| ID | 111182 |
| Title Proper | British intelligence through the eyes of the Stasi |
| Other Title Information | what the Stasi's records show about the operations of British intelligence in cold war Germany |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Maddrell, Paul |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The German parliament's Law on the Stasi Records, passed in 1991, extended the principle of freedom of information to the records of a Communist security service. By so doing, it has given historians, former targets of Stasi intelligence collection and others an unprecedented insight into the operations of such a service. Enough records of the Stasi's trials department have been made available to reconstruct a picture of the work of British intelligence agencies in the years 1945-61, and above all the work of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). They show that SIS was a very skilful service which obtained the high-grade intelligence it sought. However, SIS's work in East Germany was undone in the late 1950s by the treason of the KGB's penetration agent in it, George Blake. |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 27, No.1; Feb 2012: p.46-74 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 27, No.1; Feb 2012: p.46-74 |
| Key Words | Germany ; Cold War ; British Intelligence ; Stasi ; Communist Security Service ; East Germany ; George Blake |