The Defence of the Realm (220 page)

relations with Whitehall officials
136
–
7
,
154
;

and Zinoviev letter
150
,
151
;

and Ewer network
153
;

ARCOS raid
154
;

and Munich crisis
203
;

and The Hague mission
242
,
244

Sinclair, Sir John ‘Sinbad'
326
,
430

Singapore
138
,
220
,
469

Single Intelligence Vote
793

Sinn Fein
90
,
145
–
6
,
618
,
623
,
626
,
645
,
692
–
3
,
697
,
798
,
834

Sissmore, Kathleen ‘Jane'
see
Archer, Kathleen ‘Jane'

SITUATED, Operation
795

Skardon, William ‘Jim'
275
–
6
,
334
,
371
,
385
–
7
,
427
,
428
–
9

Smith, Clive Stafford
825

Smith, Sir Howard
552
–
3
,
553
–
5
;
561
,
670
,
671
,
683
,
687
–
8

Smith, Michael John
583
–
6
,
586
,
730
,
732

Snelling, Sir Arthur
471
,
552
,
553

SNOW (Second World War double agent)
212
,
248
–
9
,
250
,
256
,
258
–
9
,
853
–
4

Socialist Workers Party
660
,
666

SOE (Special Operations Executive)
251
,
278
,
287
,
655

SOLO I, Operation
284

Soskice, Sir Frank
523
,
524
,
525
,
526
–
7
,
533

South Africa
5
,
8
,
29
,
93
,
444
,
456
;

intelligence service (BOSS)
536
,
632
,
635
,
636
–
7
,
639
,
641

South Quay bombing (1996)
794
,
797

Southern Rhodesia
468

Soviet embassy (London)
185
,
280
,
333
–
4
,
374
,
483
,
496
,
566
,
572
,
605

Soviet Trade Delegation (London)
144
–
6
,
154
–
6
,
157
,
280
,
483
–
4
,
566
,
567
,
569
,
629
,
727
,
733

Soviet Union:

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918)
104
;

Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement (1921)
144
–
6
;

Labour government recognizes Soviet regime
146
–
7
;

Great Terror
161
,
183
–
4
,
266
,
404
,
456
,
854
;

Nazi invasion
273
,
292
;

British–Soviet Treaty (1942)
282
;

limitations of intelligence assessment
349
,
420
;

support for Israel
362
;

atomic weapons
366
,
383
–
4
,
386
,
388
,
405
,
858
;

1956 Party Congress
404
;

crushing of Hungarian Uprising
404
,
409
,
418
,
445
;

relations with India
445
,
446
,
447
;

backing of Nasser
454
;

presence in Commonwealth countries
470
,
473
;

crushing of Prague Spring
480
,
536
,
541
,
566
,
583
,
588
,
711
;

Sino-Soviet split
512
–
13
,
514
;

and PFLP and IRA
605
–
6
,
622
;

funding of NUM
679
,
680
;

fear of nuclear attack
709
,
722
–
3
,
861
;

‘refuseniks'
727
–
8
;

disintegration
730
–
31
,
771
,
853
;

Afghan war
799
;

see also
Administration for Special Tasks; Cheka;GRU; KGB; NKGB; NKVD

SPA (Special Political Action)
460
,
474
,
477
–
9
,
480

Spain; Fascist
259
,
260
;

wartime espionage network
259
–
62
;

First of May Group
610
,
611
;

security service (DSE)
741
,
742
,
744

Spanish Civil War
174
,
176
,
241
,
253
–
4
,
263
,
277
,
341

Special Branch (Metropolitan Police; MPSB):

foundation
5
,
600
;

size
53
;

and First World War
79
,
82
,
102
;

countersubversion responsibilities transferred to MI5
128
–
9
,
130
,
131
,
159
;

penetrated by Soviet intelligence
129
,
158
–
9
;

and Woolwich Arsenal spy-ring
181
–
2
;

and Fascist movement
193
,
194
;

wartime espionage investigations
277
;

and Zionist extremists
355
,
358
;

and
Profumo affair
495
;

and Lyalin defection
567
,
571
;

responsibility for Irish Republican terrorism on mainland
600
,
603
,
615
,
619
–
20
,
622
,
653
,
684
,
696
,
734
,
751
;

and Arab terrorism
601
,
609
;

Angry Brigade investigation
611
–
12
;

and Libyan terrorism
700
–
701
,
703
;

Van Haar lem case
728
;

transfer of lead role in Irish Republican terrorism to Security Service
772
–
3
,
775
–
6
,
852
;

and Islamist terrorism
800
,
802

Special Intelligence Bureau
see
MO5(g)

Special Intelligence Missions
93
–
4

Special Political Action (SPA)
460
,
474
,
477
–
80

Special Relationship (US–UK)
365
–
6
,
372
–
3
,
490
,
494
,
509
,
514
,
810
;

crises in
386
–
7
,
427

Springhall, Douglas Frank
278
–
9
,
281

Spycatcher
(Wright)
329
,
336
,
507
,
512
,
519
,
642
,
759
;

fabrications and distortions of evidence
520
;

failed attempt to prevent publication
563
–
4
,
760
–
65
;

damage to Security Service's public image
563
–
4
,
765
–
6
,
767
,
768

Sri Lanka (
formerly
Ceylon)
294
,
369
,
444

SSI (Special Branch countersubversion section)
128
–
9
;

transferred to MI5
129
–
30
,
131

staff surveys
782
,
791
,
808
,
819
,
852

staffing
see
recruitment and staffing

Stalin, Joseph:

conspiratorial worldview
161
,
175
;

Great Terror
161
,
183
–
4
,
266
,
404
,
456
,
854
;

Eden's view of
175
;

wartime intelligence revealed to
175
,
289
;

and mission to assassinate Franco
267
;

Nazi–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (1939)
273
;

anti-Semitism
362
;

atomic weapons project
858
;

fanaticism
860

Stanley, Sidney
360
–
2

StB (Czechoslovak State Security)
413
,
415
,
535
,
541
–
2
,
543
,
640
,
707
–
8
,
728
,
729

Steinhauer, Gustav
6
,
12
,
36
,
37
–
8
,
40
,
41
,
44
–
5
,
47
–
8
,
49
–
52
,
81

STEPFORD, Operation
822
–
3

Stephens, Donald
462
–
3
,
463
–
4

Stephens, Robin ‘Tin-eye'
250
,
251
,
252
,
255
,
258
,
288
,
314
,
451
,
453

Stephenson, Sir John
219
,
227

Stern Gang
350
,
351
–
60

Sternberg, Sir Rudy
630
–
31

Stevens, Richard
200
–
201
,
242
,
244

Stewart, Robert ‘Bob'
142
,
147
,
403

STILL LIFE, Operation
400
–
402

‘Stoke Newington Eight'
611

Stonehouse, John
541
,
632
,
707
–
8

Stop-the-War Committee
66

Straight, Michael
436
–
7
,
509

strikes:

Metropolitan Police (1918 and 1919)
106
,
107
;

General Strike (1926)
125
–
6
;

dockers and tramway workers (1924)
147
,
148
;

seamen (1966)
527
–
31
,
588
,
598
,
853
–
4
;

dockers (1970)
587
;

miners (1972 and 1974)
591
–
4
,
598
–
9
,
664
;

Ulster Workers Council (1974)
624
,
641
;

miners (1984–5)
676
–
81
;

see also
labour unrest

Strong, Sir Kenneth
319
,
32

Stuart, Judi
476
,
612

Stuart, Sandy
475
–
6
,
612
,
613
–
14

Subversion at Home Committee (SH)
658
,
659

Subversion in Public Life, Interdepartmental Working Group on (SPL)
596
–
7
,
658
,
780

Sudan
331
,
556
,
802
,
804
,
856

Suez crisis (1956)
445
,
473
,
499

Sullum Voe oil terminal
694
–
5

Sumption, Jonathan
826

SUNSHINE, Operation
465

Sutherland, David
613
,
655
,
685

Swann, Sir Michael
397

Swingler, Stephen
412
,
847

Swinton, Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount (
later
1st Earl of Swinton)
227
,
228
–
30
,
235
,
236
,
238
,
321

Switzerland
92
,
99
,
426
,
608
,
680

Syria
284
,
648
,
747

T Branch
772
–
3
,
783
;

T2
776
,
785
;

see also
Appendix 3

Taaffe, Peter
661
,
663
,
680

Taleban
809
,
810
,
811

Tanweer, Shehzad
822
–
3

Tanzania (
formerly
Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
469
,
470
,
688