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| − | The '''Middle East and Africa Controllerate''' is reported to be a section of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], better known as (MI6). According to intelligence author Philip H.J. Davies, the Controllerate is part of the [[Directorate of Requirements and Production (MI6)|Directorate of Requirements and Production]].<ref>Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.302.</ref> According to Stephen Dorril, the merger of the previous Africa and Middle East controllerates took place in 1995.<ref>MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.777.</ref> | + | The '''Middle East and Africa Controllerate''' is reported to be a section of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], better known as (MI6). According to intelligence author Philip H.J. Davies, the Controllerate is part of the [[Directorate of Requirements and Production (MI6)|Directorate of Requirements and Production]].<ref>Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.302.</ref> According to Stephen Dorril, the merger of the previous Africa and [[MI6 Middle East Controllerate|Middle East]] controllerates took place in 1995.<ref>MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.777.</ref> |
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| + | ==Structure== | ||
| + | *Controller, Middle East (C/ME) | ||
| + | **Security Branch, Operations (SBO) | ||
| + | **Requirements, Middle East (R/ME) | ||
| + | **Production Sections (P Sections) | ||
| + | **Middle East natural cover section (excluding Iran)(UKD) | ||
| + | **Iran natural cover section (UKP)<ref>Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.302.</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
===Controller, Middle East (C/ME)=== | ===Controller, Middle East (C/ME)=== | ||
| + | *[[Geoffrey Tantum]] - sometime before 1999.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/GWeekly/Story/0,,297048,00.html Rogue agent accused of going public on MI6 names], guardian.co.uk, 19 May 1999.</ref> | ||
*[[Mark Allen]] - head until summer 2004.<ref>Nicholas Rufford, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article486993.ece Rift at heart of MI6 as its Iraq spy controller quits], 26 September 2004.</ref> | *[[Mark Allen]] - head until summer 2004.<ref>Nicholas Rufford, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article486993.ece Rift at heart of MI6 as its Iraq spy controller quits], 26 September 2004.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:23, 21 October 2011
The Middle East and Africa Controllerate is reported to be a section of the Secret Intelligence Service, better known as (MI6). According to intelligence author Philip H.J. Davies, the Controllerate is part of the Directorate of Requirements and Production.[1] According to Stephen Dorril, the merger of the previous Africa and Middle East controllerates took place in 1995.[2]
Structure
- Controller, Middle East (C/ME)
- Security Branch, Operations (SBO)
- Requirements, Middle East (R/ME)
- Production Sections (P Sections)
- Middle East natural cover section (excluding Iran)(UKD)
- Iran natural cover section (UKP)[3]
People
Controller, Middle East (C/ME)
- Geoffrey Tantum - sometime before 1999.[4]
- Mark Allen - head until summer 2004.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.302.
- ↑ MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.777.
- ↑ Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.302.
- ↑ Rogue agent accused of going public on MI6 names, guardian.co.uk, 19 May 1999.
- ↑ Nicholas Rufford, Rift at heart of MI6 as its Iraq spy controller quits, 26 September 2004.
