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The Canadian journalist [[Eric Downton]] told [[Philip Knightley]]: | The Canadian journalist [[Eric Downton]] told [[Philip Knightley]]: | ||
| − | ::Roy Pawley, foreign editor and later managing editor of the Telegraph was a servile lackey of [[MI5|Five]] and [[MI6|Six]]. Telegraph foreign correspondents were given direct orders to work with Six. When I went to Moscow for the Telegraph shortly after Stalin’s death, I was ordered to work for the Six man in the embassy who had the usual cover of Press attaché. Before I left London for Moscow I was briefed by Six officials on what they wanted me to do.<ref>Philip Knightley, [http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?section=opinion&xfile=data/opinion/2006/august/opinion_august31.xml Why spies and scribes have a lot in common], '' | + | ::Roy Pawley, foreign editor and later managing editor of the Telegraph was a servile lackey of [[MI5|Five]] and [[MI6|Six]]. Telegraph foreign correspondents were given direct orders to work with Six. When I went to Moscow for the Telegraph shortly after Stalin’s death, I was ordered to work for the Six man in the embassy who had the usual cover of Press attaché. Before I left London for Moscow I was briefed by Six officials on what they wanted me to do.<ref>Philip Knightley, [http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?section=opinion&xfile=data/opinion/2006/august/opinion_august31.xml Why spies and scribes have a lot in common], ''Khaleej Times'', 11 August 2006.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 11 March 2013
Roy Pawley was a former Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph.
The Canadian journalist Eric Downton told Philip Knightley:
- Roy Pawley, foreign editor and later managing editor of the Telegraph was a servile lackey of Five and Six. Telegraph foreign correspondents were given direct orders to work with Six. When I went to Moscow for the Telegraph shortly after Stalin’s death, I was ordered to work for the Six man in the embassy who had the usual cover of Press attaché. Before I left London for Moscow I was briefed by Six officials on what they wanted me to do.[1]
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- ↑ Philip Knightley, Why spies and scribes have a lot in common, Khaleej Times, 11 August 2006.
