MI5 A Branch - Revision history

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Directors

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Other A Branch Officers

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Directors

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Organisation

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Other A Branch Officers

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 ===A4===
 Physical surveillance teams or 'watchers'.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.74.</ref>
 *[[William Skardon]] - section head, 1953-1961.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.336.</ref>
 *[[Julian Faux]] - Section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 ===A5===
 Scientific research and development, according to Dorril.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref> Responsible, along with A3, for technical support for operations, including specialised covert photography and lockpickers, according to Hollingsworth and Fielding.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref>

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 ===Directors===
 *[[William A. Phillips]], c.1929.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.127.</ref>
 *[[Royd Barker]] c. 1981-83<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
 *[[Julian Faux]] 1985-88<ref>Julian Faux, ''The Times'', 23 July 1998.</ref>

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 *[[John Birtell]] - Section head, c. 1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 ===Other A Branch Officers===
 *[[Hal Doyne-Ditmass]]<ref>David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.242.</ref>
 *[[Witness S284 (Rosemary Nelson Inquiry)]]

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 ==Organisation==
 ===Directors===
 *[[Royd Barker]] c. 1981-83<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
 *[[Julian Faux]] 1985-88<ref>Julian Faux, ''The Times'', 23 July 1998.</ref>

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 ===2010s===
-After a failed attempt to have Russian national [[Katia Zatuliveter]] deported in 2011, it was reported that Russian diplomat [[Mikhail Repin]] had been expelled following surveillance by A Branch.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8948357/Mikhail-Repin-the-perfect-party-guest-who-was-Whitehall-spy-for-the-Russians.html Mikhail Repin: the perfect party guest who was Whitehall spy for the Russians], ''The Telegraph'', 10 December 2011.
+After a failed attempt to have Russian national [[Katia Zatuliveter]] deported in 2011, it was reported that Russian diplomat [[Mikhail Repin]] had been expelled following surveillance by A Branch.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8948357/Mikhail-Repin-the-perfect-party-guest-who-was-Whitehall-spy-for-the-Russians.html Mikhail Repin: the perfect party guest who was Whitehall spy for the Russians], ''The Telegraph'', 10 December 2011.</ref>
 ==Notes==

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	A Branch was responsible for the electronic surveillance of the house that was targetted in the June 2006 [[Forest Gate Raid]].<ref>Sean Rayment, MI5 fears silent army of 1,200 biding its time in the suburbs In the wake of terror raid, injured man's solicitor claims police gave no warning before opening fire, Sunday Telegraph, 4 June 2006.</ref>		A Branch was responsible for the electronic surveillance of the house that was targetted in the June 2006 [[Forest Gate Raid]].<ref>Sean Rayment, MI5 fears silent army of 1,200 biding its time in the suburbs In the wake of terror raid, injured man's solicitor claims police gave no warning before opening fire, Sunday Telegraph, 4 June 2006.</ref>
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		+	===2010s===
		+	After a failed attempt to have Russian national [[Katia Zatuliveter]] deported in 2011, it was reported that Russian diplomat [[Mikhail Repin]] had been expelled following surveillance by A Branch.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8948357/Mikhail-Repin-the-perfect-party-guest-who-was-Whitehall-spy-for-the-Russians.html Mikhail Repin: the perfect party guest who was Whitehall spy for the Russians], ''The Telegraph'', 10 December 2011.

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 ===A1===
 Section responsible for technical operations.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
 *[[Brian Weston]] - Section head c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
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 ====A2A====
 Bug and tap intercept transcription.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.74.</ref><ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
 ====A2B====
 Photograph service, laboratory work and liason with [[GCHQ]].<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
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 ===A4===
 Physical surveillance teams or 'watchers'.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, p.74.</ref>
 *[[Julian Faux]] - Section head, c.1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.485.</ref>
 ===A5===

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 ===A2===
 Technical support.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
-*[[Hugh Winterborn]] - Section head c. August 1963
+*[[Hugh Winterborn]] - Section head c. August 1963.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.508.</ref>
 *[[Geoffrey Blackburn-Kane]] - Section head, c. 1981-83.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.484.</ref>
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