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The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.comcar, Henri Paul, as an MI6 informer and that the circumstances bore asimilarity to plans suggested within MI6 for the possible assassinationof the Serbian president Milosevic; he also confirms that Nelson Madelahas been in contact with MI6 for years but concedes that Nelson Mandelamay not have been aware that he was dealing with MI6 in his contactswith their agents over the years. Nothing in this book statedotherwise.However, these are not the reasons why the British Government were sodetermined to prevent publication. British objections to publicationcan be summarised by an extract from the affidavit given to the HighCourt by the Head of Security and Counter Intelligence for BritishIntelligence (SIS), on January 23 2001, in arguing against the liftingof a long-standing injunction against any publication by RichardTomlinson. The affidavit stated that:'Tomlinson's book contains information which, if it comes to theknowledge of foreign governments and foreign intelligence and securityservices, would cause damage to national security, by revealing SISmethods and operations and endangering the security of members of staffand agents. Information in his book could help identify agents whosewell-being and safety would be endangered if they were clearlyidentified as agents of SIS. Some of the operations described involveassistance from foreign liaison services. Disclosure of such operationswould call into question the Service's ability to protect those who cooperatewith them and the information they provide. Such disclosurestherefore risk causing serious and long term damage to the Service bydiscouraging co-operation from existing and prospective agents andliaison contacts. The book is also likely to give details aboutpremises and facilities used by the Service. Though the locations ofsome SIS premises are in the public domain, other details of SISpremises and facilities remain secret. The detailed information in thebook would be of value to terrorist organisations wishing to targetthese premises/facilities and members of the Service using them. Therocket attack on the Service's headquarters in September 2000 confirmsthe seriousness of this risk'.The affidavit went on to allege that the publisher, Kirill Chashin, was'acting on behalf of a Russian intelligence agency' and that MI6 hadassessed 'the publication project to be under their control'. It wenton to claim that the publishing company 'has no public record ofpublishing or any other activity'.The last is most certainly true. Narodny Variant Publishers had not,at the time of publication, published any other book and that this isits first venture in this field. It is also true that the company wasearlier dormant and that the publisher, Kirill Vladislavovich Chashin,used a variety of other names during the negotiations which led up topublication and that Richard Tomlinson knows him as Serge Korovin,others as Stepan Ustinov, Mikhail Arsenov and Valentine K Pirogov. Theuse of aliases was simply intended to confuse MI6 in his travelsabroad. He guessed rightly that he would come under surveillance byBritish intelligence; he did not intend to make that easy for them -though he has admitted to being flattered to learn that the British, inthe same MI6 affidavit quoted above, classed his tactics as the 'use ofprofessional intelligence methods including anti- surveillancetechniques'.page- 237 - To purchase the original limited edition hardback version of this bookplease call 08000 192 192 or go to http://www.192.com