Chapman Pincher

Henry Chapman Pincher (born March 29, 1914) is a British journalist and novelist whose writing mainly focuses on espionage and related matters.

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March 29 - 1914 - British - Journalist - Novelist

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He joined the Daily Express in 1946 as a science and defence correspondent, and is probably best known as the author of "Their Trade is Treachery" which alleged that former director-general of MI5 Roger Hollis had been a spy for the Soviet Union. The book also revealed that Sir Anthony Blunt (whom it referred to under the code-name 'Maurice') had confessed to spying.

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Daily Express - MI5 - Roger Hollis - Spy - Soviet Union - Sir Anthony Blunt

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Pincher is noted for his strong support for the work of the intelligence agencies and for Conservative politics. He was at one point close to Peter Wright whom he knew suspected Harold Wilson to have been a Soviet agent, and according to the biography of Wilson written by Ben Pimlott, Pincher was trying to get information from Wright so that he could accuse Wilson in public.

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Peter Wright - Harold Wilson - Ben Pimlott

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