1943 Cecil Parrott UK SPY Manuscript Handwritten Letter in Russian Rare WWII Bulgaria
Stockholm. January, 15. 1943.
Handwritten letter by a UK spy, Sir Cecil Cuthbert Parrott, British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar.
In Russian. “Dear Mr. Shaikovich,
I would be most grateful if you could specify the Bulgarian newspapers that I will be sending you regularly in the future. In addition to the illustrative editorials, please kindly pay attention to the following:
(1) Indications of the existence of resistance, arrests, and executions.
(2) Indications of inflationary trends and signs of distrust in the currency.
(3) the Bulgarization of Thrace.
(4) Statements indicating new military commitments.
(5) Recruitment of workers for Organisation Todt.
Thank you very much in advance. Warm regards. Yours Cecil Parrot”.
Handwritten, most likely, under dictation by a Russian in Parrott’s staff. Black ink, in perfect Russian cursive, grammatically correct.
Signed in English Parrott.
(Agent Parrott: Was a Lancaster Professor a Cold War Spy? Jude Rowley. Lancaster University)
“[Parrott was] a key intelligence operative for the British long before his diplomatic career took him to [the Prague Spring, when he was accused of playing a leading role in a combined Western intelligence operation intended to undermine socialism in Czechoslovakia]. During the Second World War, as head of the Stockholm Press Reading Bureau, he [oversaw] a vast open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering operation and fulfilled a role similar to the one that he would later be accused of playing in Czechoslovakia. Parrott championed the development of a culture-centered propaganda operation drawing on open-source information like press reports, which he would later expand further as the most senior figure in the intelligence section of the covert Information Research Department.”
1943 Cecil Parrott UK SPY Manuscript Handwritten Letter in Russian Rare WWII Bulgaria
Stockholm. January, 15. 1943.
Handwritten letter by a UK spy, Sir Cecil Cuthbert Parrott, British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar.
In Russian. “Dear Mr. Shaikovich, I would be most grateful if you could specify the Bulgarian newspapers that I will be sending you regularly in the future. In addition to the illustrative editorials, please kindly pay attention to the following:
Indications of the existence of resistance, arrests, and executions.
Indications of inflationary trends and signs of distrust in the currency.
the Bulgarization of Thrace.
Statements indicating new military commitments.
Recruitment of workers for Organisation Todt.
Thank you very much in advance. Warm regards. Yours Cecil Parrot”.
Handwritten, most likely, under dictation by a Russian in Parrott’s staff. Black ink, in perfect Russian cursive, grammatically correct.
Signed in English Parrott.
(Agent Parrott: Was a Lancaster Professor a Cold War Spy? Jude Rowley. Lancaster University) “[Parrott was] a key intelligence operative for the British long before his diplomatic career took him to [the Prague Spring, when he was accused of playing a leading role in a combined Western intelligence operation intended to undermine socialism in Czechoslovakia]. During the Second World War, as head of the Stockholm Press Reading Bureau, he [oversaw] a vast open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering operation and fulfilled a role similar to the one that he would later be accused of playing in Czechoslovakia. Parrott championed the development of a culture-centered propaganda operation drawing on open-source information like press reports, which he would later expand further as the most senior figure in the intelligence section of the covert Information Research Department.”
