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592 NOTES TO PAGES 280-292
9 Young, The Labour Governments, 1964-70,
p.15.
10 Johnson, American Cryptoiogy, Vo!.2,
pp.315-17
11 Aid, Secret Sentry, pp.152-3.
12 John Nix, pp.15-16, Foreign Affairs Oral
History Collection (5), LL.
13 Forster, 'No Entry', pp.139-46.
14 Douglas-Home (FCO) to Heath (PM),
18.09.70, enclosing 'Provision of Facilities
for the United States Administration',
DEFE 24/603. The officials complained
that 'the task ... has been a big one'.
Gibson (MoD) to Tesh (FCO), 16.09.70,
ibid.
15 Ibid. A retired NSA director has confirmed
to the author that the ability to compare
world views was no less valuable a British
contribution than raw intelligence.
16 Andrew and Gordievsky, KGB, pp.435-6.
17 Record of mtg in the Permanent Under­
Secretary's Office, 25.05.71, in Bennett
and Hamilton (eds), DBPO, III, Vol.I, britain
and the Soviet Union, 1968-72, No.66,
pp.339-43.
18 Kissinger to Nixon, 24.09.71, and attached
memo 'Defection in the UK by a Soviet
KGB Official', Subject File: Defectors and
Refugees, Jun 1971-Apr 1973, Box 318,
National Security Files, NPM, NARA.
19 Walden, Lucky George, pp.144-8.
20 Greenhill (PUS FCO) to Douglas-Home
(SoS FCO), 30.09.71, DEFE 13/898.
21 Douglas-Home (SoS FCO) to Heath (PM),
'Proposed Occasional Basing of US SR-71
Photographic Reconnaissance Aircraft in
Britain', 16.12.71, ibid.
22 JIC (A) (72) 23rd mtg (4) Confidential
Annex, 'Intelligence Exchanges with the
French', 22.06.72, CAB 185110.
23 JIC (A) (72) 17th mtg (4) Confidential
Annex, 'Release of Assessments on France
to the United States', 04.05.72, ibid.
24 SIS paper INT 9 (70) 1 'Soviet Approaches
for Intelligence in China', attachment to
N 0.4601170, CAB 190/9; JIC Working
Party on Soviet Approaches for Intelligence
on China, 1st mtg, 02.12.70, ibid.
25 Eventually the capital costs rose to £35
million.
26 D.DSTI/3112/4/4, 'Cobra Mist: Status and
Future UK Policy', 21.11.72, AIR 2118797.
27 Hooper (D/GCHQ) to White (IC),
D/270911402/42, 24.06.71, DEFE 311155.
28 DUS (Air) to PS/50S MoD, 'Cobra Mist,
Orfordness', 19.06.73, ibid.
29 Le Bailly to PUS MoD, 'Cobra Mist', and
attachment, 11.06.73, ibid.
30 Joseph (SoS DHSS) to Carrington (Min
Def), 05.02.71, HO 25511108.
31 Min. Post and Telecommunications, note
on mtg 26.03.71, ibid.
32 Carrington (Def Sec) to Heath (PM), MO
1017, 'Cobra Mist, Orford ness', 21.06.73,
DEFE 311155.
33 Trend (CAB) to Dunnett (PUS MoD),
'Cobra Mist OTHR', 12.06.73, ibid.
34 Le Bailly to PUS MoD, 'Cobra Mist', and
attachment, 11.06.73, ibid.
35 HD of S9 (Air) to DUS (Air), 'RAF
Orfordness', 28.06.73, ibid.
36 Nicoll (GCHQ) to Herman (Sec JIC), 'Cobra
Mist', ZI1096/80002115, 18.07.73, ibid.
37 Rothery (FCO Hanslope) to Rogers (PSA),
'Future Use of the Crowborough Site',
06.06.83, CM 37/21.
38 Cromer (Washington) to Brimelow (FCO),
07.03.73, FCO 731135.
39 Trend (Cab Sec) to Heath (PM), 24.04.73,
PREM 1511362.
40 Record of mtg at the White House,
30.07.73, FCO 82/311.
41 Webster (CAB) to Cradock (FCO),
29.08.73, CAB 1641l235.
42 Trend memo, 'United States/Europe
Relations', 17.08.73, ibid. Also private
information.
43 Robertson (CAB) to Trend (Cab Sec),
16.08.73, CAB 16411235.
44 JIC (73) 31st mtg (4), 16.08.73; JIC (73)
32nd mtg (7), 28.08.73, JIC (73) 33rd mtg
(3), 30.08.73, JIC (73) 34th mtg (2),
06.09.73, CAB 185113.
45 Cabinet Office to the author, 21.05.07.
46 Information from former American officials,
06.04.09.
47 Trend () memo, 'United States/Europe
Relations', 17.08.73, CAB 16411235.
48 Heath to Nixon, 04.09.73, ibid.
49 Nixon to Heath, 09.09.73, PREM 151l981.
50 Tickell (Washington) to Wiggin (FCO),
'Talks on MBFR -The Problem', 12.10.73,
FCO 4111242.
51 Sykes (Washington) to Brimelow (FCO),
13.08.73, DEFE 13/981.
52 Bergman and Meltzer, Yom Kippur War,
Real Time, pp.I23-7.
53 Le Bailly to '', 01.01.83, Folder 3, Box
7, Le Bailly papers, CCC.
54 Le Bailly to 'Charlie', 01.07.82, Folder 3,
Box 7, Le Bailly papers, CCC.
55 Andrew, President's Eyes Only, pp.391-2.
56 Notes of an interview by Henry Brandon
with Richard Helms, File 8 'Helms', Box
57, Henry Brandon papers, LC.
57 NRO memo for Dr McLucas, 'November