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From: mfr@camcon.co.uk (Mike Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet
Summary: Existance of MI5 and MI6!!!
Keywords: Espionage arpanet
Message-ID: <2200@gofast.camcon.co.uk>
Date: 1 Dec 88 11:03:52 GMT
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In article 2406 Michael Greim gives the "names" of the "security"
organisations in the USA, USSR, UK and W. Germany.

A trivial point but (for the moment at least), MI5 and MI6 do not exist,
at least not officially. This was stated by Sir Robert Armstrong,
Secretary to the Cabinet during one of the interminable Spycatcher trials
(this one in Australia). However, due to a blunder on his part (and
a clever barister for Peter Wright), he was forced to admit that an
organisation called "MI5" (but of unspecified function) did exist for
a certain period while Roger Hollis was its head.

Nothing to do with computers but maybe fun.

Mike Richardson