The Baghdad Set_ Iraq through the Eyes of British Intelligence, 1941–45

262 APPENDIX A: FREYA STARK’S KNOWN COVERT ACTIVITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST...

From To Region Visited Objective/product Client

1939–10 1939–10Cairo – Meetings in Cairo with various

intelligence personalities:

Cawthorn (MEIC), Thornhill

(SIS), Clayton (DDMI), et al.

1939–11 1940–02Aden – Assistant Information Officer.

Ikhwan al-Hurriya. Bonzo

scheme

MOI/

FO

1940–02 1940–03Yemen Sana’a Political, military, economic

intelligence. Persuasion

MEIC/

FO

1940–07 1941–03Cairo Ikhwan. Bonzo scheme MOI/

SOE

1941–03 1943–02Baghdad Ikhwan MOI

1943–02 1943–03Delhi Bonzo scheme GOC

1943–04 1943–08Baghdad Ikhwan MOI

Periods between travels spent in the UK and/or Italy. The duration and nature of Stark’s association with
SIS throughout this period remain obscure