[…] March 7 Livingstone also asked “in what capacity Mr Colin Wallace served in the Ulster Defence Regiment whilst a Senior Information Officer in Northern Ireland?”Roger Freeman, junior MOD Minister replied: “Mr Wallace served as a Part Time 2nd Lieutenant in 1(Co. Antrim) UDR.” Which was the wrong answer. An error? An attempt to disinform? […]
[…] FO 1949 Economic relations dept. FO; Cyprus – part of the Albanian operation 1951 Head of Middle East desk, Cairo. BREO Cyprus. Operations against Iran 1953 attached MOD. Specialised in ‘economic and defence intelligence’ 1956 Operation Struggle against Syria. Middle East Director of Production. Assassination attempts against Nasser. Deputy Chief 1960 Under-Sec. 1961 Retired. […]
[…] they got there. And when some of the soldier subjects got ill, began complaining and trying to find out what had been done to them, the traditional MOD cover-up was put into place. Another shoddy story in a long line of shoddy MOD stories. This is the first study of its kind; and, given […]
[…] mistake; indeed, rumour now has it that while MI5 and Special Branch were stuffing Wallace into prison, the Ministry of Defence were trying to prevent it happening. MOD, by implication, knew better. Well, so far, the mud hasn’t been flung at MOD. In all accounts so far – ie the Wright-derived accounts – there […]
[…] SERVICE 1935 SECRETARIES OFFICE HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1940 EMPLOYED IN ‘SPECIAL DUTIES’ 1945 ASSIST SEC CABINET OFFICE 1948 BOARD OF TRADE 1951 ASSIST UNDER-SEC OF STATE MOD 1967 RETIRED MOD ON THE ‘INTELLIGENCE SIDE’ RESPONSIBLE FOR ‘COVER PLANS’ DRINKALL, JOHN KENNETH CMG (1977) B 1.1.22 BRASENOSE COLL OXFORD IRD 1942 INDIAN ARMY 1947 […]
[…] and details of the intelligence operation, Clockwork Orange.’ That Wallace was a ‘Walter Mitty’ figure was one of the lines put out by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) during Wallace’s trial in 1981 for murder. A piece in Private Eye 10 June 1987, presumably by Paul Foot, said, ‘Panorama reporter John Ware argued strongly […]
[…] are being denied by the British and American military establishments.See, for example, Michael Clarke, ‘Doing the Wrong Thing in Afghanistan: Depleted Uranium: The Definitive Moral Paradox’ at and Leuren Moret, ‘Depleted Uranium is WMD’ at . There must be special section of Hell reserved for the lawyers who work for the MOD and US Army.
[…] unremitting hostility to the European Union and his love of Bob Marley’s music. But nearly a decade ago he was the intermediary between Fred Holroyd and the MOD who came with an offer of money if Fred gave up on Colin Wallace. Then he was a deniable intermediary between Libya and the Foreign Office. […]
[…] in wheelchairs, had assembled by the Ministry of Defence for their dignified lobbying of MPs, but a Lord Levy LFI fundraiser at the Banqueting Suite between the MoD and the Cenotaph was where the heavy police and Community Security Trust presence took precedence. LFI guest of honour was Gordon Brown. Seen scuttling up Whitehall […]
[…] alleges CIA getting their information (re above) from Ministry of Defence. Guardian 14th April In Sunday Times piece (above) link said to be ‘US liaison staff at MOD’. Castro Enteritis Mike Osbourne in Undercurrents Feb/March 1984 Valuable 3pp summary of US (mainly CIA) attempts to wreak eco-war on Cuba’s crops, animals, weather, people. Undercurrents […]
