George Kennedy Young
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| George Kennedy Young | |
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| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1990 |
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| Occupation | SIS officer (Vice-Chief); banker; writer |
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George Kennedy Young was a senior MI6 officer. Around the time of the 1956 Suez crisis he pushed for coups in Egypt and Syria. He became Vice-Chief of MI6 in 1958 and left the service in 1961. He then joined the merchant bank Kleinwort Benson.[1]
Unison
In the 1970s Young set up Unison, a vigilante group meant to step in if law and order broke down during what he saw as a communist takeover.[1] Lobster says Unison was Young's creation and that Civil Assistance began as its civil assistance wing.[2]
Autobiographical account
In 1990 Lobster issue 19 published 'The final testimony of George Kennedy Young'. Lobster had believed it was written by a friend, but later learned it was by Young himself.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Kennedy Young: Banker, Writer, Soldier, Spy, Engelsberg Ideas.
- ↑ Obituaries, Lobster, issue 43.
- ↑ The final testimony of George Kennedy Young, Lobster, issue 19, 1990.