those affected by deployments (1968–1982)
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Formation of the Special Operations Squad – the “Autumn Offensive”
- Chapter 2: The Special Operations Squad after 27 October 1968
- Chapter 3: The Special Operations Squad 1971 and the Special Demonstration Squad 1972 to 1973
- Chapter 4: The Special Demonstration Squad 1974 to 1976
- Chapter 5: The Special Demonstration Squad 1977 to 1982
- Chapter 6: Analysis and conclusions
- Appendix 1: List of witnesses and evidence
- Appendix 2: List of abbreviations