Tag: MI6
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IRD, MI6 and the eurocommunists
The stream of revelations from the files of Britain’s cold war propaganda unit, the Information Research Department (IRD), continues in the Observer today. The paper reports on how the IRD worked with MI6 in the 1970s to undermine the Italian Communist Party, in spite of the Eurocommunist trend which saw the party taking a more…
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The DCIs: Britain’s intelligence chiefs in the Northern Ireland Troubles (Working Draft)
The new year is a good time to think about the best way of using my Patreon. While some of the posts there give a good flavour of my research, I’ve been thinking for some time about following the example of writers like Kevin Carson, who post the full working draft of their books online.Over…
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Sun doubles down on the Czech connection
Tonight’s Sun doubles down on allegations this morning’s attempt to link Jeremy Corbyn to Czech intelligence. I examined the initial story here. There’s also a useful account of one of the Sun’s sources, Professor Anthony Glees, at Political Scrapbook. The new element in the follow-up is an intervention from former MI6 chief, Sir Richard Dearlove,…