Tag: espionage
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OLD FRIEND
The grey clouds hung low over the surrounding rooftops. Phillips stood next to the gate. His breath formed small puffs of mist. He pressed his hands deeper into his pockets. ‘They sent you.’ Phillips recognised the voice from the other side of the gate. He had last heard it in the bar in Whitehall all…
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BEST LAID PLANS
Yvegeny Shiskin sat in the imposing corridor. He dabbed his forehead to remove sweat and adjusted his spectacles. The chief had been with the President for an hour. Yvegeny wondered how his report was being received. He nervously fingered his copy of it. His entire life’s work. Now the time had come. The years of…
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BRITAIN’S SECRET HISTORY
The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 Christopher Andrew MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 Keith Jeffrey To mark the centenary of the creation of both the British Security Service and Secret Service (they both started as one organisation before evolving into the two separate organisations early on), both MI5 and MI6 opened…
Iain Kelly 