Advertising, Iraq and espionage

Lobster Issue 46 (Winter 2003)

[…] whom are. One reason why the agencies have lost influence in Parliament is because of changes in the House of Lords. For example, having ex-spook/BP chairman Lord Brown there, is not the same as having, say, a Lord Hayter in situ. The latter was ‘the last family chairman of Chubb’ whose products ‘guarded the […]

Export or Die: Britain’s Defence Trade with Iran and Iraq

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Lobster Issue 32 (December 1996)

[…] Defence Intelligence Staff did know about the 30 November 1987 document and expressed misgivings about its implications. These were not taken seriously enough to lead the government to stop or at least curtail the trade. See Inquiry D4.30. See his In the Public Interest (London, Little Brown, 1995; revised edition published by Warner Books, 1996)

Historical Notes: MI5 and the Wilson Plot. USA and Chile. Hess

Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1)

[…] Summers, The Arrogance of Power: the Secret World of Richard Nixon (London: Victor Gollancz, 2000); Chalmers Johnson, Blowback: the Costs and Consequences of American Empire (London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), pp.18 and 71. The document was found on the PRO website at http://www.pro.gov.uk/docimages/KV/2_34a.gif . Haushofer’s list can be inferred from a memorandum Haushofer […]

Print: Magazines and Catalogues

Lobster Issue 18 (1989)

[…] first. Information is being sought on the following individuals, most journalists, many possibly connected to various state-sponsored media/newspaper enterprises of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Ernest Ray Lewis Andrew Marshall Dennis Warner Michael Derek Carr Jennifer Hale John Epstein Ian Dunlop James Partington E.C. ‘Jim’ Brown S.J.W. ‘Jack’ Coles David Hay Neave (deceased) Douglas Evans

The View from the Bridge: Blair. IMF. Bilderberg, etc

Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1)

[…] was ‘dazzled by Blair’s drive and religious commitment’. Two months later, the leader of the Labour Party, John Smith, died, Blair won the election contest with Gordon Brown; and Michael Levy set about raising money – the figure of £7 million is widely quoted – for Tony Blair’s personal use. The big early contributors […]

Rebranding SIS

Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1)

SIS is dead – you read it first in Lobster – but the funeral has not been announced. Established in 1909, it will not make its centenary. SIS once offered a global brand operating in a market that had been previously divided along the lines of accepted cartels (market fixing). Its market-share, however, has been … Read more

Letter from Fred Holroyd to The Guardian

Lobster Issue 16 (1988)

This is the text of a letter The Guardian declined to print It was sent from Fred Holroyd on May 13th 1987 Dear sir, It comes as no surprise that Mrs Thatcher over reacted to the media attempting to discover the real facts of the Gibraltar shootings. Her attitude is vulnerable to close scrutiny, especially … Read more

Feedback

Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6)

[…] under Bilderberg, it should say page 367 where there are two paragraphs explaining that BC was invited to Bilderberg by Vernon Jordan and where he met Gordon Brown. This indexing error has been corrected in the recent paperback edition. From: Sebastian Cody Just to say, p. 37 of Lobster 48 says Wiebes’ study of […]

Two views of Dorril: MI6: Fifty years of Special Operations

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Lobster Issue 39 (Summer 2000)

[…] father, mother or little brother. What is the difference between training SAVAK and training the Gestapo? None – except in the case of SAVAK the tortured had brown skin. Dorril also includes some brilliant walk-on parts including Professor Ann Lambton (known as Nancy) of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). She was […]

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