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In 1933, Liddell accompanied [[Frank Foley]], the Berlin station chief of [[MI6]], on a liaison visit to Nazi Germany.<ref>Francis Stonor Saunders, [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n07/frances-stonorsaunders/stuck-on-the-flypaper Stuck on the Flypaper], ''London Review of Books'', 9 April 2015.</ref> | In 1933, Liddell accompanied [[Frank Foley]], the Berlin station chief of [[MI6]], on a liaison visit to Nazi Germany.<ref>Francis Stonor Saunders, [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n07/frances-stonorsaunders/stuck-on-the-flypaper Stuck on the Flypaper], ''London Review of Books'', 9 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | In the post-war period, Liddell was seconded to deal with security for the [[Atomic Energy Authority]].<ref>David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.5.</ref> | ||
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| + | Liddell was the internal candidate to head MI5 at the retirement of Sir [[David Petrie]] in 1945, but was passed over by [[Clement Attlee]] in favour of [[Percy Sillitoe]].<ref>David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.22.</ref> Along with [[Roger Hollis]] and [[Dick White]], Liddell was said to be among the officers who tried to undermine Sillitoe, a former Chief Constable of Kent.<ref>David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.23.</ref> | ||
John Costello's 1988 ''Mask of Treachery'' speculated that Liddell was the so-called Fifth Man, in a Soviet Spy Ring, later named by [[Christopher Andrew]] and [[Oleg Gordievsky]] as [[John Cairncross]].<ref>David Wise, Molehunt: How the Search for a Phantom Traitor Shattered the CIA, Avon Books, 1992, p.112.</ref> | John Costello's 1988 ''Mask of Treachery'' speculated that Liddell was the so-called Fifth Man, in a Soviet Spy Ring, later named by [[Christopher Andrew]] and [[Oleg Gordievsky]] as [[John Cairncross]].<ref>David Wise, Molehunt: How the Search for a Phantom Traitor Shattered the CIA, Avon Books, 1992, p.112.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:01, 10 April 2015
Guy Liddell was a senior MI5 officer.
In 1933, Liddell accompanied Frank Foley, the Berlin station chief of MI6, on a liaison visit to Nazi Germany.[1]
In the post-war period, Liddell was seconded to deal with security for the Atomic Energy Authority.[2]
Liddell was the internal candidate to head MI5 at the retirement of Sir David Petrie in 1945, but was passed over by Clement Attlee in favour of Percy Sillitoe.[3] Along with Roger Hollis and Dick White, Liddell was said to be among the officers who tried to undermine Sillitoe, a former Chief Constable of Kent.[4]
John Costello's 1988 Mask of Treachery speculated that Liddell was the so-called Fifth Man, in a Soviet Spy Ring, later named by Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky as John Cairncross.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ Francis Stonor Saunders, Stuck on the Flypaper, London Review of Books, 9 April 2015.
- ↑ David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.5.
- ↑ David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.22.
- ↑ David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.23.
- ↑ David Wise, Molehunt: How the Search for a Phantom Traitor Shattered the CIA, Avon Books, 1992, p.112.
