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The Spy Catchers : the Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963 /
With unprecedented access to their hitherto sealed records, this is the first volume of a remarkable official history of ASIO - a revealing and authoritative account of the early years of Australia's national security intelligence service.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Crows Nest, N.S.W.] :
Allen & Unwin,
2014.
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| Colección: | Horner, David. Official History of ASIO ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Front flap; Part title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary; Chronology; Introduction; Part 1: Federation to the Cold War 1901-1949; 1 Counterespionage or political surveillance?; The First World War; Between the wars; The outbreak of the Second World War; Banning the Communist Party; Forming the Security Service; The Labor Government takes charge; War with Japan; The Director-General of Security and the Commonwealth Security Service; The Wake inquiry; The CSS at war; Wartime leakages of information.
- 2 Adapting to a new threatAustralia's postwar defence and foreign policies; The postwar Security Service; The new intelligence structure; The Communist Party at the end of the war; Criticism of Australian security; The Communist Party challenges the Government; Charles Spry as Director of Military Intelligence; Assessing the CIS; 3 Reacting to the leaks; The role of Venona; MI5 informs Australia; Initial investigations; The United States cuts off information; Chifley's visit to London; Venona and the link with atomic secrets; 4 Under irresistible pressure.
- Hollis and Hemblys-Scales visit AustraliaDeciding to form a security service; American concerns about communism in Australia; Further security breaches; The London Security Conference; Edging towards a security service; Hollis and the establishment of ASIO; Part 2: Establishment and consolidation 1949-1954; 5 Building a new security service; Initial organisation; Recruiting staff; Accommodation; Administrative arrangements; Relations with the CIS; Security vetting; Counter-subversion; Public debate; Reorganisation; 6 Trying to crack 'the case'; Shedden's overseas visit.
- Beginning work on 'the case'Surveillance of the Russians; Responding to the Menzies Government; Restoring the flow of US information; The Communist Party Dissolution Bill; Investigating Jim Hill; Laying the foundation; 7 Reshaping and consolidating; Spry's appointment; Spry takes over; The resignation of Bob Wake; Trouble in New Guinea; Establishing the Melbourne headquarters; Improving ASIO's capabilities; Running agents; Telephone interception and technical operations; Photographic Section; Training; Relations with other Australian agencies; Relations with overseas security services.
- Spry's legacy8 Contesting the Cold War; The challenge of counter-subversion; International developments; Australia's part in the Cold War; ASIO's role; The referendum; Seeking legal remedies; Internment policy; Continuing efforts against the CPA; Other anti-communist organisations; Front organisations; Widening the net; 9 Watching and recording; Coordinating the collection; Publications; Agents; CPA efforts to penetrate ASIO; Technical operations; Surveillance; Covert entries and other activities; Putting it together; 10 Vetting, checking and advising; Harry Medlin's security clearance.