: Jazz, Bolsheviks and Miss X: A real-life spy story from 1930s Bombay #IndiaNEWS “I am convinced that more information has been obtained by women-agents, by keeping out of the arms of the man, than

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Jazz, Bolsheviks and Miss X: A real-life spy story from 1930s Bombay #IndiaNEWS
“I am convinced that more information has been obtained by women-agents, by keeping out of the arms of the man, than ever was obtained by sinking too willingly into them...�– Maxwell Knight, MI5 spymasterOn June 11, 1934, Miss X travelled to Paris from London with scanty directions on her secret mission. There she met Percy Glading, a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and its front organisations, the League Against Imperialism and the Anti-War Movement. He gave her money, instructions and a questionnaire that she was required to bring back completed. As a trusted typist at the offices of the Anti-War Movement since the autumn of 1932, she had been persuaded by Harry Pollitt, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and Percy Glading to undertake an overseas assignment. Miss X had reluctantly agreed. She was more accustomed to sitting quietly at her desk, typing out letters, and answering phone calls. Importantly, besides her trustworthiness, she also possessed a “clean� passport. She had never come under the notice of the police and had never travelled beyond British shores. With a sense of foreboding, the nervous Miss X travelled to Marseille and set sail to Bombay, artfully “drifting on...Read more

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