Geoffrey Stewart-Smith - Revision history

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 'Stewart-Smith was adopted as the prospective Parliamentary Conservative candidate for Belper in 1966, and four years later pulled off the most sensational result of election night when he ousted George Brown by 2,000 votes... During his four years in Parliament, Stewart-Smith was trenchant in his support for his constituents, to the point of demanding that the government raise their pay offer to miners during the strike. He surprised his Right-wing friends even more by attacking Mrs Thatcher on the ending of school milk.<ref name="Telobit"/>
 ===Apartheid support===
-'In 1974, he fell out with the [[World Anti-Communist League]] over its anti-semitism. In 1987, during his bankruptcy appearance, he disclosed that the main contributor to his [[Foreign Affairs Research Council]] had been apartheid South Africa.'<ref name="Guobit"/>
+'In 1974, he fell out with the [[World Anti-Communist League]] over its anti-semitism. In 1987, during his bankruptcy appearance, he disclosed that the main contributor to his [[Foreign Affairs Research Institute]] had been apartheid South Africa.'<ref name="Guobit"/>
 ==Affiliations==

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 :our records show that STEWART-SMITH was requested to resign his commission on 10th July, 1960, because of "an illegal act on the Cameroun Republic frontier and for disobeying orders". This "illegal act" was "improperly and without authority taking a British patrol from Nigeria into the Cameroun Republic. During the patrol an African suspect was wounded and abandoned. The man subsequently died. Due to legal and political difficulties, it was not possible to charge Lt. STEWART-SMITH with murder or manslaughter. After the return of the patrol, Lt. STEWART-SMITH repeatedly lied to his Commanding Officer". These quotations are taken from War Office letters to the Foreign Office.<ref name="CIAcable"/>
-It can be noted that the information above appears to come from British intelligence files.  It is contained in a letter passed to the CIA from '[[SMOTH]]' a cryptonym used by the CIA for an agent of the 'British Intelligence Service'.<ref>National Archives [http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/second-release-lexicon.pdf Research Aid: Cryptonyms and Terms in Declassified CIA Files: Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Disclosure Acts]. CIA Records. Accessed 9 September 2014.</ref>
+It can be noted that the information above appears to come from British intelligence files.  It is contained in a letter passed to the CIA from '[[SMOTH]]' a cryptonym used by the CIA for an agent of the 'British Intelligence Service'.<ref name="cryptonyms">National Archives [http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/second-release-lexicon.pdf Research Aid: Cryptonyms and Terms in Declassified CIA Files: Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Disclosure Acts]. CIA Records. Accessed 9 September 2014.</ref> The information was said to be for the attention of 'Chief KUWOLF' a cryptonym for the CIA's 'Political and Psychological Staff'.<ref name="cryptonyms"/>
 ===Counter-subversion===

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 :our records show that STEWART-SMITH was requested to resign his commission on 10th July, 1960, because of "an illegal act on the Cameroun Republic frontier and for disobeying orders". This "illegal act" was "improperly and without authority taking a British patrol from Nigeria into the Cameroun Republic. During the patrol an African suspect was wounded and abandoned. The man subsequently died. Due to legal and political difficulties, it was not possible to charge Lt. STEWART-SMITH with murder or manslaughter. After the return of the patrol, Lt. STEWART-SMITH repeatedly lied to his Commanding Officer". These quotations are taken from War Office letters to the Foreign Office.<ref name="CIAcable"/>
-It can be noted that the information above appears to come from British intelligence files.  It is contained in a letter passed to the CIA from '[[SMOTH]]' a cryptonym used by the CIA for an agent of the 'British Intelligence Scervice'.<ref>National Archives [http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/second-release-lexicon.pdf Research Aid: Cryptonyms and Terms in Declassified CIA Files: Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Disclosure Acts]. CIA Records. Accessed 9 September 2014.</ref>
+It can be noted that the information above appears to come from British intelligence files.  It is contained in a letter passed to the CIA from '[[SMOTH]]' a cryptonym used by the CIA for an agent of the 'British Intelligence Service'.<ref>National Archives [http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/second-release-lexicon.pdf Research Aid: Cryptonyms and Terms in Declassified CIA Files: Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Disclosure Acts]. CIA Records. Accessed 9 September 2014.</ref>
 ===Counter-subversion===

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	:our records show that STEWART-SMITH was requested to resign his commission on 10th July, 1960, because of "an illegal act on the Cameroun Republic frontier and for disobeying orders". This "illegal act" was "improperly and without authority taking a British patrol from Nigeria into the Cameroun Republic. During the patrol an African suspect was wounded and abandoned. The man subsequently died. Due to legal and political difficulties, it was not possible to charge Lt. STEWART-SMITH with murder or manslaughter. After the return of the patrol, Lt. STEWART-SMITH repeatedly lied to his Commanding Officer". These quotations are taken from War Office letters to the Foreign Office.<ref name="CIAcable"/>		:our records show that STEWART-SMITH was requested to resign his commission on 10th July, 1960, because of "an illegal act on the Cameroun Republic frontier and for disobeying orders". This "illegal act" was "improperly and without authority taking a British patrol from Nigeria into the Cameroun Republic. During the patrol an African suspect was wounded and abandoned. The man subsequently died. Due to legal and political difficulties, it was not possible to charge Lt. STEWART-SMITH with murder or manslaughter. After the return of the patrol, Lt. STEWART-SMITH repeatedly lied to his Commanding Officer". These quotations are taken from War Office letters to the Foreign Office.<ref name="CIAcable"/>
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		+	It can be noted that the information above appears to come from British intelligence files. It is contained in a letter passed to the CIA from '[[SMOTH]]' a cryptonym used by the CIA for an agent of the ''British Intelligence Scervice'.<ref>National Archives [http://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-263-cia-records/second-release-lexicon.pdf Research Aid: Cryptonyms and Terms in Declassified CIA Files: Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Disclosure Acts]. CIA Records. Accessed 9 September 2014.</ref>

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 *Andrew Roth [http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/13/guardianobituaries.conservatives Obituary Geoffrey Stewart-Smith Rabidly anti-communist MP with a moderate streak] ''The Guardian'', Tuesday 13 April 2004 01.33 BST
 *[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1457299/Geoffrey-Stewart-Smith.html Obituaries Geoffrey Stewart-Smith] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 12:03AM GMT 20 Mar 2004.
 ==Notes==

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 ==Career==
 ===Army years===
-Stewart-Smith spent 8 years in the military.  From 1954-56 he was with the 1st En. The Black Watch, spending one year in Berlin. From 1956-60 we was with 'Colonial forces in Nigeria', where he 'saw active service against
+Stewart-Smith spent 6 years on active service in the military.  From 1954-56 he was with the 1st En. The Black Watch, spending one year in Berlin. From 1956-60 we was with 'Colonial forces in Nigeria', where he 'saw active service against Communist-dominated U.P.C. rebels in the Cameroons. Practical experience gained in subversive warfare working with Special Branch and Surete.'
 Obitaries in the press when he died refer to him 'resigning'<ref name="Telobit">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1457299/Geoffrey-Stewart-Smith.html Obituaries Geoffrey Stewart-Smith] ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 12:03AM GMT 20 Mar 2004.</ref> his commission, but did not discuss further the circumstances. According to declassified [[Central Intelligence Agency]] documents from 1963, released under the US Freedom of Information Act in 2007 the circumstances in which Stewart-Smith resigned his commission were as follows:

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 ==Personal life==
-Stewart-Smith married in 1956, Kay Mary (divorced, 1990), with whom he had three sons.<ref name="Obit"/>
+Stewart-Smith married in 1956, Kay Mary Johnstone (divorced, 1990), with whom he had three sons.<ref name="Obit"/> One of his sons is the journalist turned PR operative [[Charles Stewart-Smith]].
 ==Resources==