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John le Carre

I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services.

John le Carre

War

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John le Carre is describing his time at the British intelligence agency during the 1960s, a period marked by intense suspicion and fear of enemies due to Cold War tensions. He compares this atmosphere to witch-hunts, highlighting how paranoia influenced the actions and mindset within the intelligence community.

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