The Robert Henderson/Tony Blair story. Having failed to persuade any section of the British political class then in power to do anything about a wrong he had suffered at the hands of the media, Robert Henderson wrote letters to the then Leader of the Opposition, Tony Blair – 13 letters in all. This is Henderson’s … Read more
[PDF file]: […] just be a notepaper job. Nonetheless, some of the ‘advisory body’ were people with rather specialised interests. For example, at one point the name of General Leslie Hollis appeared on it. Hollis had been the Secretary of the Chiefs of Staff committee which ‘ . . . considered, with Sir Stewart Menzies, the head […]
[PDF file]: […] been considered.) Wright had been appointed to a committee which investigated the putative Soviet ‘moles’ and he came to believe that the ‘mole’ was MI5 chief Roger Hollis. He did his best to get the system to deal with this, was rebuffed and retired to Australia. There he continued trying to get serious attention […]
[PDF file]: […] Leigh (Observer 15 September 1985) has hinted that among those involved was Peter Wright, one of the leading figures in the campaign against former MI5 head Roger Hollis. Wright is obviously one of Pincher’s major sources for his last two or three books. Who else is in this group of MI5/ex MI5 who organised […]
[PDF file]: […] an entry in Oswald’s address book about the far right. 1 Oswald wrote: NAT. SEC. DAN BURROS LINCOLN ROCKWELL ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA AMERICAN NAZI PARTY (AMER. NATIONAL PARTY) Hollis sec. of Queens N.Y. (NEWSPAPER) NAT. Socialist Bulletin. Frewin cites an appendix in my book Dreamer of the Day showing that Oswald clearly derived his information […]
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[PDF file]: […] the Cold War that I am aware of has mostly been confirmation of what we knew already: the Soviets were apparently not running Alger Hiss or Roger Hollis; but they were funding the World Peace Council and the rest of the well known fronts. The only important news so far has been the confirmation […]
[PDF file]: […] Assange by some of the Guardian’s journalists.19 But the material is all worthwhile – even the page in which Robin Whittaker presents Chapman Pincher’s case that Roger Hollis was a Soviet agent. I don’t agree with the thesis but it is interesting to meet it again. On the down side, there’s a jokey tone […]
[…] Assange by some of the Guardian’s journalists.19 But the material is all worthwhile – even the page in which Robin Whittaker presents Chapman Pincher’s case that Roger Hollis was a Soviet agent. I don’t agree with the thesis but it is interesting to meet it again. On the down side, there’s a jokey tone […]
