MASK : MI5's penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain / / Nigel West

• Autore: West Nigel
• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (761 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.120941
• Soggetto topico: Espionage, British; Espionage, British - Soviet Union
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY OF MASK TERMINOLOGY; GLOSSARY OF MASK PERSONALITIES; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE RED MENACE; 2 THE PERSONALITIES; 3 THE GREAT GAME; 4 THE MASK TRAFFIC; 5 KRIVITSKY'S DEFECTION; 6 BOB STEWART; 7 DAVE SPRINGHALL; 8 THE ROBINSON PAPERS; CONCLUSION; Appendix 1; MASK Traffic; Appendix 2 INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM GENERAL KRIVITSKY DURING HIS VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY January-February 1940; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE SOVIET MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT; Section 1. General organisation; Security of agents and documents ; Section 2. Organisation of military espionage abroadAgents; Legal rezidents; Illegal rezidents; Passports for illegal rezident or visiting agents; Cover for illegal rezident agents; Methods of work; Methods of communication: Communications to and from Moscow; 1. Soviet embassies and legations; 2. Secret inks; 3. Ships' crews; 4. Wireless; Communications between agents working within a foreign country; Instructions to agents; Payment of agents; The counteracting of Soviet espionage in the United Kingdom; Section 3. Colonial work of the Fourth Department; India; The Dominions; Ireland ; Section 4. Decomposition work of the Military Intelligence DepartmentCHAPTER TWO THE GUGB AND OGPU; Section 1. General organisation; Section 2. Organisation of OGPU activities abroad; Agents; The official representative; His duties; The unofficial or underground representative; White Russian agents; Cover for underground OGPU agents; Methods of communication; Foreign embassies and legations; The illegal rezident since 1937; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 2 OGPU AGENTS IN THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE; E.H.Oldham: cipher department of the Foreign Office ; J.H.King: cipher department of the Foreign OfficeUnknown source of 'Imperial Council' information; The British Embassy source in Rome; British Embassy in Constantinople; CHAPTER THREE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OGPU AND THE FOURTH DEPARTMENT; CHAPTER FOUR THE COMMUNIST PARTY; Section 1. The Comintern; The Lenin School; The OMS; Abramoff's organisation; Section 2. The Communist Party of Great Britain; Sabotage; Decomposition work in the Army; Conclusion; Propaganda in America; CHAPTER FIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GERMAN AND SOVIET MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ; Appendix 3 SOVIET SECRET AGENTS MENTIONED BY WALTER KRIVITSKYAppendix 4 SOVIET ILLEGALS IN LONDON; SOVIET INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: MI5's dramatic interception of secret signals to Moscow from a hidden base in Wimbledon uncovered the true extent of Soviet espionage in Britain. Intelligence expert Nigel West reveals how MASK, the codename for one of the most secretive sources ever run by British intelligence, enabled Stanley Baldwin and his cabinet to monitor the activities of the Communist Party of Great Britain and track wireless traffic between the Soviet Union and its Comintern representatives abroad, in countries as far apart as the United States, China and Austria. The Government Code an
• Titolo autorizzato: MASK
• ISBN: 1-134-26576-X; 1-281-15759-7; 9786611157593; 0-203-69686-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821430003321
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