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by Tim Newark


  Brooke, James 90

  Burgess, H., Chief Inspector 48–51, 251

  Carleton, Billie 43–6, 51, 52, 55, 251

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 83, 164–6, 168, 238, 240, 244

  Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau 10, 61, 68, 82, 112, 171

  Chamberlain, Neville, Prime Minister 111

  Chang, Brilliant 51–2, 251

  Chiang Kai-shek 88, 105–8, 111, 115, 146, 170, 212

  Chima, Evan 186, 189–90

  Chin Peng 141–6, 148–9, 256

  Christian, Ian 145

  Chan Chi Fu see Khun Sa

  Churchill, Lady 194–6

  Churchill, Winston, Prime Minister 33, 195–6, 232

  Clementi, Cecil, Governor of Hong Kong 10, 253

  early career 89; end of career 93–4; opium dealing in Hong Kong 88, 91–4

  Clementi-Smith, Cecil, Governor of Straits Settlements 89, 253

  Colville, Jock 195–6

  Cook, Edward 86–7

  Cooper, Neville 203

  Copeland, Miles 240

  Delamain, Walter 40

  Deleglise, Laurent 78–9

  Delevingne, Malcolm 47, 87, 251–3

  criticising Hong Kong drugs policy 88, 92; criticising Thai drugs policy 84–5; early career 62; fighting international smuggling networks 62–4, 74, 77

  Del Grazio, August 69, 80–2, 252

  De Veulle, Reggie 44–6, 251

  Diamond, Jack ‘Legs’ 69, 80–2, 252

  Dobree, Peter 120–1

  Douglas-Home, Alec, Prime Minister 223–5

  Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 170, 242

  Drummond, David, Inspector 11, 259

  duel with Harun 201–3, 206–7; early career 200; end of career 209–10; leading pseudo-gang 203–9

  Ducroux, Joseph 140, 143

  Duff, Grant, Undersecretary for India 22–3, 250

  Du Yue-sheng 106–8, 115, 170, 254

  East India Company 16–17

  egg theft in Japanese-occupied China 114–15

  El-Ati, Abd 58–9

  El-Gharbi, Ibrahim 56–7

  Eliopoulos, Elias 79–83, 99

  Elliot, Elsie 233

  Fairbairn, William 253–4

  during Second World War 118; early career 101; leads Special Reserve Unit 103–6; police gunmanship 102

  Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) 70, 76, 82, 83, 116, 160, 161–5, 169–70

  Follows, Roy 158–9

  Fountain, D.S., Senior Assistant Superintendent 187–93, 258

  Fu Manchu, Dr 53–4, 251

  Gaddafi, Colonel 240

  Gangoo 123–5, 255

  Gibson, William 43

  Gladstone, William Ewart, Prime Minister 9, 18, 20–6, 28, 84, 249–50

  Godber, Peter, Police Superintendent 234

  Golden Triangle 241–2, 245, 246

  gold smuggling 235–40

  Goodwin, Eric 46–7, 52

  Graham, Alexander, Governor of Hong Kong 214

  Green Gang 105–8, 115–16, 170

  Guest, Peter 156–8

  gunrunning 28, 101, 201

  on North-West Frontier 33–5; in Persian Gulf 38–42

  Gurney, Henry, High Commissioner of Malaya 149

  Hartley, John 13–16, 26, 97, 249

  Harvey, Lewa, Commandant of Cairo Police 57, 60

  Heath, Henry, Commissioner of Police 227–32, 260

  Higham, J.D. 226–7

  Hitler, Adolf 74

  Ho Chi Minh 140, 143

  Hong Kong Police Force 242

  corruption 223–34

  Howe, George 78

  Hutton, William, Chief Inspector 118–19, 254

  Humphrey, Howard 97–9

  Idiong Society 190–3

  Irgun Zvai Leumi 177–83

  Isherwood, Christopher 107

  Jardine, William 17

  Jimmy, General 205–9

  Kempeitai 118–19, 143

  Kenyan Police Force 199–203, 259

  pseudo-gang campaign 203–10

  Keppel, Arnold 40

  Khan, Hakim 29–31, 33, 250

  Khun Sa 241, 246

  King David Hotel bombing 172–4, 182–3, 257

  Kim Soong 152–3

  Knowles, Roderic 235–41, 260–1

  Kowloon riots 211–14, 259

  Kuomintang 105, 115, 119–21, 133, 136–8, 144, 146, 162, 214–15, 241

  Lai Te 140–45, 256

  Lansky, Meyer 184–5

  Law Sing-hon 244–6

  Lawson, Wilfrid 19–21, 23–6, 250

  League of Nations 65, 68, 80

  leopard killings 186–93, 258

  Lin Zexu 17, 19

  Lo Hsing Han see Law Sing-hon

  Loram, David, Commander 219–21

  Lou Yang Hai 220–2

  Luciano, Charles ‘Lucky’ 69, 79, 80, 83, 184, 252

  MacFarlane, Charles 38–9

  MacLehose, Murray, Governor of Hong Kong 243–4, 246

  McCarthyism 162

  McNab, Jim 204, 206, 208–9

  Mafia 9, 105, 132, 191

  Malayan Communist Party (MCP) 133, 140–6, 148–59, 166

  Malayan Emergency 147–60, 197, 256

  Malayan Peoples’ Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) 141, 145

  Malayan Police Force 147–60

  Manning, Eddie 52

  Mao Tse-tung 145

  Matheson, J. 17

  Mau Mau 11, 198–203, 258–9

  battle with pseudo-gangs 203–10; threatening letter to Lady Churchill 194–7

  Melissaratos, Leonidas 62–4

  Moran, Jack 155–6

  Morton, Jack 147, 149, 152–3, 256

  Moyne, Lord, British Resident Minister 180–2

  Namazie, M.A. 84–7, 253

  Narcotics, illicit

  in Afghanistan 168–9; in Borneo 85; in Burma 241, 246; in Cairo and Egypt 58–67, 170–1; in China 54–5; in France 80; in Germany 80–1; in Hong Kong 88, 91–4, 162–4, 216–22, 228, 243–6; in Japanese-occupied China 112–13; in Laos 241, 246; in Liverpool 47–51, 162; in London 43–7, 51–3; in Malaya 166; in Persian Gulf 166–8; in Philippines 71–3; in Shanghai 96–9, 100, 106–8; in Thailand 84–7, 158, 164–5; in USA 76–9, 81–2

  Njeroge, Harun 201–3, 206–7

  Omdurman, Battle of 33

  Onraet, René 138–40, 143

  Opium Convention, International 72

  opium trade 13–19

  opium trade reform 19–28

  Opium Wars 17–18, 23

  Palestine Police Force 147

  policing Arab rebellion 174–6; policing Jewish rebellion 177–80

  Palmerston, Lord, Foreign Secretary 18

  Pasha, Russell see Russell, Thomas Wentworth

  Paskin, J.J. 85–6, 93, 252–3

  Pearl Harbor 118

  Prohibition 9, 28, 75, 79

  prostitution

  in Cairo 56–7; in Hong Kong 215, 247, 253, 255; in India 123–8, 255; in Japanese-occupied Borneo 129–30, 255; in Malaya 128–9, 255; in Shanghai 99–100, 253

  Pullinger, Jackie 247

  Pun Ting Chau 232–3

  Rajah of Sarawak 90

  Red Gang 105, 108, 116

  Rohmer, Sax 53, 251

  Roosevelt, Theodore, President 72

  Roos-Keppel, George, Chief Commissioner 250–1

  early career 31–2; end of career 42; identifying gunrunning network 33, 35–8; policing North-West Frontier 29–33

  Rothstein, Arnold 79

  Ruck, Michael 200

  Russell, John 168–9

  Russell, Thomas Wentworth, Commandant of Cairo Police 10, 170, 242

  criticising Japanese drugs trade 112–13, 161; early career 56–60; fighting drugs in Cairo 60–1; fighting international smuggling networks 65–9, 77, 80

  Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) 116

  Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP) 96, 99, 101–19, 254

  Special Operations Executive (SOE) 120

  Sprin
gfield, Maurice, Assistant Commissioner 95–7, 99, 253

  Stern, Avraham 178–80

  Stern Gang 179–83, 258

  Sun Yat-sen 211, 215

  Sykes, Eric A. 118

  Templer, Gerald, High Commissioner of Malaya 149

  Thatcher, Margaret, Prime Minister 248

  Thiga 204, 206, 208, 210

  Tongs 76–7, 252

  Trench, David, Governor of Hong Kong 242–3

  Triads 10, 161

  in Hong Kong 212–22, 234, 242, 247–8, 259; in Malaya 89–91, 131–8, 146; in Shanghai 105; in Singapore 153

  Uku, Etuk 186, 190–1, 258

  United Nations 161, 168

  Wallace, Christopher, Probationary Police Inspector 11, 223–32, 234, 260

  Walled City of Kowloon 211, 216–17, 246–8

  Won Tip 47–51, 52, 251

  Yakuza 108

  Yang Siau May 103–5

  Young, Arthur, Commissioner of Police 147–8, 150–2, 154, 198, 256

 

 

 


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