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pervise SIS’s contribution to the ill-fated Suez campaign in 1956.
Two years later Clive was posted to Tunis, and thereafter to Algiers.
He returned to London in 1966 and was appointed head of theInfor-
mation Research Department.
In 1969 Clive retired and joined the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development in Paris, and until 1980 served in the
secretary-general’s private office. In 1985 his wartime memoirs were
published, apparently without the knowledge or consent of his old
office, but no action was taken to prevent their distribution.COBWEB.Code name ofdouble agentrun by theSecret Intelligence
Service(SIS) in Iceland during World War II. A Dane of Icelandic
origin, Ib Riis was landed by a U-boat in April 1941 and surrendered
to the British authorities, who arranged for him to transmit mislead-
ing shipping information to theAbwehrunder the supervision of his
SIS handler, Harold Blyth. One of his objectives was to tempt the
enemy battle cruiserTirpitzinto the North Sea so she could be at-
tacked by the Royal Navy.
COCKERILL, SIR GEORGE.Born in 1867 and educated at Chel-
tenham and Sandhurst, George Cockerill served on the northwest
frontier of India, working in the Intelligence Branch at Simla, and
fought in theBoer Warbefore commanding the 7th Battalion of the
Royal Fusiliers in 1914. In 1915 he was transferred to staff duties and
appointed deputy director of military intelligence and director of the
newDirectorate of Special Intelligence. In 1918 Cockerill was
elected the Unionist MP for Reigate, a seat he held until 1931.
CODRINGTON, JOHN.Born in 1898 into a distinguished military
family, John Codrington was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst and
served with the Coldstream Guards during World War I. In 1933,
after service with the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, he was ap-
pointed ADC to the commander-in-chief in India, Sir Philip Chet-
wode, and then was recruited by theSecret Intelligence Service
(SIS) to join theZ Organisation, working under London Films
cover. At the outbreak of war, Codrington was placed in charge of
A5(a), theproduction sectionresponsible for the collection of intel-
ligence in Tangier andGibraltar. In 1942 he was appointed the SIS