The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945 by Nigel West - 9780415352154

The Guy Liddell Diaries Vol.II: 1942-1945MI5's Director of Counter-Espionage in World War II\nAuthor(s): Nigel West\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415352154, 978-0415352154\nSynopsis\nWALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security Services most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5s Director of Counter-Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The document was considered so highly classified that it was retained in the safe of successive Directors-General, and special permission was required to read it.\n\nLiddell was one of three brothers who all won the Military Cross during the First World War and subsequently joined MI5. He initially first served in the Metropolitan Police Special Branch at Scotland Yard, dealing primarily with cases of Soviet espionage, until he was transferred to MI5 in 1931. His social connections proved important .