Tubeman by the Seine: Secret Operations of the 20th Century French Affair

Author: Gou Hongzhan|
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: As Nazi Germany sharpened its knives, French intelligence agencies turned a blind eye, instead being entangled in political factional struggles, with their leader, Pasqua, becoming a victim. When decolonization became a global trend, French intelligence agencies played a prominent role in colonial wars, leading to operations like the night raid on the Egyptian embassy to safeguard French colonial interests, the failed assassination plots against Charles de Gaulle by the secret army, and the assassination of nationalist leader Ben Barka in Morocco. American intelligence personnel regard themselves as advisors, while the French intelligence agency willingly plays the role of a thief. In operations like "Operation" that destroyed Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior, the Ariane rocket espionage case, and the training of a batch of "pipe workers" for lock-picking, this distinctive feature is vividly reflected. This book reveals the characteristics of the French intelligence agency to readers through the description of the above events, allowing them to understand its gains and losses, successes and failures.