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File Folder 8: XX Committee., 01/01/1982-12/31/1982

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 40
Identifier: 90263

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to all of Collins' nine books, excluding his compilations of Lord Louis Mountbatten's papers.

Dates

  • 01/01/1982-12/31/1982

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Extent

From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

Contains file folder 8 of the typed notes, photocopies and related material compiled by Larry Collins during his research for Fall From Grace (c. 1985), also referred to as Projet "La Chatte," regarding the XX Committee, made up of the senior members of the Inter-Service Security Board (ISSB), together with representatives of the three Directors of Intelligence of MI5, MI6, SOE, and the Political Warfare Executive (PWE), who decided what items of information should be passed on to the enemy as an overall plane of deception.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

FALL FROM GRACE - LC FILE FOL 8 RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - FALL FILE FOL 8 RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

XX COMMITTEE - FALL FILE FOL 8 NOTES RE DECEPTION PLANS: Typescript

DECEPTION, WW II - FALL FILE FOL 8 RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

WORLD WAR II, DECEPTION - FALL FILE FOL 8 RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

HARMER & ROBERTSON - FALL FILE FOL 8 INTRVW NOTES RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

XX COMMITTEE - FALL FILE FOL 8 HARMER & ROBERTSON INTRVW NOTES RE: Typescript

FLEETWOOD-HEKSETH, R. - FALL FILE FOL 8 INTRVW NOTES RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

XX COMMITTEE - FALL FILE FOL 8 FLEETWOOD-HEKSETH INTRVW NOTES RE: Typescript

MONTAGU, EWEN - FALL FILE FOL 8 INTRVW NOTES RE XX COMMITTEE: Typescript

XX COMMITTEE - FALL FILE FOL 8 MONTAGU INTRVW NOTES RE: Typescript

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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