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The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.comaccept this offer with alacrity. But having both worked for, and beentargeted by, them for nearly a decade, I doubt that they will.16. The Final ChapterBy the PublisherReaders of this book may be bemused by the press coverage it hasreceived since publication and they are entitled therefore to have anaccount of the actual circumstances surrounding it. Havingunsuccessfully attempted to prevent distribution of the book in theUnited Kingdom and elsewhere, the British government then, as itssecond line of defense, sought to discredit it by secretly briefingnational press and claiming that its publication was an undercoveroperation by 'the KGB' as revenge for the earlier British publicationof The Mitrohkin Archive - based on disclosures by a Russian defectorof secret documents smuggled out by him to the West. It was allegedthat certain parts of the book had been written, not by the authorRichard Tomlinson, but by Russian intelligence agents for the solepurpose of embarrassing Britain's secret service. Although the KGB nolonger exists- its successor in the post-Soviet Union is the FSB - thename is still better known in the West and understandably perhaps itwas 'the KGB' which was therefore widely quoted as the source of 'thesting' on Britain's MI6. It made better headlines, and made thecounter-operation launched against the book more credible to theaverage newspaper reader. Remembering the Cold War they would knowthat the KGB employed 'black propaganda' and therefore they wouldeasily believe that the book was just another example of the Russiansup to their old tricks again.The truth, in contrast, is that the Russian intelligence service hasplayed no part whatsoever in any part of the book's publication, indealings with the author, or have now or at anytime had any connectionswhatsoever with the publishers or any associate of the publishers.Although the author has, of course, his own reasons for seekingpublication, for the publishers it is simply a commercial undertaking -no more and no less.Furthermore, no part of the book has been inserted by or 'doctored' byRussian intelligence. Apart from conventional editing of the kindwhich occurs in the publication of any author's manuscript - in thiscase by a US journalist living in Washington - the story is as writtenby Richard Tomlinson - as he has himself confirmed: 'The Russianversion was printed as it was supplied by me with maybe 3% changes justto improve reading in terms of grammar. The final version was approvedby me'. The same applies to the later British edition of the book -the content of which is as the original Russian.Tomlinson has not withdrawn any of his allegations made in this book.He has confirmed that there is no direct evidence linking MI6 with thedeath of Princess Diana - only that he did recognise the driver of herpage- 236 - To purchase the original limited edition hardback version of this bookplease call 08000 192 192 or go to http://www.192.com