Tariq Ali and Peter Cooper at press conference

Oct. 24, 1977 - Peter Cooper The Man Who Taped Sir Richard Dobson Wogs Holds Press Conference. 27 year old Peter Cooper, a left wing law advisor, admited last night that he was the spy at the dinner table who bugged the controversial Wogs speech by Sir Richard Dobson, which led to Sir Richard's resignation as Chairman of British Leyland, last Friday. He was invited to the dinner for members of the Twenty Club at the Dorchester, by his father Mr. John Cooper, who after the speech was published in the Socialist Challenge, whose editor is Tariq Ali, a friend of Peter Cooper, has resigned from the club. Photo Shows: Peter Cooper seen during his press conference today watched by Mr. Tariq Ali, Editor of the Socialist Challenge who published the story of Sir Richard Dobson's speech, which can be seen on the wall in the background

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