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[[Kathleen 'Jane' Archer]] née Sissmore was the first woman [[MI5]] officer.<ref>Christopher Andrew, ''The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.128.</ref>
 
[[Kathleen 'Jane' Archer]] née Sissmore was the first woman [[MI5]] officer.<ref>Christopher Andrew, ''The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5'', Allen Lane, 2009, p.128.</ref>
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Archer was a trained barrister and served in MI5's [[MI5 B Division|B Division]] as an expert on Soviet espionage before being recruited to [[MI6 Section IX]] by [[Kim Philby]].<ref>Stephen Dorril, ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.16.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:51, 10 April 2013

Kathleen 'Jane' Archer née Sissmore was the first woman MI5 officer.[1]

Archer was a trained barrister and served in MI5's B Division as an expert on Soviet espionage before being recruited to MI6 Section IX by Kim Philby.[2]

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Notes

  1. Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.128.
  2. Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.16.