State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair by Bryan Clough
Various Organisations referred to in the book are briefly described.
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The most prominent pacifist movement in Britain, led by the future DUKE OF BEDFORD who tried to broker a peace deal with Germany. |
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British Union of Fascists |
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The most important Fascist party in Britain, founded in 1932 by SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, a former Labour Government minister. WILLIAM JOYCE (who was dismissed in 1937) was a prominent member. For a time, the Womens' Units were run by LADY MAKGILL, Donald's wife. |
British Fascisti |
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Britain's first Fascist Party, founded in 1923. WILLIAM JOYCE was a member. |
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Effectively MI5's 'industrial arm'. Between the wars, it was run by JOHN BAKER WHITE, a founding member of the British Fascisti. |
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A breakaway movement from the British Fascisti, headed by ARNOLD SPENCER LEESE. |
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Industrial Intelligence Bureau |
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A private intelligence network run by Sir GEORGE MAKGILL prior to his death in 1926. Maxwell Knight and John Baker White were among its agents. |
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A private Intelligence operation in Berlin run by KURT JAHNKE. In 1950, an informant known as 'DICTIONARY' claimed that TYLER KENT 'supplied material regularly from 1938 to 1940'. |
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January Club |
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An up-market branch of the BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS run by DONALD MAKGILL, George's son. |
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A pro-German group founded by ADMIRAL BARRY DOMVILE, a former Director of Naval Intelligence. |
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The 'unofficial' publicly-funded State Security Service. It had a minimal presence during the inter-war years but its activities were supplemented by the private sector, including the ECONOMIC LEAGUE. |
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Founded by WILLIAM JOYCE in 1937 after his dismissal from the BUF. |
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New Party |
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SIR OSWALD MOSLEY's 'centre party', founded in 1931. The forerunner of the BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS. |
Nordic League |
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A secret, anti-Jewish group in which WILLIAM JOYCE and CAPTAIN RAMSAY were prominent members. |
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A strike-breaking operation set up to counter the General Strike in 1926. Sir GEORGE MAKGILL was involved. |
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Secret anti-Jewish club founded in 1939 by CAPTAIN RAMSAY, the Conservative MP for Peebles. |
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The official State Security Service. |