MMAN YHK237 24-0245 VSA 406
: ESPIONAGE 5 HONG KONG:
BUT SPECIAL BRANCH CHIEF RICHARD RICHARDSON DID REVEAL IN A RARE INTERVIEW BEFORE RETIRING RECENTLY +THIS BRANCH HAS A WORLDWIDE REPUTATION AND WE ARE LARGE, EVEN BY WORLD STANDARDS. + WHAT OF THEIR MAJOR TRIUMPHS? HE REPLIED DISCREETLY: +WELL, THE MOST INTERESTING CASES ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONES AND NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THEM.+
HE DID HOWEVER SINGLE OUT THE 1950'S CASE OF AN AIR INDIA PLANE BLOWN UP AFTER LEAVING HONG KONG FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BANDUNG, INDONESIA.
SOME SENIOR CHINESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE KILLED, A YEAR-LONG INVESTIGATION REVERLED THAT SABOTAGE WAS MOUNTED BY AN UNNAMED FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION AND A CASE PREPARED AGAINST THE MAN RESPONSIBLE, BUT HE COULD NOT BE ENTRADITED.
AFTER OFFERING A FASCINATING GLIMPSE OF HIS JOB: NO OTHER DETAILS EMERGED, FOR SPECIAL BRANCH, THE BEST PLACE TO WORK WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE SHADOWS,
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