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The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.comKiddie accepted the new assignment with relish but found that she wasout of her depth. She had no technical training and was unable tounderstand the specifications and drawings of the equipment. She neededhelp from somebody with an engineering background, so she recruitedAlbert Constantine, a 60-year-old former merchant seaman and engineerand an old friend of her first husband. Constantine was one of life'sunfortunate souls whose career seemed to disintegrate around himwhichever way he turned. He had started work in the Durham coalmines at16 but was made redundant when the mining industry started to falter.He obtained an apprenticeship in the Tyneside shipyards, but he'dpicked another doomed industry and shortly after he was qualified hewas made redundant again. He went to sea with the merchant navy and hadjust qualified as a First Mate when he was seriously injured in a carcrash. As a result of his injuries, Constantine lost his merchant navymedical certificate and that career too. He drifted around doing simpleengineering work for many years and then, in his late 50s, washed up asa commodity trader with a import-export trading company in London.When Kiddie asked Constantine to help, he was delighted. He wasstruggling to make ends meet from his low-paid job, and the extra cashwould come in handy. A few months later, in April 1994, Kiddie andConstantine met up in South Mimms motorway service station, just northof London. Unbeknown to them, their meeting was under surveillance. TwoPTCP officers, posing as travelling salesmen, sat at an adjacent table,recording their conversation with a sophisticated directionalmicrophone mounted in a briefcase. From that surveillance and thetelephone intercepts of Constantine, it became apparent that he too wasunable to understand the technical specifications provided by Fahd. Butthere was no way that he was going to let on to Kiddie just yet - hebadly wanted to be in on the deal.Normally if MI6 wanted to worm its way into a piece of quasi-criminalactivity such as Kiddie's dealings with Fahd, they would try tocultivate and then recruit one of the key individuals, such asConstantine or Kiddie. But Badger was adamant that Kiddie would panicif approached by MI6 and pull out of the deal, denying us theopportunity of disrupting the Iranian operation. He ruled outcultivating Constantine, too. He was more level-headed, but was loyalto his friends and he would probably tell Kiddie. Badger was adamantthat the only means to get into the operation was for me to approachKiddie or Constantine under cover, win their confidence and trust, andhope that they would recommend me to Manbar and Fahd.It would be difficult to get alongside Kiddie directly. First, sheworked alone at home, so was not easily accessible via intermediaries.Secondly, telephone intercepts showed that she was wary of strangersand only trusted them if strongly recommended by somebody she knew. Iwould have to get alongside Constantine first, then hope that he wouldintroduce me to Kiddie.Delving into the files turned up Constantine's home address inSouthampton on the south coast of England. A quick recce trip on mymotorbike revealed that the house next door to his terraced cottage wasvacant. `Why don't you rent it and get to know him as a neighbour?'Badger suggested. Returning to Southampton to visit the estate agentthe next week, I found it was already too late; a young couple had justmoved in. I had to find another plan.page- 129 - 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.comTracing Constantine's employer through the CCI computer fortunatelythrew up a positive lead - there was already a file on Bari Trading, atrading company in the posh London area of Mayfair. The managingdirector was being run by H/UKP, the head of the Iranian natural coversection. A quick call on the PAX and at their next debrief the managingdirector agreed to take me on temporarily in Bari Trading. He would bethe only person in the company conscious to the operation, so I wouldhave to get together a cover story which would deceive the otheremployees.SBO5, the operational security officer for the PTCP section, agreed tolet me use the Huntley alias that was developed for my trip to Russia.Strictly, a fresh alias should be used for every operation but thisrule was relaxed to save time and money. SBO5 thought the Huntley aliaswas unlikely to have been compromised in Russia and the operations weregeographically unrelated. Besides, Huntley already had a nationalinsurance card, simplifying the paperwork for Bari Trading. SBO5insisted that I put up a submission to the new Foreign Secretary,Malcolm Rifkind, as the operation could be embarrassing if uncovered.Submissions were supposed to ensure that potentially sensitiveoperations were legally accountable, but there was no independentscrutiny and so the only check on the judgement and honesty of thedrafting officer was the diligence of the Foreign Secretary. Writingsubmissions for Douglas Hurd was a time-consuming task, requiringflawless reasoning and perfect prose, but Rifkind was already renownedfor looking favourably on whatever MI6 put in front of him.Even back in my familiar Huntley skin, there was still a lot ofpreparatory work needed. From study of the telephone transcripts, weknew that Kiddie and Constantine needed a qualified chemical engineer,somebody who could easily interpret the technical drawings they had intheir possession, and who would know where to source the components.Two weeks later, after a lot of study in Imperial University's chemicalengineering library, I was working alongside Constantine in BariTrading, just a stone's throw from the Hyde Park Hilton Hotel, with thecover that I was an Anglo-Argentine chemical engineer who wished tostart a new career in chemical commodity dealing. My fictional fatherwas allegedly the manager of a Bauer plant in Buenos Aires and friendof the Bari managing director, who had agreed to give me a six-weeksecondment so that I could learn the business of import-export trading.The story seemed to satisfy Constantine and the other occupants of thedingy, cluttered second-floor office: Patricia, a pretty youngGuyanese-born Anglo-Indian and Fazad, a chain-smoking Iranian in his60s. Constantine, a friendly and helpful character, loaded me down withbooks and papers on `Bills of Lading' and `Import Export Duties'. Thework was tedious but I was not there for fun. My objective was tobefriend Constantine and so, without going suspiciously over the top,whenever an opportunity arose for a chat, a tea break or an eveningpint of beer with him, I would take it up.Meanwhile Badger and his crew were continuing to work on other aspectsof the case. One morning Debbie, a buxom transcriber, rushed into theoffice carrying a pink FLORIDA report. Normally she would puttranscripts into the internal mail system so they would arrive on ourdesks a day or so later. But this transcript needed Badger's urgentattention. It was Kiddie ringing from her home in Girton to Fahd inpage- 130 - 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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