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Breaking the Codes: Australia's KGB Network, 1944-1950

Breaking the Codes: Australia's KGB Network, 1944-1950 Softcover - 1998

by Ball, Desmond and Horner, David

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Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY In December 1944 General Blamey, the commander-in-chief of the Australian Military Forces, was handed a file. It contained decrypted radio intercepts which proved that the Imperial Japanese Army was receiving top secret information - US and Australian war plans. Material that could lead to the death of Allied servicemen in the Pacific.The most likely source: Canberra.So began a hunt that took five years, involved the world's most secret intelligence organisations and resulted in the exposure and neutralisation of a Soviet espionage network in Australia.Breaking the Codes is a story of international counter-espionage and signals intelligence. It tells of a secret war which sowed the seeds of suspicion in Moscow, Washington and London, seeds which flowered in the Cold War and led to the creation of ASIO. xix, 468 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. #120224 Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-444) and index. Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezopasnosti -- History Espionage, Soviet -- Australia -- History National security -- Australia Australia -- Foreign relations Australia -- Strategic aspects (Gift inscription on prelim.) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Near Fine
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