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The CIA at War: Inside the Confidential Campaign Against Terror ,

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INSIDE THE SECRET CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR

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THE CIA AT WAR

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THE CIA

ATWAR INSIDE THE SECRET CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERROR

RONALD KESSLER

ST. MARTIN'S PRESS

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THE CIA AT WAR.

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For Pam, Greg, and Rachel Kessler and to the memory of my mother, Minuetta Kessler

PROLOGUE

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Skylark, To To amuse oneself in a frolicsome way; to jump around and be merry; to indulge in mild horseplay. The statement was originally nautical and referred to the sports of the boys among the rigging after their work was done. Hence perhaps the popular boat name, as in ‘All aboard the Skylark’. (Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 18th Edition)

In this bulletin, I outline my case that the flee of Burgess and Maclean was facilitated by the British authorities. But first, a diversion  . . .

A Self-Important Announcement

Before I get to the main agenda for this month, I need to build an announcement. I shall be visiting the UK this September, for the purposes of delivering a talk on the Cambridge Five at my aged school (see for details), and of attending a re-union. This will probably be my farewell tour of the Old Region – not because I expect that officers from Special Branch will be waiting at Heathrow to clap the handcuffs on me, although I perform not discount that possibility – but because making the arduous trip over becomes

Murdoch, Alexander, Eddy, Matthew D., Moore, Terrence O., Emerson, Roger L., Simpson, Murray C. T., Manley, K. A., Brown, Stephen W., Moonie, Martin, Scally, John, Beavan, Iain, Pentland, Gordon, Holmes, Heather, Brown, Catherine and Alderson, Brian. "Chapter Four THE Trendy PRESS AND THE Common READER". The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 2: Enlightenment and Expansion –, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, , pp.

Murdoch, A., Eddy, M., Moore, T., Emerson, R., Simpson, M., Manley, K., Brown, S., Moonie, M., Scally, J., Beavan, I., Pentland, G., Holmes, H., Brown, C. & Alderson, B. (). Chapter Four THE Famous PRESS AND THE General READER. In The Edinburgh History of the Publication in Scotland, Volume 2: Enlightenment and Expansion – (pp. ). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Murdoch, A., Eddy, M., Moore, T., Emerson, R., Simpson, M., Manley, K., Brown, S., Moonie, M., Scally, J., Beavan, I., Pentland, G., Holmes, H., Brown, C. and Alderson, B. Chapter Four THE Well-liked PRESS AND THE Universal READER. The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

When first we practise to deceive!” (Sir Walter Scott, Marmion)

In this bulletin, I use some correspondence as a trigger to invoke a more detailed study of Dick White’s plot to leak information on Kim Philby to the CIA – the exercise that his representative in Washington characterized as an ‘ingenious scheme’ – and to re-assess White’s overall track-record as a counter-espionage officer.

Contents:

An Uncomfortable Exchange

The Letter from Mr. Even-Shoshan

Re-Assessing Dick White’s Plot

Milicent Bagot’s Dossier

The Strange Reactions of Robert Lamphere

Deeper Implications

White’s Predicament

PEACH

Enter ‘Buster’ Milmo

‘The Imperfect English Counter-Espionage Officer’

Postscript: The Lost Philby Chapters

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