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21 de may. de 2024 · Stewart Menzies, the chief of SIS, was aggrieved to lose control of Section D. Where SIS preferred placid conditions in which it could gather intelligence and work through influential persons or authorities, SOE was intended to create unrest and turbulence, and often backed anti-establishment organisations, such as the Communists, in ...
Hace 2 días · The chief of SIS, Stewart Menzies, insisted on wartime control of codebreaking, and this gave him immense power and influence, which he used judiciously. By distributing the Ultra material collected by the Government Code & Cypher School , MI6 became, for the first time, an important branch of the government.
Hace 1 día · William Stephenson, un millonario canadiense cercano al director de la OSS, William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan, y al director del MI6 en tiempos de guerra, Stewart Menzies, fue una figura clave que ayudó a cultivar relaciones estrechas entre el MI6 y las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses durante la guerra y en su período inmediatamente posterior.
18 de may. de 2024 · The head of SIS from 1939 to 1952 was Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, KCB, KCMG, DSO, MC. ( b. 30 January 1890 - d. 29 May 1968) Sir Stewart was known as "C" within the service which followed a well worn tradition. The heads of the Security Service during the war years were as follows: 1909 - 1940: Sir Vernon Kell (b. 1873 - d. 1942)
Hace 4 días · Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH QC FAA FRS (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.
17 de may. de 2024 · Stewart Menzies: Mark Strong: Commander Denniston: Charles Dance: Broadcasts. Fri 22 Apr 2022 22:40. BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD. Fri 22 Apr 2022 22:45.
22 de may. de 2024 · The doyen of espionage nonfiction, the late Phillip Knightley, saw in Ellis the prototype for 007: “His adventures not only rival those of James Bond; he was James Bond.”. Knightley claimed Ian Fleming had based the character of Bond on a mix of Ellis, ‘one of the most remarkable secret service agents in the history of espionage’, and ...
