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The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.comhim. Besides, later that evening I was to have my first meeting withthe deputy leader of the PRI and the afternoon could be better spentpreparing for the meeting. I went back up to my room, fished out mylaptop computer from my briefcase and waited for it to graunch intolife. The hard disk had been modified by TOS to carry invisible fileswhich they guaranteed could not be detected by even the most capableexpert. I typed in the password, the hard-disk graunched some more, andmagically all my briefing notes were revealed on the screen. I readthrough them, reminding myself about the key CX requirements andshaping in my mind the sort of questions I would ask at the meeting.The first meeting went smoothly and my contact in the PRI was delightedto find a western journalist so interested in him. He agreed to furthermeetings and over the next couple of months I made repeated trips toSkopje, building up the relationship, gaining his confidence and edginghim closer to the CX threshold. It was slow work, made all the moreirksome because air links to Skopje were few and far between, meaningthat each trip required three or four days. The meetings yielded someintelligence but eventually it became obvious that my contact washolding back, afraid for his personal security. His concern was thatthe Macedonian secret police would make life difficult for him if theydiscovered that he was talking too regularly to a foreign journalist.Back in Century House, both Bidde and String Vest agreed that the onlyway forward was to drop my journalistic cover and make the relationshipcompletely clandestine. On my next trip out to Skopje, I used the linethat we had practised so diligently on exercise on the IONEC. Ì expectthat you've already guessed that I am not really a journalist, but anofficer from British Intelligence.' To my relief, my contact did notget up and run. Instead, he accepted my assurance that as he wasdealing with a professional intelligence officer rather than a flakyjournalist, the Macedonian secret police would never discover hiscontact with me. He thus became my first recruited agent, and I won myspurs in the office. Thereafter, with the relationship on a more secureand stable footing, he became a productive CX producing agent.Back in London, between trips to Skopke, Fish was keeping me busy witha series of small but interesting tasks related to the Bosnian War. Hisjob was to coordinate targeting leads to possible informers from otherstations or UK-based assets such as BEAVER, and he was an energeticworker. Under various covers, I made trips to Strasbourg, Hamburg,Lisbon and Brussels to meet Bosnian and Serb journalists, dissidentsand politicians. Every time I put my head into Fish's office he wouldoffer another interesting task. `How'd you like to run BEETROOT?' heasked one day.ÒK,' I replied. `But who is BEETROOT?'`He's a right-wing vegetable,' replied Fish. À Tory MP, butsurprisingly he's OK,' he added. `Here's his file - go and read it.'BEETROOT had tried to join MI5 after university, but had been ratherunfairly turned down on security grounds. After his rejection he wentinto business, making frequent trips to the Soviet Union, and was soonpicked up by MI6 as a provider of low-level economic CX. He then joinedthe Conservative Party, which proposed him as a candidate. Toeverybody's surprise, he was elected after a large swing in favour ofpage- 103 - To purchase the original limited edition hardback version of this bookplease call 08000 192 192 or go to http://www.192.com
The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.comthe Tories. Normally, MI6 are not allowed to run MPs as informers butin this case Prime Minister John Major personally granted MI6permission to continue running BEETROOT. He was making frequent tripsto Bosnia as part of the parliamentary working group on the war, andString Vest and Fish had decided that his access to leading actors inthe region made him a worthwhile agent.My first meeting with him was at the Grapes pub on Shepherd Marketwhich he chose as it was only a short walk from Parliament, and noother MPs went there because the prostitutes in Shepherd Market couldpotentially bring embarrassing publicity. After shaking hands weordered a pint of Ruddles each and bags of pork scratchings. Ì'm gladyou've got in touch with me,' he said once we were seated at one of thelarge oak tables. `There's something that's been worrying me for awhile, but I have not known what channel to report it on.'`Please explain,' I asked, mystified.He went on to tell me about a young prospective Tory parliamentarycandidate. Although a British citizen, the subject was from a Serbfamily, spoke fluent Serbo-Croat and had changed his name by deed poll.He was a passionate supporter of the Bosnian-Serb cause and Karadzicappointed him as his unofficial spokesperson in London. Fish had aFLORIDA warrant to keep his telephone and fax machine under intercept,and this had produced some useful CX.`Well, it seems that he has arranged for the Bosnian-Serbs to make afinancial donation to the Conservative Party,' explained BEETROOT.`He's channelling the money through a Serb bank to make it looklegitimate, but basically the money is coming straight from Karadzic.He boasted to me about it only yesterday - he's hoping that gettingsome funds for the party will help his chances of becoming an MP.'The Tory Party was deeply in debt after emptying their coffers in the1992 general election campaign. Accepting money from any foreigngovernment would be controversial enough, but Britain had soldiersattached to UNPROFOR in Bosnia who were regularly shot at and sometimeskilled by Karadzic's forces. If this news was leaked to the press, itwould cause a huge scandal and it explained why BEETROOT had not knownwhere to turn with this information - he could hardly report it to theTory Party chairman, the normal chain of command, because the partychairman himself was accepting the money. I thanked him for hisinformation and promised to be in touch, BEETROOT honourably insistingon paying for the beer and pork scratchings, concerned that otherwisehe would have to register my hospitality in the Parliamentary Registerof Members' Interests.`Christ, you could sell that story to the Mirror for 15 grand!'exclaimed Fish when I told him the news back in Century House. Ànd itmakes sense, too. I saw on the FLORIDA that there was discussion ofsome form of money transfer with Karadzic, but I couldn't make out whatfor,' Fish added. `Now it is all clear. You'd better write that up asCX fast.'I scurried upstairs to my office, clutching the FLORIDA transcripts,already putting the report together in my head. Half an hour later, thefinished CX report was on its way to R/CEE and would be on the desks ofpage- 104 - To purchase the original limited edition hardback version of this bookplease call 08000 192 192 or go to http://www.192.com
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