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[[Vasili Mitrokhin]] is a former KGB archivist who defected to the UK. | [[Vasili Mitrokhin]] is a former KGB archivist who defected to the UK. | ||
| − | [[Dan Hind]], an editorial assistant to [[Stuart Proffitt]] of [[Penguin]], | + | [[Dan Hind]], an editorial assistant to [[Stuart Proffitt]] of [[Penguin]], was involved in the publication of Mitrokhin's material: |
::Penguin commissioned two books, co-authored with a Cambridge academic called [[Christopher Andrew]], which purported to be the contents of the Mitrokhin archive. It was the contents of the Mitrokhin archive as redacted and edited by [[MI6]], and these publications were being used by MI6 to tell the world that the Russians were no longer an intelligence superpower, that MI6 had run away with the crown jewels and that it was game over for the Russians as serious players in intelligence. The archive was also, perhaps, a chance to settle scores and influence events elsewhere. The revelations made a big splash in Italy, for example.<ref>Dan Hind, Jamie Stern-Weiner, [http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/how_power_shapes_publicity_the_political_economy_of_publishing How Power Shapes Publicity - The Political Economy of Publishing (Part 1)], New Left Project, 21 April 2011.</ref> | ::Penguin commissioned two books, co-authored with a Cambridge academic called [[Christopher Andrew]], which purported to be the contents of the Mitrokhin archive. It was the contents of the Mitrokhin archive as redacted and edited by [[MI6]], and these publications were being used by MI6 to tell the world that the Russians were no longer an intelligence superpower, that MI6 had run away with the crown jewels and that it was game over for the Russians as serious players in intelligence. The archive was also, perhaps, a chance to settle scores and influence events elsewhere. The revelations made a big splash in Italy, for example.<ref>Dan Hind, Jamie Stern-Weiner, [http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/how_power_shapes_publicity_the_political_economy_of_publishing How Power Shapes Publicity - The Political Economy of Publishing (Part 1)], New Left Project, 21 April 2011.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:12, 29 April 2011
Vasili Mitrokhin is a former KGB archivist who defected to the UK.
Dan Hind, an editorial assistant to Stuart Proffitt of Penguin, was involved in the publication of Mitrokhin's material:
- Penguin commissioned two books, co-authored with a Cambridge academic called Christopher Andrew, which purported to be the contents of the Mitrokhin archive. It was the contents of the Mitrokhin archive as redacted and edited by MI6, and these publications were being used by MI6 to tell the world that the Russians were no longer an intelligence superpower, that MI6 had run away with the crown jewels and that it was game over for the Russians as serious players in intelligence. The archive was also, perhaps, a chance to settle scores and influence events elsewhere. The revelations made a big splash in Italy, for example.[1]
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- ↑ Dan Hind, Jamie Stern-Weiner, How Power Shapes Publicity - The Political Economy of Publishing (Part 1), New Left Project, 21 April 2011.
