George Korkala’s address book

George Gregory Korkala was the ‘soldier’ in the activities of ‘lieutenant’ Frank Terpil and ‘leader’ Edwin Wilson. Wilson and Terpil are both ex-CIA, though when their relationships with the ‘company’ ended is not known.

Korkala was arrested in February 1982 at a trade fair on security devices in Madrid. Spanish police carried out the arrest at the request of the US government. Korkala fought extradition but was flown to the US on 11th March 1982. He now faces charges in connection with the sale of 10,000 machine guns, part of an international gun-running organisation.

What follows is the contents of the address book Korkala sent to Marie McCarthy (friend of his and Terpil in Beirut) from his cell before FBI agents spirited him back to New York. She says the book contains the names of top CIA and other intelligence officers in the Middle East and Europe.

Obviously most of those named lead completely legitimate lives and were involved with Korkala in apparently legal business deals with his company Amstech. These would include Commander Frank Eagan of the Irish Army Ordnance and Peter Gurney of Scotland Yard, a bomb disposal expert. But others are more interesting, like Jock Wilson of Scotland Yard, who has a long career in Special Branch and is said to be a link to MI5/MI6.

We apologise for any mistakes: the original was none too clear. If you recognise any of the names please contact us. Thanks to SC for the address book.

SD