Bloch, Jonathan and Fitzgerald, Patrick. British Intelligence and Covert Action. Ireland: Brandon Book Publishers, 1984. 284 pages. (An appendix from pages 254-275 contains official biographies of 132 British spooks.)

From the back cover: "The successful first printing of this controversial book so infuriated the British government that the Prime Minister is believed to have agreed to legislation to make the publication of any comparable book illegal, and the Home Secretary has refused permanent residency to Jonathan Bloch, who is a political refugee [from South Africa].

"Rear-Admiral William Ash, Secretary of the D-Notice Committee, which manages on behalf of the government a system of voluntary self-censorship, complained that this book `constitutes an extensive and serious breach of D-Notice #6 in publishing detailed information about the activities and methods of the security and intelligence services.'"

From the introduction by Philip Agee: "The authors have brought together an excellent historical survey of secret British operations over the past thirty years. Their sources are well-documented and extremely broad. Without doubt this book is a significant contribution to the understanding of Britain's role...."
ISBN 0-86322-035-5

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