CHARLIE• 91CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA).Created in 1947 by
the National Security Act, the American CIA has enjoyed a uniquely
close relationship with British Intelligence and by agreement has
posted a declared chief of station (CoS) in London under diplomatic
cover at the U.S. embassy in Grosvenor Square. The London Station
is one of the largest outside the United States; the CoS’s post is con-
sidered prestigious and by convention has been held by a senior offi-
cer who subsequently may be appointed deputy director for
operations. The CoS in London sits as an ex officio member of the
Joint Intelligence Committee. In reciprocation, theSecret Intelli-
gence Servicehead of station in Washington, D.C., acts in a liaison
capacity and abides by an agreement that neither agency will recruit
its nationals or conduct operations on the other’s territory without
prior consent.
CENTRAL REGISTRY.SeeREGISTRY.
CENTURY HOUSE.A gaunt tower block at 100 Westminster Bridge
Road, Southwalk, Century House was the headquarters of theSecret
Intelligence Service(SIS) after its move fromBroadwayin 1966.
SIS moved toVauxhall Crossin 1998.
CHANG, JOHN.A senior officer in the Royal Hong Kong Police, Su-
perintendent John Chang was imprisoned in 1974 after he was con-
victed of working as a long-term spy for the Chinese Ministry of
State Security. Upon his release, Chang went to the People’s Repub-
lic of China and was appointed mayor of Canton.
CHAPSKY, ADOLF.TheNKVD’s Londonrezidentuntil his with-
drawal in 1937, Adolf Chapsky operated under diplomatic cover at
the Soviet embassy under the alias of Second Secretary Anton Schus-
ter. When he returned to Moscow, Chapsky was executed in Stalin’s
purge.
CHARLIE. MI5code name for a photographer named Eschborn, who
was identified as a German spy based in London in 1938 when he
was compromised by a letter forwarded by Jessie Jordan. Eschborn
was interviewed by MI5’sEdward Hinchley-Cookeand explained