[…] by “men in suits”‘, Mail on Sunday, 11 January 2004 According to bodyguard Kez Wingfield, ‘We all carried at least £1,000 for bungs. Henri Paul was no spy. His job meant contact with police. But he was a glorified doorman. More Inspector Clouseau than 007. He might have choked you to death on his […]
The Spy who came in from the Co-op David Burke Woodbridge: the Boydell Press, 2008, h/b, £18.99 The author was conducting a series of interviews with 87-year old Melita Norwood about her childhood among a group of pro-Soviet radical exiles in England in the 1920s and 30s, when it was revealed in the press, […]
[…] could be added, any effort being put into their personal safety) and/or maximise relationships, sometimes including with such local agencies. (16) If the last of these, the spy can be additionally responsible for branding, (17) two-way liaison with local agencies (18) and, in a limited number of cases, monitoring or instruction in acceptable civilian […]
Paul Lashmar Sutton Publishing, Stroud (UK), 1996 £12.99 (pb) Beautifully produced, large (trade) format, with many photographs, this is the story of the US and later US-UK spy flights round – and over – the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Alternatively, it is the story of a protracted series of skirmishes between the […]
Psi Spies: The true story of America’s psychic warfare programme Jim Marrs Franklin Lakes, New Jersey; New Page Books (newpagebooks.com), 2007, $15.99, p/b I’m not a fan of Marrs. I didn’t think much of his JFK book, Crossfire; and his The Terror Conspiracy (which isn’t included in his CV on the rear cover, for some … Read more
[…] ‘Jim Jones was always mysterious and would never talk about his work here in Brazil.'(48) Yet another Rocha, Marco Aurelio, was absolutely certain that Jones was a spy. At the time, Marco was dating a young girl who was living in the Jones household.(49) Because of this, and because Rua Maraba is a narrow […]
[…] STAFF COLL QUETTA 1947 HM CIVIL SERVICE 1965 CONTROLLER OF ENEMY PROPERTY 1969 RETIRED NOVELIST ‘WILLIAM HAGGARD’. ASSOCIATED WITH INTELLIGENCE WORK DURING HIS CAREER. (WHO’S WHO IN SPY FICTION. DONALD MCCORMICK, LONDON 1977) CLIFFORD, WG MI6 (PHILBY) 1955 2ND SEC (VISA) BEIRUT CLIFT, RICHARD DENNIS CMG (1984) B 18.5.33 MI6 (BF) 1956 FO 1958 […]
[PDF file]: Kim Philby: Cad and Bounder? Kim Philby: The Unknown Story of the KGB’s Master Spy Tim Milne, (London: Biteback, 2014) Scott Newton Few people in the history of espionage have had their public career, achievements, character and private life so thoroughly surveyed and discussed in literature and the media as the British intelligence officer […]
[PDF file]: […] handler on the grounds that ‘for me “practical love” is a PHYSICAL NECESSITY’. On surviving the war, surprisingly, he went on to become a prolific author of spy and travel books, and – under a pseudonym – of Sex Manners for Advanced Lovers (1969), The Sensuous Couple (1971) and Mainly for Wives (1963). It […]
