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cage.

The old Lion of Morocco is rumbing and pawing the earth again as he lopes through the narrow confine of his gilded Emir Abdel Krim, that almost legendary gure of Morocco, who fought French and Spanish armies with his Riff warriors in 1925, is living in exile in Egypt, and not liking it.

"

Ho come to Egypt In 1847 when he abandoned his ship at Port Said while the French were escort-

ing him from his exile in Reunion Island to France, there to spend his remaining days. But North African

nationallets persuaded him to jump ship, and once again take up the cudgels for North African freedom.

Ignored by Arabs

The "old Hon," aged by more than 20 years in exile, zhuffled through the halls of tho Arab League and the Egyptian govern- ment, hoping that he would gel at least the moral support of his Arab brethren.

But they were all busy with

Palestine, and when Palestina ended in defeat, the Emir snorted In dingusi at the poor fight and Bank into a frustrated silence.

The veteran Riff leader realised that the time was not propitious for any North African campalgo, military or political.

Now. two year aftor the Palestins ale and with the Arabs trying to stage a como- back on the international scono by constructive soolal and poli- tical plans, the old lion la atin ring.

Seeks support

He has been meeting people, and preparing a new drive to get better conditions for the North Africans.

Recently Entr Abdel Kin visited Egyptian Premier Hussein Sirry Push to thank him for Egypt's support of North Africa at the United Nations. The Emir wants a United Nationa inquày commission to Investigate condi- tions in North Africa.

All Indications point to the Entr being determined to carry out some decisive moves in favour of North Africa.

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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1949,

INTERNATIONAL SPIES WHEN MARGARET WORE AND HOW THEY WORK

or

ANKLE-STRAP SHOES

unyouchored engaged in this work, and they not buy this particular style, to taak more them onaco" and

Intelligenten.

defici-

over-

"

saw no need for

Mimicry, always one of her high-spirited attributes has not Edinburgh always been passed off as a joke.

Flair for style

was

Diplomatic" cold!

The immensity of Russia detalls of espionage in the world's The Russians believe that quan

A little over a year logo (It is during her "playtime" that spy tity produces quality and there has not prevented the Wes most lavishly endowed tern World from knowing schools, some of which have unifore employ the greatest number Scottish shoe retailers were she has come in for most of the

varsity status.

these more than British and the US ankle-strap shoes on their bor of the Royal Family. Her love

of full-time operatives, in fact worried. They had a lot of behind-the-scenes censure for be haylour not becoming toĉa «maja- that the Soviet Union; has The maintenance of

The system, though atom. plants; a country which schools both within and outside together.

her brought covers one-sixth of the globe the USSR means an additional well informed, la inalcelent. At hands. In spite of the fashion of late nights and the haunts of once, but she still cannot conceal the fact burden on the treasury, from least 6 major organisations are trend women and girls would the West End

whose immenso that she has produced an runds all explosaga bills are paid combine strategic with occa and stocks looked like being the visits have continued, atomic explosion, a fact which most of them in cashi

Then Princess Margaret went was known in the political According to the magazine oney los in coloured information a dead loss.

"United Nations World" the submitted, by competitive contres of the Anglo-Saxon annual U.S.xpenditure, for In-zealous operatives and by conflict to Scotland, for the world a few minutes after telligence is £20,000,000 (pre-ing evaluations at high lovely Festival: She wore ankle-strap devaluation), and the number of The so-called "R-Branch of shoes. Her picture appeared in the It happenedgan

the Central Committee of the

papers wearing them.

On the royal South African tour And while the credit for the American full-time eperativen is

the Soviet The U.S. budget figure Communist Party in

Almost the next day queues the gift resulted in her detention first news may be claimed for 0,615.

top-lovel agency started forming outside the shoe for two days in the royal - train seismographic instruments, there includes everything from the total Union is the seems to be no doubt that the In-appropriations of the Central In- which acts as Intelligence Ser shops. The demand for ankle with "diplomatic cold.

vice for the Politburo Section XII

strap shoes was over-whelming. Standing behind the royal party telligence Service played a very

of the Soviet Ministry of Internal large part, possibly in discovering By Simon Wolf

Affairs (headed by Beria) com- Margaret had proved to be a real she clovely copled and exaggerat

Princess for the shoped the gestures of a prominent the explosion Itself, and portainly

Intelligence keepers. binos international in neecumulating details' of it'

cfuzen presenting n loyal address. And at the same time the Mahy people saw her including The blow dealt to the Western telligence Agency to the very with countor-Intelligence work. Ke

" unvouchered " funds" The Ministry of Armed Forces has Fowars by Russia's having either limited

its en organisation, with Mill-Princess made the first step in the King. The "cold" followed. action, missions"

Today she still exploits that developed the scientifle process available for

"projects" of independent tary and Naval Intelligence sub-her ambition to become a leader

unes it. gift but herself (with the help of Germen

a. little less exports) or obtained the secret operatives. The number of oper- sections and Soviet Military and of fashion. The Princess

pubilely.

"She can and does put on a through her spy and Intelligence atives includes all non-clerical Naval Attaches as recruiting and pleased.

I was system has been softened by personnel engaged in the Intelll-supervising agents throughout the American-and possibly British gence activities of the US. Gov-world. It was probably members

remarkable cabaret act," Denement except investigators of this group who stole the atom -Intelligence and speedy dotec

the US. trom

or

told. "Asked to perform she will

tion. Thie

in hired by certain committees of its bomb secret battle of

seat herself at the, plano and, vamping her accompaniment, sing as Nicolai, the German legislative branch. The high ex- Canada.

Economic Intelligence (ono of

hill billy songs in a pleasing voice. peace", master-spy of the first world war penditure is no reflection of the

the US the major functions of the Soviet

***"*Buttons and Hows' is one of called it, is being waged. It is a scope and offeigner of

The

her purchasing Ministry of Foreign Trade) works

real favourities. Her impres- battle of wita, routine work and Intelligence.

power of the US. "Intelligence through Commercial Attachos.

Inalated trade dolegations and such quasi Wits: the days of Mata Hari dollar" is that of an

Independent agencies as Amtor currency in foreign folds. and other "Beautiful spies" of

The British Intelligence Service in the US.

trimmed with pink she had de- it up for an hour with the draw)-

ing and nasul twang in dancers, actresses and ladies of

The chief political Intelligence signed.

character. easy morals who entangled in the expenditure is £14,000,000 (pre-

There was nothing sensational

"She's not up to West End net of their fascination keymen devaluation), while the number of department of the Boviet Union is

a section of the Ministry of in the creation. Its colouring was carbaret, standards, but on,, the from the other side are over; so operatives is only 3,880. Most of

of denily suited to that of the young provincial stage she could easily Aro the days of bespectacled the funds available to British In- Foreign Affairs and consists

two branches one is the official Princess. She wanted the dress caro £16 a week with this not. brief-care telligence are invisible and un- spies Japanese

and

Openly appropriated Tass News Agency whose func vouchered. Today carrying German agents.

"It's so perfect it almost seems funds show a remarkable increase

tions outside the Soviet Union made up. In spite of remon

strances that the position of

rehearsed. as during the Second World

fashion leader was not one to Wor-espionage and Intelligence since 1913. In that year, £58,350 consist far more of collecting re-

The were appropriated for secret ports, surveys, even gossip, and wan

which a Princess should aspire, the smaller West End restaurants are mado in a much more subtle

service accounts. In 1938, relaying them to its headquarters ch and unobtrusive way.

service budget in Moscow than in conventional she got the frock. Britain's overt

"After all," she said to a close and insists on taking parties to new discoveries. When she visits reached the record peace-time journalism, while evaluation and

friend when telling of the in- these restaurants she knows what total of £520,825. Today it ex-

dissemination is done by the so-

"I don't she wants and gets coods £2,500,000--and that figure called Joint Committee for Ad-rident in after years,

want to remain a suet pudding all la understood to represent about

tion (once headed by Maxim Lit my life." 20 per cent of total expenditures,ministration of Foreign Informa-

vinov). Long experience and minimum bureaucracy make for efficiency and economy in all British In- telligence organisations in the use of both funds and personel.

money.

Much light on international copionage has been thrown re- cently through a survey made by the International magazino, "Uni- ted Nations World", published in Now York and London. The sur- voy contains the following details:

Huge sum

The Soviet Union is sponding £27,500,000 (pre-devaluation ster- ling) yearly on intelligence and espionage. The number of her Tull-time operatives is 12,800; this gure does 101 include auxí}l- ories like casual informers, train and coast watchers, resident ob- servers or "Ideological helpers. The Soviet full-time agents are superbly trained in the technical

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She is 18 and although yet too young to be a leader of fashion in the fullest sense she has done much to interpret styles.

Nearly Evo years ago sho de

atylo. elded she had a flair for Proudly she showed her parentssion of Dinah Shore amounts al a sketch of a pink-and-white 05-most to plagiariam. She can keep candle dress with a white hat.

That was perhaps Chief of Soviet Diplomatic In-occasion on which she telligence and chief co-ordinator etrated that if she

in New York, Lakov M. Lomakin,

the

demon- believed it

Brat

own

true

Princess likes to explore

Said one head water yesterday: All the "We've had

practically possible royalty and ex-royalty The least trouble always here.

Elizobath. Princesa Burrounds What delight It Is to serve her.

"Princess Margaret has

the

of every- staff on thele toca. The cockinila

of Soviet political Intelligence is right she would have her the former Soviet Consul-General | way.

Today every detall while highest ranking Soviet In-thing she wears sets the Trans-must be just right; the cham- telligence Officer la Lt.-General atlantic cables humming. And she pagne her favourite brand P.M. Fitin. Tho

Cominform knows it. Stylista at public func- the food perfect."

Inaintains its Own Intelligence, tlons (and often private parties Knows her job but within the Russian notwork. have style tipsters watching) U.S. methods note what she wears. What Prin- cess Margaret wore last night is tomorrow's печа in America. Adapted there, her clothes be come the teen-agers' dream,

"Has definite ideas'

"Princess Margaret is the most important gure in the young

Contrary to the Russláns, the American Intelligence does not use diplomatic covers, employs a relatively amall nimber of operativos and is confined to oponly

+-Government identifled agoncles.

are

the

fashion world," one leading stylist

and

From dance bands she asko for her favourite tunes and some that she chooses stump the players, for they are hits not yet pubished here and only to be heard over the air on short-wave radio sets. In performing them a band is breaking stringent copyright re- gulations.

told me. "She has a decided flair for dress and colour and definite but far more

Little make-up in the palace outside, too has cuused

ideas of her own. She is unlike whisper and comment

the older Court officials to

what

argues the Princess

Times are changing. In a year

greater

Head of the Army Intelligence -within the General · Staff-la Major-General Stafford LeRoy Irwin; the head of Naval Intelll gence la Rear Admiral Thomas Inglis. Outstanding U.S. Intelll many of the people round her, But,

who seem to wear just what is gence organisations

effect, this is 1949, I am of age, Navy's Communication Intoll- put on them.

doing am

my job and I am en- "She makes mistakes, of course, uued to behave as if I was living gence and Army's “A2” (in air-

in this century. force matters), the latter headed we all do; but she knows

sho by major General C. P. Cabell.

and aho gets it.” wants a Nominally superimposed on all

The little 5ft 3in. Princess is Intelligence organisations is the no fairy-book figure. She is in the Princes at 20 will achieve freedom. Many people Central Intelligence Agency everything determined. Many of fear an even greater kicking over

Roar (C.I.A.), with

Admiral her friends have willed under the the traces will follow. Their fears Roscoe H. Hillankoatter as Direç tash she can produco from sharp are likely to be groundless. The tor, Within the tramework of tongue when roused; but they re Princess, knows her job. She est Anglo-American co-operation, main friends. C.L.A. regards Itself as a junior Some of the things she docs partner, fellowing the lead of the causes heartburning in the Court much older and more experienced Her behaviour does not always British Intelligence, and confines meet with the fullest approval. Its activities to the task assigned And again she shows Du it by the Congress.·

גז

The " vice though there exists no hard. agency

named -- has for 60 decades been regarded as having

"British Intelligence Ser-working hard publicly she reckons she entitled dlo play equally,

Be

paradoxically selfless. In the with grace and dignity.co spotlight, she can play her part

One last story indicates the two sides to her character

The scene is her first unescorted public function, a Taunching In Belfast In October 1947. -

ber.

The public eyes are on Privately the Court watched. reached perfection in international The so called Division of Nava! Would the Princese do something Intelligence and has given inspir-Intelligence (D.N.) is regarded startling? "ation to scores of thriller writers: us the world's best Informed naval The launching complete.

In reality Britain has several Intelligence service. The best young dock worker to overalls major independent Intelligence known branch of Millitary Intelli- presents a bouquet organisations, loosely co-ordinated genes is M.1.5, an efficient coun Impetuously the Princess breaks by a special Cabinet Committee, ter-Intelligence organisation which off a flower from the bunch and The most important is the Poli- | —during the lost warm-piscecoded I quickly slips it into his overall tical Intelligance Division of the in keeping the number of aden | top. Foreign Ofice its active chief is sples in Britain to an astonishing. always, the Permanent Under- minimum.

She had passed her test.

Secretary of Stato "at" present So far the detalls of the "United More travel hope

Sir William Strang). The PID Nations World??? „survey.. The She frequently talks of her in a scientific organisation and battle of wits, routine and money family, of whom she is in- uses overt techniques, such as continues. Engaged "In Hifigure ordinately fond. To her in con- press analysis, radio monitoring | anonymous," highly qualified,

versation the King is always Pap- atc. It publishes an excellently danger-defying operativer Is pa and the Queen Mummy, odited

Political Intelligence they do in pasca-loving cepa

cess Weekly for the briefing of policy mocratic countries work for the She hopes in her greater free makers. Secret Inteligence is provention of war by robbing the dom to

dom to travel far more. the responsibility of the Joint In- prospective adversary of his that the ice is broken, she said telligence Bureau, under the ex- secrets, On their successor

"Now

pert leadership of Major-General failure the welfare and life of mil-after her return from Italy, "I Kenneth W. D. Strong. It is a lions may depend. And the work want to go abroad much more.. seation of the Ministry of Defence they do is more thrilling than the It won't be quite so difficult now trip. I and provides Intelligence for Cab- most sensational action. But that I have made this inet and Imperial General Staff, less-much" less-known"; "; shall follow it up."

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