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This nest of Oxbridge spies, this den of Establishment traitors as well, if Fleet Street is to be believed. Two weeks ago, Britons were stunned by accusations in the Daily Mail that the late Sir Roger Hollis, chief of M15, British counterintelligence, before his retirement in 1965, was himself a...
The son of an Anglican bishop, Hollis attended Oxford but never earned a degree. Instead, he went to work for the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai and then joined M15 in 1939. There he steadfastly worked his way up: acting head of Section F, which dealt with Soviet and...
For all their splashy impact, Pincher's charges left many Britons unconvinced. Said Labor M.P. Robert Cryer:"I am very suspicious of allegations timed to sell books." Pincher himself carefully pointed out that "at no time in the book do I say that Hollis was a spy. It is...
Rising in Parliament at 3:30 p.m., the hallowed half-hour at which British Prime Ministers traditionally make important statements, Margaret Thatcher was more declarative before a hushed house. Hollis was no mole, said she, pointing out that although it was difficult to prove his innocence, government investigations did not...
The forces threatening to pull Sally down are represented by her former husband Dave-played by a young Canadian actor named Robert Joy, who is the punkest punk to show up on the screen in a long time-and her hugely pregnant sister (Hollis McLaren), who is now living with...