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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Cover -- Also by the author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- PROLOGUE -- PART 1: LIFE AS A SPY -- 1 A MYSTERIOUS MOTHER -- 2 NO ONE TO ASK -- 3 MERCIA LEONORA ZOE MASSON -- 4 'CATHERINE' -- 5 SPIES AND THEIR SECRETS -- 6 THE MAN FROM ASIO -- 7 THE TRIBUNE -- 8 TWO JOBS -- 9 A COLD WAR -- 10 POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION -- 11 THE MOVE TO ASIO -- 12 THE TARGET -- 13 SON OF A JUDGE -- 14 THE QUEST FOR PEACE -- 15 WHAT WOULD PEOPLE THINK? -- 16 DISSOLUTION -- 17 THE FIFTH COLUMN -- 18 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- 19 PEACE COUNCIL -- 20 WORKING FOR THE PARTY -- 21 NEWCASTLE |
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22 ISSUE NO. 715 -- 23 LEILA -- 24 YOU ARE NOW ONE OF US -- 25 OWN METHOD OF COMMUNICATION -- 26 DEFENCE -- 27 URGENT -- 28 ATOM EXPERIMENTS -- 29 YANKS AND URANIUM -- 30 WOMEN'S WORLD -- 31 NEST OF TRAITORS -- 32 RUM BY THE FIRE -- 33 POLITE PEOPLE -- 34 THE RED BAITER -- 35 SECRET POLICE RAID -- 36 INTERROGATION -- 37 IN FEAR -- 38 ANOTHER RAID -- PART 2: EXPOSURE -- 39 DEFECTION -- 40 PETROV TALKS -- 41 ALBERT HALL -- 42 LIAR -- 43 FERGAN -- 44 MENTORS -- 45 BEHIND THE SCENES -- 46 ALLAYING FEAR -- 47 BUILD UP -- 48 CHOICE OF WORDS -- 49 NEVER -- 50 A TARDY REPORT -- 51 THREE NAMES |
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52 FRIENDSHIP TREATY -- 53 MRS A -- 54 OVERWROUGHT -- 55 TRUE AND CORRECT -- 56 FRIENDS AND ENEMIES -- 57 THE MISSING CABINET -- 58 UNDERLINES -- 59 BATTLELINES -- 60 ANOTHER LOOK -- 61 FIGHTING BACK -- 62 MR OKE -- 63 RIC AND REX -- 64 KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT -- 65 AN EXTRAORDINARY RELATIONSHIP -- 66 DIFFERING ACCOUNTS -- PART 3: AFTERMATH -- 67 IN CAMERA -- 68 FINDINGS -- 69 OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT -- 70 A MENZIES SPY -- 71 RUS -- 72 THE ROAD TO DOUBLE BAY -- 73 A TALE OR TWO -- 74 TRAITOR -- 75 IN SPIRIT -- Picture section -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| Summary |
"Mercia Masson dressed stylishly and loved to host a party. She was a journalist in an era when there were few female journalists, she always wanted to be in the thick of things, and she knew people in very high places. She also led a dangerous double life. This is the remarkable story of an ASIO agent who was hung out to dry. She was exposed at a royal commission called to investigate the extent of Soviet espionage in Australia, following the defection of Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov. Written in association with Mercia's daughter Cindy, this story brings to life a determined woman at the centre of dramatic events in Australian politics during the Cold War." -- Publisher |
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Masson, Mercia
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Dobbin, Cindy -- Family
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Intelligence officers -- Australia -- Biography
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Intelligence service -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
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Journalists -- Australia -- Biography
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Families
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Intelligence officers
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Intelligence service
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Journalists
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Australia
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Politics
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Nonfiction
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Marnie Nicholls, Freda
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| ISBN |
9781761187230 |
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1761187236 |
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