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The Establishment was officially called SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) though old hands in SOE invariably referred to the rival organisation as ‘C’ (its Chief’s code name), and its speciality was thwarting SOE. C had been running the British Secret Service (with emphasis on the Secret) since 1911 and were appalled when SOE received a mandate fro
... See moreLeo Marks • Between Silk and Cyanide
Jahn took over from Mundt as head of facilities, and Mundt himself got the plum—deputy director of operations—at the age of forty-one.
John le Carré • The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
At the start, the situation had been complicated by the fact that the so-called Cloak and Dagger boys, under the control of a mysterious Colonel Grand and the Foreign Office, were involved in this adventure. But it had now been decided that they should break away from the War Office and go off on their own. This left Colonel Holland with a very-muc
... See moreStuart Macrae • Winston Churchill's Toyshop
Signal plans, call-signs and codes were the fundamentals of clandestine communication. But the Signals directorate allowed no liaison between the officers who produced them. The Gauleiter of Signals preferred to keep us apart.
Leo Marks • Between Silk and Cyanide
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: A George Smiley Novel (George Smiley Novels Book 5)
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