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John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
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
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Sir Henry Garraway,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
The English were granted a house in Aceh, royal protection, full trading rights, and exemption from customs duties. All that remained was to load the fleet with Sumatra’s famous black pepper and head for home.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Gabriel Towerson,