William J. West Berkeley Books, USA, 1990 From the UK reviews: ‘Unassailably accurate … beautifully written … the definitive book on the Hollis story’ – The Times ‘Lively, well-written a completely engrossing book. West has unearthed completely new material’ – Financial Times ‘West is a thorough and meticulous researcher. His book is one of […]
A current example of a conspiracy theory is the continuing attempt to paint Roger Hollis as a member of the so-called ‘Ring of Five’. There is, it should be said, not a shred of evidence that Hollis ever passed a single piece of information to the Soviets, nor that he had any contacts with […]
[…] similarities to the later plots against Ministers in the Wilson governments.) According to de Courcy, on 14th September 1951, two MI5 officers under the orders of Roger Hollis were sent to Paris to interview French officials looking for dirt to discredit the Paris branch of de Courcy’s Intelligence Digest. This, so de Courcy says, […]
Hollis again What with the opening of the KGB archives and the testimony of Oleg Gordievsky, you might be forgiven for thinking that the question, Was MI5 Director-General Roger Hollis a Soviet spy? had been answered conclusively and resoundingly ‘No’. You would be wrong – or so says the doyen of British espionage […]
[…] explain that I tried to join the Foreign Service soon after coming down from Oxford in 1960 and was firmly rebuffed, despite a recommendation from Sir Roger Hollis, of the rival Security Service, MI5.” (2) Waugh was close to the Hollis family. Roger’s brother Christopher was a godfather to Waugh and the two lunched […]
[…] unscholarly work but to nasty witch hunts. What first drew my attention to this trend was when Peter Wright came out with his accusation about Sir Roger Hollis. Chapman Pincher was wheeled out to back up the claim that Hollis had been recruited to Soviet intelligence by Arthur Ewert when in China. Ewert was […]
[…] Steve Dorril adds: There is one little gem in Wright’s book which is worth noting. On p. 93 Wright reveals that the Director-General of MI5, Sir Roger Hollis, deliberately destroyed a document before the Denning Inquiry into the Profumo Affair. This showed that Hollis had tried, via the Cabinet Secretary, to enlist John Profumo’s […]
[…] general crusade against communism. It also supported the British League for European Freedom and Common Cause. There were many Catholics involved – notably the British Catholic publisher, Hollis and Carter. MRA Moral Re-Armament was another influence on the work of Common Cause. In the words of its founder Frank Buchman, ‘Labour led by God […]
This piece by Daniel Brandt began as a short letter commenting on my review of Right Woos Left by Chip Berlet (Lobster 23 p. 34). I wrote back and asked if he would like to expand it. And so he did, writing almost the whole thing at one long sitting. Anyone who joined the U.S. … Read more
[…] (DCS) AS A ‘SPECIAL CONSULTANT’ 1977 LEFT DCS ASTOR, HON HUGH WALDORF B 20.11.20 MI5 (W) 1939 INTELLIGENCE CORPS LT COL EUROPE AND SE ASIA, ASSIST TO HOLLIS IN F DIVISION 1947 ASSIST MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT ‘THE TIMES’ 1948 DIRECTOR HAMBROS BANK 1956 BOARD OF TIMES NEWSPAPERS 1959 DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 1967 RESIGNED 1963 HIGH […]
