The Correspondent, December 1995 - January 1996

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That spooþ story is back again

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Richard Hugbes: "Aþþroacbed by tlre Souiets."

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rrilip Knightley is straight tbr-

ward, almost adamant. FCC veteran Richard Hughes was for "many years"

a Soviet agent. And, what's more, his files with the British secret service are full of complaints about having to

hand over the money that he was getting from his Soviet paymasters. Knightley, formedy a top investigative reporter in Britain, was speaking to a luncheon meeting at the club. His comments produced a fair amount

of head-shaking, most visibly from Hugh Van Es. But, almost unforgivably, no one raised the issue of Hughes the Spook in question time. Van Es did challenge the notion priyately and re-

ports that Knightley himself said he had not seen the relevant files. He was,

Van Es reports, repeating apart of a biography of Ian Fleming. So, was Hughes a spy for the SoviTHt

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Kevin Sinclair, who probablyknew

openly about it before? "Dick was a friend," he said. "He swore me to secrecy on his role, as he put it, as a

the "barefoot reporter" as well as aîybody at the club today, was asked to contribute his view for this article. He declined, saying it was a tired old topic, and he was sick of it. But, apart from Knightley and Fleming, there is a third person who believes the former Times man did

double agent." Hughes's inyolvement, if that's what it was, was limited. Macswan reports the journalist was on social terms with Soviet elements, and it was through one of them thatanapproaclt

work for Soviet interests. Norman Macswan, who wrote The Møn Wbo

was made. "He used to go out drinking and

Reød the East Wínd, Hughes's biography, is in no doubt on the topic. He said the correspondent told him about it in 1980. But, Macswan said, it was only a minor business. "Hughes was a double agent," the

biographer said, speaking from his home in Australia. "He had been approached by the Soviets and he told the Brits. They said 'follow it'." If so, why had Macswan not spoken more

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whoring with them," the biographer said. "One of them said that he would like to have

a

look

same time

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Dick's copy

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that he sent it to

London. He went immediately to the British, and they told him to play along with it, but also to r€port back to them what he was asked about. That was the extent ofthe double agent role. It was no big role." Contúnue on pøge 23

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8 Harbour Road

Services/Products: Property investment and development in Hong Kong and China; terminals and transport systems, hotels in Asia and

Wanchai Hong Kong Marketing Communications Manager Monika

Sturm

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