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Author Frederick Forsyth reveals his missions for Britain's MI6
http://news.yahoo.com/author-frederick-forsyth-reveals-missions-britains-mi6-104918160.html ^

Posted on 08/30/2015 6:41:41 AM PDT by Perdogg

British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth revealed he had conducted missions for intelligence service MI6 in extracts from his autobiography published Sunday.

Forsyth, whose bestsellers include "The Day Of The Jackal", told of how he had assisted Britain's overseas spying agency in the Nigerian region of Biafra, East Germany, Rhodesia and South Africa.

While working as a journalist in 1968, he was approached by an MI6 man called "Ronnie" who wanted "an asset deep inside the Biafran enclave" where there was a civil war between 1967 and 1970.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: author; books; britain; frederickforsyth; mi6; pages; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 08/30/2015 6:41:41 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD; GSP.FAN; Young Werther; Guenevere; SJSAMPLE; Larry Lucido; fieldmarshaldj; ...

ping


2 posted on 08/30/2015 6:42:36 AM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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To: Perdogg

Makes his books that much more realistic, if this is in fact true.


3 posted on 08/30/2015 6:45:04 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Perdogg
--In Rhodesia in the 1970s, he was asked to gauge the intentions of the then government while in the 1980s, he was asked to find out what the government planned to do with its nuclear weapons in the post-apartheid transfer of power to the African National Congress (ANC).--

--Rhodesia ?--think the writer of the review meant South Africa---

4 posted on 08/30/2015 7:44:48 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rellimpank
I think it's just an awkward sentence that would read more clearly:

"In Rhodesia in the 1970s, he was asked to gauge the intentions of the then government. Later in the 1980s, he was asked to find out what the South African government planned to do with its nuclear weapons in the post-apartheid transfer of power to the African National Congress (ANC).--

5 posted on 08/30/2015 7:48:15 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

—agree—(I thought studying English , followed by Journalism school and having an editor was supposed to fix writing such as this)


6 posted on 08/30/2015 7:56:38 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: Perdogg

Took about 10 photos of MI6 Hdqtrs. in July (front and back) from Vauxhall Bridge in London... Gorgeous building.


7 posted on 08/30/2015 10:10:21 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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Spy found dead in a bag ‘had infuriated his MI6 bosses by illegally hacking into secret US data...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3330963/posts


8 posted on 08/31/2015 11:42:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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