TRIPLEX : more secrets from the Cambridge spies

__TRIPLEX__ reveals more clearly than ever before the precise nature and extent of the damage done to the much-vaunted British intelligence establishment during World War II by the notorious “Cambridge Five” spy ring—Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross. The code word TRIPLEX refers to an exceptionally sensitive intelligence source, one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war, which appears nowhere in any of the British government’s official histories. TRIPLEX was material extracted illicitly from the diplomatic pouches of neutral missions in wartime London. MI5, the British Security Service, entrusted the job of overseeing the highly secret assignment to Anthony Blunt, who was already working for the NKVD, Stalin’s intelligence service. The rest is history, documented here for the first time in rich detail. Contents......Page 6 Note on the Translation......Page 8 List of Abbreviations......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 1. The Swedish Naval Attaché......Page 18 2. Japanese Suspects, October 1941......Page 22 3. Neutral Attachés in London, September 1943......Page 24 4. Diplomatic Missions in London......Page 27 5. MI5’s History......Page 39 6. Colonel Vivian’s Briefing, 1943......Page 117 7. ISOS, March 1943......Page 121 9. SIS Sources for Strategic Appreciations......Page 124 10. C’s Directive, September 1944......Page 126 11. Report from Philby, December 1944......Page 127 12. Philby’s Memo to C, November 1944......Page 128 13. Section IX Personnel......Page 129 14. Commander Dunderdale’s SLC, July 1945......Page 131 15. Memo on Penetrating Russia......Page 133 16. Colonel Vivian’s Reply to the Memo......Page 142 17. SIS Symbols, 23 July 1947......Page 144 18. SIS Internal Country Codes Used Up to the Second Half of 1946......Page 145 19. Report on SIS Reorganisation, July 1945......Page 147 20. Colonel Vivian’s Memo, September 1944......Page 151 21. The XK Problem in SIS, 6 September 1944......Page 154 22. Report on the Mediterranean Inspection, August 1944......Page 158 23. Report on the Western Mediterranean Inspection, August 1944......Page 171 24. The Structure of SIS......Page 178 25. The Reorganisation of SIS......Page 182 26. Telegrams from SIS’s Moscow Station, July 1942......Page 183 27. SIS Plans for Anti-Soviet Operations, June 1944......Page 186 28. Blueprint for SIS’s Post-War Organisation......Page 188 29. Symbols of SIS’s Senior Personnel......Page 195 30. SIS’s Internal Structure, March 1946......Page 196 PART III. John Cairncross’s Documents......Page 202 31. Lord Hankey’s Inquiry into SIS and MI5, 1940......Page 203 33. Philby’s Letter to Peter Loxley, September 1944, with the Curry Memorandum on Soviet Espionage......Page 246 34. Peter Loxley’s Letter to Colonel Vivian, November 1944......Page 261 PART IV. NKVD Reports......Page 263 35. Confession of the SIS Agent Aleksandr S. Nelidov......Page 264 36. British Deception Schemes, May 1944......Page 286 37. MI5 Surveillance of Foreign Diplomatic Missions......Page 311 38. MI5’s Targeting of Foreign Diplomatic Missions in London......Page 328 39. Elena Modrzhinskaya’s Report, April 1943......Page 330 40. Dossier on Harold Gibson, September 1949......Page 348 A......Page 358 B......Page 359 C......Page 360 D......Page 362 E......Page 363 F......Page 364 H......Page 365 I......Page 366 L......Page 367 M......Page 368 P......Page 370 R......Page 372 S......Page 373 V......Page 375 Z......Page 376 TRIPLEX reveals more clearly than ever before the precise nature and extent of the damage done to the much-vaunted British intelligence establishment during World War II by the notorious 'Cambridge Five' spy ring - Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross. The code word TRIPLEX refers to an exceptionally sensitive intelligence source, one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war, which appears nowhere in any of the British government's official histories. TRIPLEX was material extracted illicitly from the diplomatic pouches of neutral missions in wartime London. MI5, the British Security Service, entrusted the job of overseeing the highly secret assignment to Anthony Blunt, who was already working for the NKVD, Stalin's intelligence service. The rest is history, documented here for the first time in rich detail Reveals The Nature And Extent Of The Damage Done To The British Intelligence Establishment During The Second World War By The 'cambridge Five' Spy Ring: Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt And John Cairncross. Edited By Nigel West And Oleg Tsarev. Includes Index.