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Sir Kenneth Strong , one of the best intelligence officers of his generation , has written a most interesting autobiography , open to criticism only because he does not , in the opinion of this reviewer , describe in enough detail how ...
Sir Kenneth Strong , one of the best intelligence officers of his generation , has written a most interesting autobiography , open to criticism only because he does not , in the opinion of this reviewer , describe in enough detail how ...
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Several of the British army officers were smoking pipes and there was a fug in the bus which for me had the makings of a good headache . I looked out of the window . On either side were rolling foothills dotted with scrub and rocky ...
Several of the British army officers were smoking pipes and there was a fug in the bus which for me had the makings of a good headache . I looked out of the window . On either side were rolling foothills dotted with scrub and rocky ...
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Various British naval officers , too , have left us their memories of the West Coast in the nineteenth century , and a grim picture they give us of monotony and sickness , and officers ruined through drink .
Various British naval officers , too , have left us their memories of the West Coast in the nineteenth century , and a grim picture they give us of monotony and sickness , and officers ruined through drink .
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SURTSEY THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND | 13 |
NORTH AFRICAN CRUISE | 30 |
IBSENS LAST LOVE | 39 |
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