Agent CHEESE and the Selective Destruction of Cairo's Files
British intelligence burned the archives of the SIME Special Section after 1945, leaving behind a curated set of "successes" and a fragmentary trail to Italy.
By Harlan Pryce ·
British intelligence burned the archives of the SIME Special Section after 1945, leaving behind a curated set of "successes" and a fragmentary trail to Italy.
By Harlan Pryce ·
This Persian double agent’s radio traffic remained locked in UK archives, masking a three-way game between London, Berlin, and Moscow that spanned Tehran and Baghdad.
By Constance Bell ·
A man codenamed KISS survived by lying to three different empires, though the details of his collaboration with Moscow remain locked in the British archives.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Nazi intelligence believed they had a loyal Persian asset, but the British and Soviets secretly synchronized the misinformation fed to the German High Command.
By Vera Kessler ·