Stewart Menzies
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Sir Stewart Menzies was head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1939[1] to 1952.[2]
Career
Menzies was Deputy Chief of SIS and became 'C' when Hugh Sinclair died in November 1939.[3] During the war the Chief of SIS was also Director of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park.[4] 'Ultra' intelligence went out to commanders in the field from MI6 through Special Liaison Units.[5]
His time as Chief overlapped with Kim Philby's rise in the service, including Philby's posting as head of the anti-Soviet Section IX.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.4.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.494.
- ↑ Denniston's support for a culture of individualism and ingenuity, GCHQ.
- ↑ E184 – The SIS at Bletchley Park, Bletchley Park Trust.
- ↑ The Path of a Message 4 – Dissemination, Bletchley Park Trust.
- ↑ Richard Norton-Taylor, How Kim Philby infiltrated MI6, with a lot of help from his friends, guardian.co.uk, 27 September 2012.