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The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.comstaff are secretaries, clerks, guards, cooks, drivers, cleaners andmechanics.About half of the IB and most of the support staff are based in London.Their main task is to support those in the field, plan operations,liaise with foreign intelligence services and distribute intelligenceto decision-makers in Whitehall. MI6's intelligence `product' is knownas CX, an anachronism from the earliest days of MI6 when the Chief, `C'in popular fiction, was Mansfield Cummings. Then the service was sosecret that intelligence reports were not distributed outside MI6 andso were marked `Cummings Exclusively', abbreviated to CX. Intelligenceis worthless if it is not passed on to decision-makers, and nowadays CXreports are disseminated far more widely to `customers'. The FCO andthe MOD are the most important, but any government department canreceive CX if the material is relevant to them. Even some large Britishcompanies, such as British Aerospace, BP and British Airways, have MI6liaison officers who receive relevant CX.IB officers working in British embassies overseas under cover asdiplomats gather the majority of CX. These officers normally work in asmall, discreet cell within the embassy, known as the `station'. Thestation has its own highly secure communications with Head Office andonly MI6 staff are allowed access to its rooms. These rooms arefrequently swept for listening devices and in many stations there is aspecial `safe-speech' room where important meetings are held.There are about 50 stations around the world. The size of the stationreflects the importance of the host country to Britain's interests.Those in the spy capitals of the world - Geneva, Moscow, Vienna, NewYork and Hong Kong - may contain up to five IB, three or four GS andperhaps half a dozen secretaries. Most stations in Western Europe aretwo- or three-man stations, while third world stations usually consistof only one officer and a secretary. However there are exceptions.Jakarta, for example, has a three-man station because Indonesia is agood customer for Britain's weapons industry, and Lagos is a three-manstation by virtue of British interests in its oil industry. The head ofstation, usually a senior officer in his 40s working under cover as anFCO Counsellor, is normally `declared' to the secret service of thehost country, and much of his work is in liaison. The other officersare mostly ùndeclared' and may spend part of their time spying againstthe host country.Certain stations exist primarily to spy against the host country -Moscow and Beijing, for example. Others do not spy against the host atall. Austria has no secrets of interest to Britain, but MI6 maintains alarge Vienna station to spy on the Iranian and Russian communities, thearms trade and the International Atomic Energy Agency which is based inthe outskirts of the city. Likewise, the New York station existsentirely to run agents in the United Nations.The stations are administered and serviced from Head Office in London.Each has its own `Production' or `P' officer who determines thestation's strategy and targets, oversees and plans operations, andadministers the budget. `Requirements' or `R' officers distribute theintelligence production to customers. These P and R officers areorganised in pyramidal structures into `controllerates', which haveeither a regional or functional focus.page- 37 - 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.comWhen I joined, there were seven controllerates, the largest and mostpowerful being the East European and Western Europe controllerates. TheMiddle East and Far East controllerates were assuming more prominence,while the African and Western Hemisphere (Latin America and theCaribbean) controllerates were shrinking. The Global controllerate wasresponsible for issues such as weapons counter-proliferation, largescaledrugs trafficking and international money laundering.The controllerates formed the `teeth' of the service, grouped in theDirectorate of Requirements and Production. Alongside this directoratewere two further large and unwieldy directorates responsible foradministering the service and providing technical back up. Fourdirectors form the `Board' and control the overall strategy andadministration of the directorates, and they are presided over by theChief.One of our first lectures at Boro, given by Ball, was on maintainingour `cover' as members of the diplomatic service. We were permitted totell immediate family about our true occupation after obtaining writtenpermission from personnel department, but we were forbidden to tellcasual acquaintances that we worked for MI6. Ball explained that tothem we were to claim that we worked for the FCO in King CharlesStreet, Whitehall. To defend this cover, we needed to know how tobehave and talk intelligently about the life and career of a genuinediplomat.Ball assigned each of us to a cover department in the FCO. Over thenext few days, we went along to Whitehall, met our `colleagues',learned about their work and memorised details about the room wherethey worked, bus and underground routes from our homes into Whitehalland the names of the best local pubs.One evening, after a further lecture on cover, Ball invited us to hishouse for a party. Ìt's my wife's birthday,' he said, ànd I am sopleased with how this course is gelling together that I'd like her tohave the opportunity to meet you all.' In MI6 socialisation amongstofficers and their spouses is not unusual, and particularly so on theIONEC, so Ball's invitation did not strike us as odd. `My wife isinviting a few of her friends around too, and since none of them areconscious as to MI6, it will be an opportunity for you to defend yourcover in a social situation,' Ball added.On the evening of the party, we trooped round to Ball's comfortableIslington house, clutching birthday cards and flowers for his wife. Along and bibulous evening ensued. His wife's friends were an eclectic,lively and interesting bunch. I spent much of the evening chatting to acommercial diver, who had now set up a marine engineering business.Hare discovered a fellow former army intelligence officer. Markham, whowas fond of good wine, found a kindred spirit in one guest who was awine merchant. It was flattering to find that all the guests were sointerested in our careers as diplomats. Armed with Ball's lessons,however, it was easy to fend off their questions and maintain cover.One guest was an attractive blonde and Spencer, his courage fortifiedby a few cans of Younger's lager, was soon in animated conversationwith her. She was a lingerie saleswoman and model and was delightingpage- 38 - 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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