The Spooks and Peter Newell

The BBC is reporting on how British government officials forged documents to produce “fake news stories” during the Cold War, newly released files show.
The Information Research Department (IRD) was the Foreign Office’s secret propaganda unit. For 30 years it fed information to journalists and had its own news agencies too.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47571253

Late member Peter Newell undertook his own research into the topic and revealed much data on the state-organized disinformation.

Some of his articles can be read here

https://marxthecoldwarandthespooks.blogspot.com/2012/03/information-research-department-notes.html

https://marxthecoldwarandthespooks.blogspot.com/2012/03/secret-history-how-british-government.html

https://marxthecoldwarandthespooks.blogspot.com/2012/03/marx-cold-war-and-spooks.html