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![]() Top secret papers reveal 1968 truth
Race, the Falklands and Harold Wilson
Top secret government papers have for the first time revealed the full story behind the events of 1968.
The BBC has gained unprecedented access to those documents closed until 1 January 1999 under the 30-year rule. The result is the Leviathan documentary UK Confidential - a television first. Working closely with the programme's makers, BBC News Online take a closer look at an extraordinary year.
Secret government documents have revealed Harold Wilson's government was on the verge of implementing an economic crackdown that would have thrown the country into chaos.
On the verge of economic catastrophe
UK planned to give Falklands to Argentina
Callaghan: I was wrong on police and race
The year the world shook
Queen halted Armistice Day reforms How top secrets become common knowledge
Links to the documents that matter
Leviathan - UK Confidential BBC Two Friday 1 January 6.40pm
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