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| − | The '''Middle East | + | The '''Middle East Controllerate''' was a former section of the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], better known as MI6. It was created during a 1966 reorganisation, in which the former Middle East directorate [[MI6 Middle East Directorate DP2|D/P2]], was split between a Controller , Middle East (C/ME) and a Controller , Africa (C/AF).<ref>Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.270.</ref> This division was reversed in the mid-1990s, when the controllerate was merged into the [[MI6 Middle East and Africa Controllerate|Middle East and Africa Controllerate]].<ref>MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.777.</ref> |
==People== | ==People== | ||
| − | ===Controller, Middle East (C/ME)=== | + | ===Controller, Middle East (C/ME) (Post 1966)=== |
| + | *[[Michael Oatley]]<ref>''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.795.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[David Spedding]] - c. 1991.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1309010/Sir-David-Spedding.html Obituaries - Sir David Spedding], ''The Telegraph'', 14 June 2001.</ref> | ||
*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:18, 26 January 2013
The Middle East Controllerate was a former section of the Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6. It was created during a 1966 reorganisation, in which the former Middle East directorate D/P2, was split between a Controller , Middle East (C/ME) and a Controller , Africa (C/AF).[1] This division was reversed in the mid-1990s, when the controllerate was merged into the Middle East and Africa Controllerate.[2]
People
Controller, Middle East (C/ME) (Post 1966)
- Michael Oatley[3]
- David Spedding - c. 1991.[4]
- Geoffrey Tantum - sometime before 1999.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Philip H.J. Davies, MI6 and the Machinery of Spying, Frank Cass, 2004, p.270.
- ↑ MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.777.
- ↑ MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.795.
- ↑ Obituaries - Sir David Spedding, The Telegraph, 14 June 2001.
- ↑ Rogue agent accused of going public on MI6 names, guardian.co.uk, 19 May 1999.
