http://www.the-times.co.uk/
May 17 2000
BRITAIN
Former MI5 chief aims to publish memoirs
BY MICHAEL EVANS, DEFENCE EDITOR
THE former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington has caused the Government an
unprecedented problem by writing a book about her career.
The first Director-General of MI5 to "put pen to paper" about
the Security Service, she has submitted her manuscript to Sir Richard
Wilson, the Cabinet Secretary. He is discussing the implications of
publication with her, the Home Secretary, and the present head of MI5.
Whitehall officials emphasised last night that the discussions were
amicable and that Dame Stella had no intention of revealing anything that
would damage national security. However, the manuscript was being
examined in detail and it was possible that it might never be published.
Whitehall officials rejected any comparison with other former MI5
officers who have made revelations about secret operations, and the
concern was not so much the content of the book as the mere fact of a
former Director-General of MI5 writing memoirs.
Dame Stella who was Director-General of MI5 from 1991 to 1996, having
previously served in all the key departments, including
counter-terrorism, counter-espionage and counter-subversion. Her most
controversial period was as head of F3 branch, which kept a close eye on
subversive activities among trade unions and radical political groups.
The only other post-war MI5 Director-General to have been involved in the
writing of a book was the late Sir Dick White who was interviewed by his
biographer Andrew Boyle.
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