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Peter Williams on how BRIXMIS went from being a liaison mission to spying on the Soviets

Peter Williams, ex BRIXMIS (in the 1980s) talks about: the setting up of BRIXMIS as a British military liaison mission after the Second World War; its Allied equivalents including the Soviet mission SOCSMIS; the transition to spying; why this intelligence role was advantageous to both sides; targeting technical equipment improvements; being detained in East Germany; and how detention was handled.

September 7, 2013 by Editor
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