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The pinprick approach: Whitehallâs top-secret anti-communist committee and the evolution of British covert action strategy
This article examines Great Britainâs approach to covert action during the formative years of British Cold War intelligence operations, 1950â1951. Rather than shy away from such activity in the wake of the failure in Albania in the late 1940s, the British increased the number of operations they pursued. This was the start of a coherent strategy regarding covert activity that can be conceptualized as the âpinprickâ approach. The strategy was overseen by a highly secretive Whitehall body, the Official Committee on Communism, which in effect became the governmentâs covert action committee. This article uses the commissionâs recently declassified papers for the first time to assess the merits of this approach
Hunting ghost planes: an interview with journalist Stephen Grey
Hunting Ghost Planes: an interview with journalist Stephen Gre