John Cradock
John Anthony Cradock was a British official. He served in the Malayan Civil Service, the Ministry of Defence and the Northern Ireland Office.[1]
The latter positions, at least, appear to have been cover postings for an MI5 role.[2]
J. Cradock is listed as an Under Secretary (liaison staff) at the Northern Ireland Office in the Civil Service Yearbook for 1976, a post previously held by MI5 officer Denis Payne.[3] The name appears as J.A. Cradock in the otherwise identical 1977 entry.[4]
According to David Leigh:
- MI5 fought - and beat - MI6 for control of Intelligence in Northern Ireland under a succession of 'DCI's on two-year tours to this new, uninhibited career-posting - Ian Cameron, Jack Credock, John Parker.[2]
John Anthony CRADOCK, M.B.E., Principal Director, Ministry of Defence was awarded the Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1980.[5]
External Resources
- Namebase Jack Craddock
- John Cradock, CB, MBE, (1921-2003), alt.obituaries, Google Groups.
Notes
- ↑ John Cradock, CB, MBE, (1921-2003), alt.obituaries, Google Groups.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 David Leigh, The Wilson Plot, Mandarin, 1989, p.209.
- ↑ Civil Service Yearbook 1976, p.744.
- ↑ Civil Service Yearbook 1977, p.785.
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 June 1980, issue 48212, p.3.
