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The [[East-West Digest]] was produced by the anti-communist [[Dudley Geoffrey Stewart-Smith]] as the journal of his [[Foreign Affairs Circle]]. It was distributed free to MPs.<ref>Andrew Roth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/apr/13/guardianobituaries.conservatives Geoffrey Stewart-Smith], The Guardian, 13 April 2004.</ref> | The [[East-West Digest]] was produced by the anti-communist [[Dudley Geoffrey Stewart-Smith]] as the journal of his [[Foreign Affairs Circle]]. It was distributed free to MPs.<ref>Andrew Roth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/apr/13/guardianobituaries.conservatives Geoffrey Stewart-Smith], The Guardian, 13 April 2004.</ref> | ||
| − | According to ''Lobster'' magazine, the Digest was published by Stewart-Smith's [[Foreign Affairs Publishing Company]], which also acted as a distributor for material for much of the British right.<ref>[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue11/lob11-03.htm Wilson, MI5 and the Rise of Thatcher, Covert Operations in British Politics 1974-1978, Preparing the Ground | + | According to ''Lobster'' magazine, the Digest was published by Stewart-Smith's [[Foreign Affairs Publishing Company]], which also acted as a distributor for material for much of the British right.<ref>[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue11/lob11-03.htm Wilson, MI5 and the Rise of Thatcher, Covert Operations in British Politics 1974-1978, Preparing the Ground], Lobster 11, April 1986.</ref> |
Lobster reports that the Digest "mostly consisted of large chunks of blind (authorless), extremely detailed, apparently pretty accurate material on the British Left: reports on meetings and conferences; documents and journals analysed."<ref>[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/caucus/lobcc-07.htm The subversion hunters and the social democrats in the 1970s], The Clandestine Caucus, Lobster Special Issue, 1996.</ref> | Lobster reports that the Digest "mostly consisted of large chunks of blind (authorless), extremely detailed, apparently pretty accurate material on the British Left: reports on meetings and conferences; documents and journals analysed."<ref>[http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/caucus/lobcc-07.htm The subversion hunters and the social democrats in the 1970s], The Clandestine Caucus, Lobster Special Issue, 1996.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:34, 1 October 2009
The East-West Digest was produced by the anti-communist Dudley Geoffrey Stewart-Smith as the journal of his Foreign Affairs Circle. It was distributed free to MPs.[1]
According to Lobster magazine, the Digest was published by Stewart-Smith's Foreign Affairs Publishing Company, which also acted as a distributor for material for much of the British right.[2]
Lobster reports that the Digest "mostly consisted of large chunks of blind (authorless), extremely detailed, apparently pretty accurate material on the British Left: reports on meetings and conferences; documents and journals analysed."[3]
Notes
- ↑ Andrew Roth, Geoffrey Stewart-Smith, The Guardian, 13 April 2004.
- ↑ Wilson, MI5 and the Rise of Thatcher, Covert Operations in British Politics 1974-1978, Preparing the Ground, Lobster 11, April 1986.
- ↑ The subversion hunters and the social democrats in the 1970s, The Clandestine Caucus, Lobster Special Issue, 1996.
