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'''John Gerson''' is a [[spook]] turned oil executive.
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
John Gerson worked at [[MI6]], where he reached the post of [[Director of Security and Public Affairs]]<ref name=guard>http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/08/richardnortontaylor</ref> in around 1997.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.796.</ref>  
 
John Gerson worked at [[MI6]], where he reached the post of [[Director of Security and Public Affairs]]<ref name=guard>http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/08/richardnortontaylor</ref> in around 1997.<ref>Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.796.</ref>  
  
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===Thacther connection===
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He was HM Consul in Beijing from 1974 to 1977 and interpreted for and advised [[Margaret Thatcher]] on [[China]].{{cn}}
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===Deputy Head of MI6===
 
It became the task of the Director of Security and Public Affairs, and effectively C's number two, John Gerson, to 'deal' with [[Richard Tomlinson]]/<ref>http://cryptome.org/mi6/mi6-restored.htm</ref>
 
It became the task of the Director of Security and Public Affairs, and effectively C's number two, John Gerson, to 'deal' with [[Richard Tomlinson]]/<ref>http://cryptome.org/mi6/mi6-restored.htm</ref>
  
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===Oil executive===
 
He later was given a "top job" at BP.<ref name=guard/>
 
He later was given a "top job" at BP.<ref name=guard/>
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 15 January 2019

Person.png John GersonRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, businessman, deep state operative?)
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg, King’s College (Cambridge)
UK spook turned oil executive

Employment.png Director of Security and Public Affairs

In office
1997 - 1999
Dates unconfirmed. He "took early retirement from what was effectively the post of deputy head of MI6 at the end of [1999]."

John Gerson is a spook turned oil executive.

Career

John Gerson worked at MI6, where he reached the post of Director of Security and Public Affairs[1] in around 1997.[2]

Thacther connection

He was HM Consul in Beijing from 1974 to 1977 and interpreted for and advised Margaret Thatcher on China.[citation needed]

Deputy Head of MI6

It became the task of the Director of Security and Public Affairs, and effectively C's number two, John Gerson, to 'deal' with Richard Tomlinson/[3]

Oil executive

He later was given a "top job" at BP.[1]

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References

  1. a b http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/may/08/richardnortontaylor
  2. Stephen Dorril, The Silent Conspiracy: Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s, Mandarin, 1994, p.796.
  3. http://cryptome.org/mi6/mi6-restored.htm