The Big Breach - Index of

More documents

Recommendations

Info

The Big Breach; From Top Secret to Maximum SecurityCompliments of http://www.192.compottered around the flat, adding to the growing pile of books, clothesand knick-knacks accumulated in the middle of the floor, ticking eachoff against the list. Awaiting my opportunity to sieze the notebooks, Ireflected that it was typical of SOU to take advantage of the offer andexpect me to carry back his entire worldly possessions.When the old lady popped back into the kitchen again, I bolted from thesofa and delved in the sewing-box. Just as SOU had assured me, the twolight-blue school exercise books were still there. I sneaked a quicklook inside them to be sure and they were filled with row upon row ofnumbers - meaningless to anybody except an expert. I slipped them intoone of the part-filled cardboard boxes.Glancing at the wind-up clock ticking on the sideboard, I saw that itwas 4 p.m., only half an hour before dusk. I wanted daylight tonavigate on unfamiliar public transport back to central Moscow, so itwas time to extract myself. When she added two pairs of SOU's brightred Y-fronts to the pile, it was the last straw. Using sign language, Imade her understand that I would carry only one cardboard box. Sheunderstood and started prioritising the items and I was out of thedingy flat five minutes later.Struggling back into the Metropol, briefcase in one hand, the heavy boxcontaining the precious notebooks under the other arm, it was sorelytempting to dump the excess baggage. There had been a fierce debate inHead Office about the merits of bringing back SOU's belongings. P5 hadbeen vehemently against it, arguing that they were an incumbrance and ahostage to fortune. But SBO/1 had argued that they gave me cover forvisiting SOU's mother-in-law. If apprehended on my way back to thehotel, I could feign innocence, claim that SOU was a friend in Englandwho had asked me to bring back some of his clothes and deny anyknowledge of the significance of the notebooks. In the end, SBO/1'swisdom won out, so I was lumbered with the heavy load back to theMetropol.The following morning, after a leisurely breakfast in the Metropol'sBoyarsky dining-room, I rang the British embassy and made anappointment to visit the commercial section's library, ostensibly toobtain information for East European Investment. The MI6 secretary whoanswered the phone asked, as arranged, if I would like to make anappointment with the commercial secretary. I accepted a meeting for11.30 a.m. and started on the short walk from the Metropol through RedSquare then over the Moskva river to the British embassy, directlyopposite the Kremlin. P5 and SBO/1 concurred that I needed to get ridof the notebooks as soon as possible, hence they had to be dropped offat the embassy from where they could be returned to London in thediplomatic bag. Even that option was not entirely straightforward. Thestation staff worked under the assumption that every room in theembassy was bugged, except the station's secure safe-speech room thatwas electronically swept on a regular basis. Like most foreignembassies, the embassy also employed a small number of locally engagedstaff such as clerks, drivers and cleaners, and these were also allassumed to be reporting back to the FSB. My telephone conversation tothe MI6 secretary would have been intercepted and the watchers in theclandestine FSB observation post opposite the embassy would havealready been briefed to expect a businessman to call in at 11.30 a.m.page- 87 - 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.comI proferred my Huntley passport to the receptionist behind the desk inthe entrance lobby and she showed me through to the commercial section.To my satisfaction, Wheeler was at his desk, just as he had promised.`Ah, Mr Huntley, I presume?' he stood to greet me. We shook hands,pretending never to have met. `Take a seat, Mr Huntley.'`Sorry?' I replied.Wheeler repeated the instruction more audibly and courteously indicatedme to sit down. `What can I do for you?'Ten minutes later, I was on my way back to the hotel, my briefcasestuffed with leaflets produced by the embassy and the Department ofTrade and Industry about business opportunities in Russia. Moreimportantly, SOU's notebooks were now off my hands. As planned, my copyof the Financial Times had been accidentally left on Wheeler's deskwith the notebooks inside. They would now be in the hands of thestation secretary who would be preparing them for the next diplomaticbag. It left for London that night, so they would be back in CenturyHouse before me. I flew back to London the next day along with many ofthe other delegates, including the colonel who was still checking overhis shoulder for his surveillance as we boarded the British Airways757.After the debrief from the successful Moscow trip, Russel asked me tobecome the UKA representative on MI6's natural cover committee. Thisthink-tank committee had been set up so that all the UK natural coverstations - UKA (Eastern Europe), UKB (Western Europe), UKC (Africa,primarily Republic of South Africa), UKD (Middle East, excluding Iran),UKJ (Japan), UKO (India and Pakistan) and UKP (Iran) could share theirideas and expertise on natural cover operation. It consisted ofrepresentatives from each of the stations, plus most of the SBOofficers and representatives from CF. Different stations were alwayscoming up with innovative covers, and attending the meetings gavefascinating insights into imaginative operations. For example KennethRoberts, a former officer of the Black Watch regiment and a Timesjournalist, now working in UKO, had persuaded a prominent Tory Lord toallow him to be his personal emissary in India where he had extensivebusiness contacts. This gave Roberts unparalleled access to the upperechelons of Indian society and he had amassed some worthwhile CX on theIndian nuclear weapons programme. Nick Long, TD7 on the IONEC, was nowworking in UKC and was travelling around South Africa as a Zimbabweanchicken-feed salesman, which gave him cover to meet ANC and Inkathaagents in remote rural locations. Another officer, who had qualified asa veterinary surgeon before joining MI6, had just returned from an ODA(Overseas Development Administration) sponsored tour of Iran to teachIranian vets how to immunise their cattle and sheep against variousillnesses. As the tour passed through most of the veterinary researchsites which were suspected to hide biological weapon production plants,MI6 had slipped a suitably qualified officer into the training team.At one meeting, conversation turned to the feasibility of inserting`illegals' into hostile countries. Illegals are officers so carefullytrained in natural cover that they can live in the target country forextended periods without arousing suspicion. The Soviet Union used themwidely against the West until about 1970. Indeed, three Russianpage- 88 - To purchase the original limited edition hardback version of this bookplease call 08000 192 192 or go to http://www.192.com
Page 2:
The Big Breach; From Top Secret to
Page 5 and 6:
Page 8 and 9:
Page 10 and 11:
Page 12 and 13:
Page 14 and 15:
Page 17 and 18:
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29:
Page 32 and 33:
Page 34 and 35:
Page 36 and 37:
Page 38 and 39: The Big Breach; From Top Secret to
Page 70: The Big Breach; From Top Secret to
Page 87: The Big Breach; From Top Secret to
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Page 143 and 144:
Page 145 and 146:
Page 147 and 148:
Page 149 and 150:
Page 151 and 152:
Page 153 and 154:
Page 155 and 156:
Page 157 and 158:
Page 159 and 160:
Page 161 and 162:
Page 163 and 164:
Page 165 and 166:
Page 167 and 168:
Page 169 and 170:
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
Page 175 and 176:
Page 177 and 178:
Page 179 and 180:
Page 181 and 182:
Page 183 and 184:
Page 185 and 186:
Page 187 and 188:
Page 189 and 190:
Page 191 and 192:
Page 193 and 194:
Page 195 and 196:
Page 197 and 198:
Page 199 and 200:
Page 201 and 202:
Page 203 and 204:
Page 205 and 206:
Page 207 and 208:
Page 209 and 210:
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 217 and 218:
Page 219 and 220:
Page 221 and 222:
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228:
Page 229 and 230:
Page 231 and 232:
Page 233 and 234:
Page 235 and 236:
Page 237 and 238:
Page 239 and 240:
Page 241 and 242:
Page 243:
show all

The Big Breach - Index of

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?