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|description=As Head of the Home Civil Service, he learned about the existence of [[Stewart Menzies]]' personal slush fund. | |description=As Head of the Home Civil Service, he learned about the existence of [[Stewart Menzies]]' personal slush fund. | ||
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'''Edward Bridges''' | '''Edward Bridges''' | ||
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==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
Just before [[Stewart Menzies]] retired as [[MI6 head]], he met to tell his successor about the "[[unofficial reserve]]", a multi-million pound slush fund he had personally administered. Edward Bridges asked Menzies how much money he had in the account and expressed concern about lack of accountability. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42012380</ref> | Just before [[Stewart Menzies]] retired as [[MI6 head]], he met to tell his successor about the "[[unofficial reserve]]", a multi-million pound slush fund he had personally administered. Edward Bridges asked Menzies how much money he had in the account and expressed concern about lack of accountability. <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-42012380</ref> |
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Edward Bridges (civil servant) | ||||||||||
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Born | Edward Ettingdene Bridges 4 August 1892 | |||||||||
Died | 27 August 1969 (Age 77) | |||||||||
Nationality | UK | |||||||||
Alma mater | Eton, Magdalen College (Oxford) | |||||||||
Children | 4 | |||||||||
Spouse | • Katharine • Lady Bridges | |||||||||
As Head of the Home Civil Service, he learned about the existence of Stewart Menzies' personal slush fund.
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Edward Bridges
Activities
Just before Stewart Menzies retired as MI6 head, he met to tell his successor about the "unofficial reserve", a multi-million pound slush fund he had personally administered. Edward Bridges asked Menzies how much money he had in the account and expressed concern about lack of accountability. [1]
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