and Profumo affair 494, 497, 499, 500;
and allegations against Mitchell and Hollis 507, 509, 518, 519;
on secrecy 754
Macnamara, John ‘Jack’ 172
Magan, William ‘Bill’ 320, 351, 398, 464–5, 475
Magee, Patrick 704–5
Maisky, Ivan 168, 176
Major, Sir John 678, 771, 773, 774, 775, 778, 781, 782, 783, 785, 795
Makarios III, Archbishop 463, 464, 465
Makayev, Valeri (illegal agent HARRY) 423, 426
Makgill, Sir George 122–3, 124, 149
Malaya:
Security Service recruits from 331;
Communist Party 447–8, 449, 450;
Malayan Emergency (1948–60) 448–51, 454, 458, 459, 462, 474;
Malayan Security Service 448–9;
Malayan Criminal Investigation Department 449, 450
Malone, James 756–7, 759
Maly, Teodor 180–81, 183–4, 265–6, 267, 420, 854–5
Manchester bombing (1996) 794–5
MANHATTAN (Los Alamos atomic bomb project) 346, 366, 377, 384, 385, 550, 858
Manningham-Buller, Dame Eliza:
early Security Service career 554, 776, 786;
and Northern Ireland 776, 786, 795;
on Rimington 778, 781;
on possibility of ‘reduced base’ for Security Service 786;
on Lander 789;
appointed DDG 792;
and Shayler affair 792, 793;
and Islamist terrorism 807, 810, 817, 818, 821, 822, 823, 824–6, 831, 833;
succeeds Lander as DG 814, 815–16;
background and character 815–16
and ethical issues 825
Manningham-Buller, Sir Reginald 487, 815
Marriott, John H. 285, 318, 331, 332, 337, 363, 394, 504, 580 Marsh, Percy 61, 62, 63
Martin, Arthur:
claims against Hollis 282, 504–5, 510;
investigation of Blunt 282, 437;
recruitment and Security Service career 372, 428, 503–4;
reports on Philby’s presumed treachery 428;
and Profumo affair 496;
conspiracy theories encouraged by Golitsyn defection 503, 504;
character 504, 509, 519;
collaboration with Wright 504, 507, 510;
investigation of Mitchell 505–7, 508–9;
suspension and transfer 509–10;
leaves Security Service 510
MASK, Operation 175–7, 178
Mason, Roy 634, 649, 650, 651
Massiter, Cathy 558–9, 675–6, 677–8, 757, 758, 766, 768
Masterman, Sir John 219, 220, 238, 255–7, 283, 298–9, 300, 304, 305, 314–15, 316, 317–18, 855–6
Masterton, Miss A. W. 63, 127
Mata Hari (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle) 79–80, 221
Maudling, Reginald 518, 547–8, 567, 588–9, 589–91, 595–6, 613, 654
Maxwell, Sir Alexander 222, 540
Maxwell Fyfe, Sir David 322, 323–4, 408
Maxwell Fyfe Directive (1952) 323, 443, 615, 626, 670–71, 767, 852
May, Alan Nunn 340–41, 343–4, 345–6, 380, 384
Melville, William:
background and character 5, 6;
recruited by Secret Service Bureau 5–6;
and Rachkovsky 6–7, 100–101;
and German espionage and invasion threat 7–8, 10–11, 17, 26, 30, 31, 34, 35, 44–5, 46;
and MO5(g) 25, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36;
retirement and death 5 101
Menzies, Sir Robert 370, 373
Menzies, Sir Stewart 238, 255, 313, 342, 347, 362
Metropolitan Police:
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) 53, 97, 450, 462, 611;
and Indian nationalism 90–91;
strikes (1918 and 1919) 106, 107, 159;
Anti-Terrorist Branch (SO13) 644, 692, 751, 785, 796, 802;
Balcombe Street siege 644;
Diplomatic Protection Group 685;
Iranian embassy siege 685, 686;
see also Special Branch
MI1C 104, 105–6
‘MI5 ’s Official Secrets’ (television documentary) 757–8
MI9 64, 251
MI(B) 125
Michael, Glyndwr 286, 287
Mikardo, Ian 364, 758
Miliband, David 827
Militant Tendency (MT) 660–64, 667, 680, 681–2
Miller, Hugh M. 118, 120, 130, 131
Milmo, Sir Helenus ‘Buster’ 219, 250, 427, 432
MINCEMEAT, Operation 286–7
miners’ strikes:
(1972) 591–4;
(1974) 598–9;
(1984–5) 676–81
Mitchell, Graham:
investigated as alleged double agent 327, 494, 503, 504, 505–9, 510, 512, 515, 516, 518, 519, 520–21, 634, 706, 859;
and VENONA project 378, 433–4;
and vetting procedures 382–3, 399;
and atom spies 384;
and identification of crypto-Communists in Labour Party 412–15, 858;
on Wilson 416;
operations against Polish UB 484;
and Portland spy-ring 486;
and Henry Brooke 492;
and Golitsyn 504;
retirement 507, 509
Mitrokhin, Vasili 434, 574, 579, 580, 581–3, 586
MO25, 6
MO35, 6
MO 56–8, 11–12
MO5(g):
development of 29–31, 52;
resourcing of 29, 31, 35, 36, 41, 64;
Registry 48–9, 58;
integration into War Office 54;
expansion of 55–6, 58, 77–8;
divided into three branches 56–8, 84;
renamed as MI572, 84
MO 964
Modin, Yuri 424, 428, 429, 430, 432
Modrzhinskaya, Elena 272–3, 280
Moe, Helge John Niel (double agent MUTT) 253, 292
Mohamed, Binyam al-Habashi 825, 826–7
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh 806, 809, 819, 820
Mohammed, Ramzi 823
Molody, Konon Trofimovich
see Lonsdale, Gordon
Montagu, Ewen 254–5, 286, 287
Montague L. Meyer Ltd 416, 417, 418
Montgomery, Bernard 297, 309
morale, staff 218, 228–9, 236, 338, 551, 555, 556–7, 558, 559, 781–2, 791, 808, 819, 852
Morgan, Kenneth O. 534, 641
Morgan-Smith, Catherine (later Weldsmith, then Shackle) 132–3, 237, 331
Morrison, Herbert 289, 381, 424–5
Morton, Sir Desmond 124–5, 128–9, 149, 151–2, 154, 236, 239, 279
Mosley, Sir Oswald 191–4, 226
Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 286, 287, 319, 442;
killing of 652
‘Mr Mills’ Circus’ (planned relocation of double agents) 257–9
Müller, Karl 67–9, 70, 85
Mullik, B. N. 443–4, 444–6
Munich crisis (1938) 202–7, 541, 853
Munich Olympic Games (1972) 612, 613, 614
Murdoch, Rupert 575–6
Murray, Sir George 19, 20
Muslims:
in Britain 91, 800, 805, 817, 821, 833–4;
and jihad 799;
see also Islamism
Mussolini, Benito 105, 124, 175, 191, 192, 193, 208
Nachrichten-Abteilung (German naval intelligence) 6, 12, 12, 18, 21, 36–52, 64–5, 66, 187
Nachrichtendienst (German military intelligence) 186, 187
‘Nadgers’ (Bettaney case investigators) 715–17, 720–21
Nairobi, bombing of US embassy (1998) 803, 809, 856
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 454, 473–4
National Front 738
National Liberation Front (Aden; NLF) 474, 475, 476
National Minority Movement 142, 149, 160, 164
Nationalist Party (South African) 444
NATO 542, 586, 709;
ABLE ARCHER exercise 722, 723
&n
bsp; NatWest tower bombing (1993) 783–4, 793, 855
Montagu, Ivor 286, 379
Naval Intelligence Department 4–5, 17, 163
negative vetting 383, 389, 390, 681
Nehru, Jawaharlal 442, 443, 445, 446
Netherlands:
First World War 66, 71, 72, 73, 87;
Second World War 205, 212–13, 222, 223, 230, 241, 247;
reaction to FOOT 575;
arrest of Patrick Magee 704;
PIRA terrorist attacks in 748;
see also Amsterdam; Hague, The
Neuberger, Lord 826
New Delhi 351, 445;
SLOs 442, 444, 446–7, 469, 481, 774;
Soviet embassy 446;
see also Delhi Intelligence Bureau
New York 43, 73, 74, 75, 105–6, 389, 423, 426, 693, 697, 806;
see also September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
New Zealand Security Service (NZSS) 514, 516, 774
Newman, Sir Kenneth 645, 696
Newton, Andrew 635, 641
Nicolai, Walter 52, 77, 186
Nikitenko, Leonid 715, 724, 725
Njonjo, Charles 468, 472
NKGB (Soviet intelligence agency) 174, 342, 348, 374, 420
Nkrumah, Kwame 451–4, 468, 470–71
NKVD (Soviet intelligence agency) 174, 183–4, 854, 265–6, 374
No-Conscription Fellowship 94, 102–3
NORAID (Northern Aid Committee) 697, 698
Northern Ireland:
Troubles 600, 602–6, 618–26, 644–7, 649–55, 683–5, 692–700, 703–5, 737–45, 748–51, 771–3, 782–6, 794–7, 861–2, 855–6;
peace process 625, 646, 782–3, 795, 797–8, 834, 856;
alleged Security Service dirty tricks in 641;
Security Service given lead intelligence role 833–4;
see also IRA; Irish Joint Section; Loyalist paramilitaries; Provisional IRA;
Royal Ulster Constabulary Northern Ireland Office (NIO) 621, 625, 645, 700, 704, 786, 852
Norton-Taylor, Richard 827
Norwood, Melita ‘Letty’ (née Sirnis) 182–3, 579–82
Nyasaland (later Malawi) 458, 468, 469
Nye, Sir Archibald 287, 442–3
Nyerere, Julius 469, 688
Ó Conaill, Dáithi (David O’Connell) 622, 625
Odinga, Oginga 466–7, 468, 472–3
Office of Strategic Services (US; OSS) 366, 374, 520
Official Committee on Terrorism 614, 615, 654, 695, 794;
Key Points Sub-Committee 620, 654
Official IRA 606, 619, 620, 622
Official Secrets Act (1889) 31, 39
Official Secrets Act (1911) 39, 49, 271, 757
Official Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) 623
OGPU (Soviet intelligence agency) 161–2, 170, 171, 174, 265, 267, 456, 860
O’Hanlon, Siobhan 740, 741, 742
Okhrana (Russian intelligence and security service) 6–7, 100–101
Oldham, Ernest 174, 854
one-time pad (encryption system) 156, 366, 376, 378, 486, 487, 491, 712, 728
Oshchenko, Viktor Alekseyevich 583, 584, 732
Ottaway, John 128, 152–3, 156–7, 158
OVERT, Operation 830, 831, 832, 835
OVERTHROW, Operation 284
Owen, David 640, 755
Owen, Will 413, 541–3, 640
Oxford University 59–60, 139, 170, 219, 232, 233, 255, 329–2, 440, 538, 540, 541
P Branch 559–60, 779;
see also Appendix 3
Pakenham, Hercules 80, 105
Pakistan 369, 442, 444, 445, 800, 802, 817, 823, 825, 827, 828, 839
Palestine:
DSO 138;
British mandate 350, 358, 359, 362;
Zionist extremists in 350–51, 353–4;
Jewish refugees admitted 352, 358, 359;
Sarafand intercept station 353;
partition 358, 360;
and Aden Emergency 476;
see also Black September; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 608, 648, 691, 736
PanAm 103 bombing (Lockerbie; 1988) 746–8
Paris, terrorist attacks in 691, 692, 800
Parker, Hubert, Baron Parker of Waddington 487, 491
Parrott, George 44–5, 46, 52
PARTY PIECE, Operation 400–401
PATHWAY, Operation 836
Patterson, Geoffrey 372, 373, 374, 377, 386, 387, 390, 426
Payne Best, Sigismund 242, 244
Penrose, Barrie 639, 640, 641
Petrie, Sir David:
head of Delhi Intelligence Bureau 137, 331;
on outbreak of war 219;
and promotion of women 220;
onspy mania 224;
on Registry efficiency measures 229;
on British Fascists 231;
appointed DG 236–8, 855;
background and character 236, 237, 559;
management style 236, 237, 238;
report on organizational breakdown 236–7, 779;
relations with Churchill 238–40, 288–9, 292, 308, 856;
on Jack Hooper 247;
execution of double agents 258–9;
and wartime Soviet espionage 276, 282, 517;
and D-Day landings deceptions 308, 309, 310;
retirement as DG 319, 351;
and Gouzenko defection 343, 345;
on Zionist threat 351;
and Special Relationship 365;
reputation as DG 559;
on lessons of history 859
Petrov, Vladimir and Evdokia 430, 517, 520
Philby, Kim:
views on Liddell 131, 341;
at Cambridge 167–8, 172, 420, 438, 854;
early career 168, 341;
marriages 168, 433, 503;
recruitment 169, 170–71, 171–2, 420;
background and character 171, 856;
head of SIS Section IX 241, 341–2, 344, 856;
on circulation of ISOS and ISK decrypts 255;
Krivitsky’s information on 266, 267;
on Cowgill 281;
heavy drinking 284, 433, 503;
retailing of personal scandals 284;
and Gouzenko and Volkov cases 341–7, 349, 431–2, 434;
views on Hollis 344;
transferred to Istanbul 347, 856;
welcomes Zionist terror campaign 362;
and VENONA decrypts 374, 376–7, 378, 420, 429;
SIS liaison officer in Washington 376–7, 422–4;
and atom spies 387, 390;
mishandling by Soviets 420, 422, 426, 434;
identification of Maclean as HOMER 423–4;
learns of Burgess and Maclean’s defection 426, 433;
recalled from Washington and retired from SIS 426–7;
presumed treachery 427–8, 429–31, 509, 517;
cleared through lack of evidence 431, 484, 491;
new evidence against 431–5;
in Beirut 433, 435;
confession 435–6, 503;
defection 436, 438, 503, 754;
recommendation of Martin as MI5 recruit 504;
Bettaney’s sympathies with 716, 718, 720
Phillips, Morgan 411, 412, 522, 847
Phillips, William A. 127, 128–9, 143
Pilling, Sir Joe 782, 855
Pincher, Chapman:
on Fuchs case 386;
and search for crypto-Communists in Labour Party 412, 414, 415, 531;
D-Notice affair 531–2;
Wilson’s suspicions of 633–4, 638;
allegations against Hollis 712, 754, 761;
collaboration with Wright 712, 761;
Their Trade is Treachery 754, 761, 764
Poland 119, 139, 213, 298, 354, 587;
Polish agents in Britain 484–5
police:
Kell’s contacts with chief constables 29–30, 31, 35, 48, 50–51, 191, 239, 861, 858;
training of
colonial and Commonwealth police 462, 468;
pay dispute (1977) 665;
Security Service’s collaboration with organized crime investigations 780, 787, 788, 790, 793;
collaboration in antiterrorism operations 785, 817, 820, 824, 830, 858, 860;
corruption 790;
see also Metropolitan Police; Royal Ulster Constabulary
Pollitt, Harry 142, 148, 160, 176, 179, 180, 278, 404
Pontecorvo, Bruno 375, 389–90, 391
Ponting, Clive 757
Popov, Dusˇan ‘Dusˇko’ (double agent TRICYCLE) 253, 297, 301, 304–5
Popov, Viktor 723, 724
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) 601–2, 605, 606, 607–9, 613, 617, 618, 648, 747
Port Control section (E Branch) 77–8, 79, 84, 220
Portland spy-ring 485–8, 492, 493, 537
positive vetting (PV) 387–8, 391–7, 493
Post Office 37, 63, 134–5, 334, 455;
Investigation Department 549
Powell, Philip 763, 765
Prague 208, 371, 426
Prague Spring (1968) 480, 536, 541, 566, 583, 588
Precautionary 143
premises:
Adelphi Court 56, 85;
Babcock House, Gower Street 551, 555–6, 677, 710, 717, 719, 780;
Blenheim Palace 217, 231–5, 317;
Cork Street 85;
Curzon Street House 551;
Great Marlborough Street 328, 551;
Greener House, Adelphi 85;
Grosvenor Street 549;
Leconfield House, Curzon Street 324–5, 334, 483, 551, 611;
Oliver House, Cromwell Road 117, 134;
Queen’s Gate 117;
St James’s Street 231, 235, 311, 316;
St Martin’s Le Grand 334;
Thames House, Millbank 134, 217, 778–9, 822;
Union House 334;
Victoria Street 3, 6, 35, 861;
Watergate House, Adelphi 42, 50, 56, 85;
Waterloo House, Charles Street 85, 113, 117;
Wormwood Scrubs 217–18, 219, 231;
see also the maps
Prendergast, Sir John 458, 476
Prime, Geoffrey 578–9, 712–13, 716, 754, 756
PROBA, Operation 567
Profumo, John 494, 495, 496, 497–8, 499, 500, 522
Profumo affair 323, 494–500, 576
protective security:
and First World War counterespionage and sabotage 76–7, 79, 80;
and Port Control 77, 78;
and internment 80–81;
of MI5 HQ 85, 127;
definition 126;
first interdepartmental committee 126–7;
inadequacies in Whitehall 174–5, 393, 854;
American pressure to strengthen 392–3;
reviewed following Portland spy-ring and Blake and Vassall cases 492, 493;
Helsby Committee review 537;
and counter-terrorism 600, 606–7, 612–14, 654–5, 695;
Economic Key Points (EKPs) 620, 654–5, 695
Provisional IRA (PIRA):
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