[…] FO 1949 Economic relations dept. FO; Cyprus – part of the Albanian operation 1951 Head of Middle East desk, Cairo. BREO Cyprus. Operations against Iran 1953 attached MOD. Specialised in ‘economic and defence intelligence’ 1956 Operation Struggle against Syria. Middle East Director of Production. Assassination attempts against Nasser. Deputy Chief 1960 Under-Sec. 1961 Retired. […]
[…] they got there. And when some of the soldier subjects got ill, began complaining and trying to find out what had been done to them, the traditional MOD cover-up was put into place. Another shoddy story in a long line of shoddy MOD stories. This is the first study of its kind; and, given […]
[…] mistake; indeed, rumour now has it that while MI5 and Special Branch were stuffing Wallace into prison, the Ministry of Defence were trying to prevent it happening. MOD, by implication, knew better. Well, so far, the mud hasn’t been flung at MOD. In all accounts so far – ie the Wright-derived accounts – there […]
[…] SERVICE 1935 SECRETARIES OFFICE HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 1940 EMPLOYED IN ‘SPECIAL DUTIES’ 1945 ASSIST SEC CABINET OFFICE 1948 BOARD OF TRADE 1951 ASSIST UNDER-SEC OF STATE MOD 1967 RETIRED MOD ON THE ‘INTELLIGENCE SIDE’ RESPONSIBLE FOR ‘COVER PLANS’ DRINKALL, JOHN KENNETH CMG (1977) B 1.1.22 BRASENOSE COLL OXFORD IRD 1942 INDIAN ARMY 1947 […]
[…] and details of the intelligence operation, Clockwork Orange.’ That Wallace was a ‘Walter Mitty’ figure was one of the lines put out by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) during Wallace’s trial in 1981 for murder. A piece in Private Eye 10 June 1987, presumably by Paul Foot, said, ‘Panorama reporter John Ware argued strongly […]
Parapolitics: “Generally, covert politics, the conduct of public affairs not by rational debate and responsible decision-making but by indirection, collusion and deceit.” – Peter Dale Scott The Watergate tag is appropriate to Kincora because, like that epic affair, an initial minor offence was the key that unlocked many secret doors. As James Angleton noted: “A … Read more
[…] (1965) Guardian (4th June 1982) “One important aerospace industry supplier, Fairey, admits that it has cleared the decks in some cases to meet urgent demands from the MOD.” See Desmond Young, Member for Mexico (1966); R. O’Connor The Oil Barons (1972); P. Calvert The Mexican Revolution (1968) See Sampson (note 27) p437. It seems […]
[…] resources on psyops has been the publicity surrounding former Army information officer in Northern Ireland, Colin Wallace and allegations of a disinformation campaign.’ But I thought the MOD line was that Wallace was making it all up? Tara lives? Still in Wallace country, Roy Garland, former member of William ‘the Beast of Kincora’ McGrath’s […]
[…] SB had 65 members in 1979. Two page report City Limits (2 September 1983) on list of ex SB members and subsequent employment. Organisation hiring such include: MOD, Standard Telephone and Cable, Plessey, British Gas, and Saladin Security. Convicted murderer Ronald Waldron claims he was a contract killer for Mid East groups while employed […]
[…] Freedom (CPF); John Selwyn Gummer, Party Chairman, and the man responsible for the anti-unilateralist campaign in the Churches; Peter Blaker, Minister of State for Defence; Ray Whitney, MOD spokesman and formerly of the Cold War propaganda unit IRD (and also of the Institute for European and Strategic Studies (IESS) and the Council for Arms […]
