Perhaps as reference Mr. McLoughtlin could us his book "Last Stop, Paris"
Published in 1998, Published by Penguin Canada.
Robin K Fry
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From: "MMcloughlin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Women Spies, Courage, and Death
> One of the greatest modern spy masters was Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, who =
> headed the SR Alliance network in France during WWII. I recommend her =
> "L'Arch de Noe"(Paris:, Fayard, 1968) for the story of this remarkable =
> woman and of her network, the most successful by far of the intelligence =
> networks in occupied France. Her success was grounded in her very =
> exceptional courage and strength of character, and upon a profound =
> intuition that on many occasions, and quite mysteriously, saved her and =
> her network. There were of course many other women spies, with SOE, SIS =
> and other services, and with resistance networks, who did exceptional =
> work during the war. More than a few gave their lives.
>
> More recently, there was the Greenpeace Warrior affair, the SDECE (now =
> DGSE) bombing in Wellington, New Zealand, which cost the life of a man. =
> Several SDECE women operatives were involved. Most of the SDECE =
> operatives, including one woman, were apprehended by New Zealand police. =
> A second SDECE woman, who had worked her way into the local Greenpeace =
> office, was identified but had made her escape.
>
> There is a dark side. One of my particular interests is special service =
> assassination, which began with my inquiries into the murder of Mario =
> Bachand in Paris, 29 March 1971. One of the killers was a woman, Denyse =
> Leduc, an RCMP operative who, along with boyfriend Normand Roy, had been =
> targeting the FLQ for some time, first in Montreal, then in Cuba, =
> France, Britain, Benelux, Switzerland, and Algeria. (Roy, in one of the =
> more curious RCMP operations to escape the attention of Canadian =
> intelligence 'experts', academic and otherwise, led a false FLQ cell in =
> 1968-1969, controlled by the RCMP, which was responsible for several =
> bombings in Montreal ) Her role in the Bachand killing provides =
> considerable insight into how women can be useful in such matters. =
> Bachand was hyper vigilant, and was staying in the apartment of a French =
> student friend, receiving almost no visitors. Certainly no unkown =
> visitors. That posed a problem for the RCMP, who solved it by having =
> Leduc appear first at the door. Bachand foolishly let her in, and Roy =
> followed. Bachand, Roy, Leduc, and the French student and his girlfriend =
> had lunch together. Two hours later, the French student and his =
> girlfriend left for the university. He returned three hours later and =
> found Bachand shot to death. The weapon was a silenced .22. The killers =
> were immediately identified by the Brigade criminelle, who went to the =
> trouble of drawing up arrest warrants for Roy and Leduc. They were of =
> course, because of RCMP and SDECE influence, never issued. State murder, =
> at least in democracies, is so very interesting. How curious that =
> intelligence specialists and observers discuss it not at all. (I once =
> broached the subject with an SIS interview subject. "Oh, they don't do =
> that any more", the subject said. When I expressed relief, the subject =
> said. "Well, not on a regular basis". Which is, I suppose, a small =
> consolation.
>
> Michael McLoughlin
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