I was a student here (1) from 1971-74 doing a social science degree; but more importantly, between 1976 and 1982 I was on the dole much of the time and spent most of my days in the library here, educating myself in post-war history, American history, what was available then about the intelligence services – … Read more
[…] no run-of-the-mill intelligence officer. His father-in-law was Alexander Gorkin, Chairman of the Soviet Supreme Court. It is also believed that Ivanov played a prominent role in Nasser’s coup in Egypt. According to Nigel West (15) he had been identified by ‘D’ branch as an intelligence officer when he first arrived in London on the […]
[…] leader!), who was increasingly out of touch with reality. The final proof was during the abdication crisis when Mosley confidently expected Edward VIII to stage a constitutional coup, dissolving Parliament and installing him as Prime Minister. The call never came, although there were a few in Establishment circles who were worried that the King […]
[…] assassination, he writes: ‘Meanwhile, General Walker, the far-right American Security Council (including General Lansdale and Air America Chairman Admiral Felix Stump) and Texas ultras started plotting their coup d’etat in Dallas.’ He presents no evidence of this; nor is there any, to my knowledge. On p.431 he writes: ‘….the CIA imported Phoenix to America […]
[…] to ‘circumvent the informational controls imposed by authoritarian regimes on their citizens……… for example, the Chinese students in Tiananmen Square and the Russian democrats during the Moscow coup used computer networks to communicate with kindred spirits around the world’. It notes that it played an important role in recent conflicts. Citizens of Sarajevo could […]
Reflections on the ‘cult of the offensive’: pre-emptive war, the Israel lobby and US military Doctrine In our book, Spies, Lies and the War on Terror,(1) a central theme is the ascendancy of pre-emptive war doctrine in US military strategy and its impact on public perceptions and the construction of political narrative. A parallel and […]
2. Freedom and the Security Services – a Labour Party Discussion Document (£1.50 plus postage from The Labour Party, 150 Walworth Road, London, SE17 1JT) With this the Labour Party has taken a significant step towards the public recognition that, as far as the spook industry is concerned, the view of this society long held … Read more
[…] second paper provides a glimpse of the relevant operational guidelines. It begins by reaffirming that ‘It is firm and continuing policy that Allende be overthrown by a coup’. Even if this could not happen by 24 October ‘efforts in this regard will continue vigorously beyond that date’, on a clandestine basis ‘so that the […]
[…] Wynne did indeed embroider aspects of his life. But, the fact remains, Wynne did play a part in what is generally regarded as British Intelligence’s greatest post-war coup. For some reason though, Allason was not prepared to praise Wynne in any way for his role. There is another obituary which could be written about […]
A Franco-German Bomb? A study by the German historian Werner Abelhauser casts new light on Franco-German efforts to provide the youthful European Economic Community with military capability.(1) The essay is notable because it adds another dimension to our grasp of how and why the EEC was formed. Most modern work follows from the thesis developed … Read more
