The view from the bridge

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[…] he omitted, of course, was that this AIDS nonsense was a response to the US disinformation at the beginning of the decade about the KGB shooting the Pope. After I wrote that paragraph I was looking at volume 1 of Charles Moore’s biography of Margaret Thatcher and noticed that he has it that the […]

Tittle-tattle

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014) FREE

[PDF file]: […] of Democracy outpourings.38 There’s are lots more UK strands to the Calvi story. For those new to it, the link on Willan’s website to the documentary, The Pope and the Mafia Millions, is a good introduction.3 9 For those who want to seek serious insights into the workings of the Cold War and its […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: The view from the bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Nick Must (in particular) and Garrick Alder for editorial and proofreading assistance. Simon says Regular contributor to these columns, Simon Matthews, has a new book out. Looking for a New England, the sequel to his Psychedelic Celluloid, is published on 28 January 2021. Details of what […]

The view from the bridge

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The view from the bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Nick Must (in particular) and Garrick Alder for editorial and proofreading assistance. *new* Simon says Regular contributor to these columns, Simon Matthews, has a new book out. Looking for a New England, the sequel to his Psychedelic Celluloid, is published on 28 January 2021. Details of […]

Apocryphylia

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014) FREE

[PDF file]: […] the foot of the next page. Early this year You Gov published a poll identifying the ‘most admired’ people in the UK. Leaving aside the Queen, the Pope, celebrities, footballers and people on TV generally, the highest regarded Brits were……Richard Branson, Nigel Farage, Tony Benn (now deceased), Boris Johnson, Alan Sugar and Alex Salmond. […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] a major Soviet agent in funding and encouraging world terrorism. The minor theme is, of course, that the Soviet Union was behind the attempted assassination of the Pope. But covertly the important theme – and presumably the point of the exercise for the Israeli state – is that the PLO is simply a terrorist […]

Lobster review: 1992 guide to intelligence periodics

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[…] news, subscriber comment, and leaks,” ,-vhich appear plentiful. Contributions, like Jeffrey M. Ba le’ s “T he Ultrana tionalist Right In Turkey and the Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II,” are ,velcome,112 but no compensation is paid. LOBSTER issues contain from 20 to 50 black and white pages (20 x 30 cm). The […]

The DRE newsletter (June – August 1963)

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[PDF file]: […] to Ireland (26-29 June); then to the UK (29-30 June); and finally to Italy (1-2 July), which included an excursion to Vatican City for an audience with Pope Paul VI. 15 11 who gave their lives shall not be forgotten, and that Cuba must not be abandoned to the Communists. And we do not […]

View from the Bridge

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[…] a major Soviet agent in funding and encouraging world terrorism. The minor theme is, of course, that the Soviet Union was behind the attempted assassination of the Pope. But covertly the important theme – and presumably the point of the exercise for the Israeli state – is that the PLO is simply a terrorist […]

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