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GCHQ
The Uncensored Story of Britain’s Most Secret Intelligence Agency
Richard J. Aldrich
William Collins
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First published in Great Britain by Harper Press in 2010
Copyright © Richard J. Aldrich 2010; 2019
Cover photographs © Don Klumpp/Getty Images (radio telescope); Getty Images (radar domes).
Richard J. Aldrich asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
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Source ISBN: 9780008351809
Ebook Edition © 2019 ISBN: 9780007357123
Version: 2019-07-01
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Contents
– Sigint and Comsec Locations in the UK
– Overseas British Sigint Stations and Facilities
Introduction: GCHQ – The Last Secret?
THE 1940s: BLETCHLEY PARK AND BEYOND
4. The KGB and the Venona Project
5. UKUSA – Creating the Global Sigint Alliance
THE 1950s: FIGHTING THE ELECTRONIC WAR
6. ‘Elint’ and the Soviet Nuclear Target
8. Sigint in the Sun – GCHQ’s Overseas Empire
9. Blake, Bugs and the Berlin Tunnel
THE 1960s: SPACE, SPY SHIPS AND SCANDALS
11. Harold Macmillan – Shootdowns, Cyphers and Spending
12. Harold Wilson – Security Scandals and Spy Revelations
14. Staying Ahead – Sigint Ships and Spy Planes
THE 1970s: TURBULENCE AND TERROR
18. Unmasking GCHQ: The ABC Trial
THE 1980s: INTO THE THATCHER ERA
19. Geoffrey Prime – The GCHQ Mole
20. A Surprise Attack – The Falklands War