NATIONAL SECURITY: Soviet bloc espionage: setting the record straight*

Australia’s intelligence agencies and government departments were compromised by agents working for the Soviet Union, according to recently declassified papers from the Hope Royal Commission (1974-77). Warren Reed and Dr Christopher J. Ward report.Australia today is devoid of a realistic capacity to cleanse itself in counter-espionage and counter-intelligence terms.*The odd foreign spy, through bad tradecraft or due to nifty footwork on the part of Australian security officer…

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