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'''Geoffrey Alan Tantum''' is a former [[MI6]] controller for the [[Middle East]].<ref name=gat/><ref name=gat2/> He reportedly met with [[Jonathan Aitken]] every six weeks and swapped information.<ref name=ISGP>https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list</ref> He was awarded an OBE in 1995.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_New_Year_Honours</ref>
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'''Geoffrey Alan Tantum''' is a former [[MI6]] controller for the [[Middle East]].<ref name=gat/><ref name=gat2/> He reportedly met with [[Jonathan Aitken]] every six weeks and swapped information.<ref name=ISGP>https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list</ref> He was awarded an OBE in 1995.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_New_Year_Honours</ref> His name was on a list of 117 MI6 operatives posted on the [[internet]] in the [[1990s]] by disaffected [[spook]] [[Richard Tomlinson]].<ref>http://www.duncancampbell.org/menu/journalism/theage/Sackedspy.pdf</ref>
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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He attended Hampton Grammar School, then RMA Sandhurst, then obtained a 1st Class degree in Oriental Studies (Arabic) from [[St John’s College Oxford]].<ref name=ISGP/>
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Geoffrey Tantum attended [[Hampton Grammar School]], then [[RMA Sandhurst]], then obtained a 1st Class degree in Oriental Studies (Arabic) from [[St John’s College Oxford]].<ref name=ISGP/>
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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Geoffrey Tantum work in the UK military from 1959–66, then joined [[MI6]].<ref name=ISGP/>
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Geoffrey Tantum worked in the UK military from 1959–66, then joined [[MI6]].<ref name=ISGP/> Having a degree in Arabic, he focused on the [[Middle East]]. "The report was based on a tape-recording by a British agent of President ali Khameni of [[Iran]], giving orders to leaders of Iran's secret service on how they should destabilise [[Saudi Arabia]] by a series of [[terrorist]] bombings of Saudi government buildings and British and US military offices in [[Riyadh]] and Dharan."<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/mar/05/uk2</ref>
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Having a degree in Arabic, Tantum focused on the [[Middle East]]. "The report was based on a tape-recording by a British agent of President ali Khameni of [[Iran]], giving orders to leaders of Iran's secret service on how they should destabilise [[Saudi Arabia]] by a series of terrorist bombings of Saudi government buildings and British and US military offices in Riyadh and Dharan."<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/mar/05/uk2</ref>
 
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===Later activities===
 
===Later activities===
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Since 2002, he was been a director of a range of UK companies, including [[Equilibrium Gulf Limited]], "an innovative ethical UK-based geo-strategic advisory company with an international focus".<ref>http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-tantum</ref><ref name=gat>http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum</ref>
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Since 2002, he was been a director of a range of UK companies, including [[Equilibrium Gulf Limited]], "an innovative ethical UK-based geo-strategic advisory company with an international focus".<ref>http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-tantum</ref><ref name=gat>http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum</ref> His co-directors in [[Petra Software Limited]] were [[George Ritchie Gray]], [[Caroline Anne Tantum]], [[Jeremy Michael Wooding]] and [[Ralph Douglas]].<ref name=gat2>http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum-2</ref> In 2005, he was working for [[Gulf Consultancy Services, UK]].<ref>http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Union/InternationalAffairs/events/past.html</ref> He was a director of [[South Pool Property Investments Limited]] from 2003-07-21 to 2013-01-31.<ref name="cc">http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/7546392/MR-GEOFFREY-TANTUM</ref>
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<ref name=gat2>http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum-2</ref> In 2005, he was working for [[Gulf Consultancy Services, UK]].<ref>http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Union/InternationalAffairs/events/past.html</ref>
 
  
 
==Connections==
 
==Connections==

Revision as of 16:36, 25 April 2018

Person.png Geoffrey Tantum Company Dircetor Check PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, spook, diplomat, businessman)
BornNovember 1940
NationalityUK
Alma materHampton Grammar School, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Oxford University/St John's College
Children • Laura Tantum
• Katie Tantum
Member ofEquilibrium Gulf Limited, Le Cercle

Employment.png Director

In office
2013-03-14 - 2013-06-30
EmployerModac Global Limited

Employment.png Director

In office
2013-12-03 - 2014-03-31
EmployerEquilibrium Gulf Limited
Resigned

Employment.png Director

In office
2002-02-20 - 2005-02-08
EmployerPetra Software Limited

Employment.png 

In office
1959 - 1966
EmployerUK/Army

Geoffrey Alan Tantum is a former MI6 controller for the Middle East.[1][2] He reportedly met with Jonathan Aitken every six weeks and swapped information.[3] He was awarded an OBE in 1995.[4] His name was on a list of 117 MI6 operatives posted on the internet in the 1990s by disaffected spook Richard Tomlinson.[5]

Background

Geoffrey Tantum attended Hampton Grammar School, then RMA Sandhurst, then obtained a 1st Class degree in Oriental Studies (Arabic) from St John’s College Oxford.[3]

Career

Geoffrey Tantum worked in the UK military from 1959–66, then joined MI6.[3] Having a degree in Arabic, he focused on the Middle East. "The report was based on a tape-recording by a British agent of President ali Khameni of Iran, giving orders to leaders of Iran's secret service on how they should destabilise Saudi Arabia by a series of terrorist bombings of Saudi government buildings and British and US military offices in Riyadh and Dharan."[6]

Later activities

Since 2002, he was been a director of a range of UK companies, including Equilibrium Gulf Limited, "an innovative ethical UK-based geo-strategic advisory company with an international focus".[7][1] His co-directors in Petra Software Limited were George Ritchie Gray, Caroline Anne Tantum, Jeremy Michael Wooding and Ralph Douglas.[2] In 2005, he was working for Gulf Consultancy Services, UK.[8] He was a director of South Pool Property Investments Limited from 2003-07-21 to 2013-01-31.[9]

Connections

Laura Tantum, a daughter, ran the Universal Exports Charity Foundation, named after the company used as a cover for MI6 in the James Bond films.[10] Katie Tantum is another daughter.[11]

Deep Politics

He attended Le Cercle and was named by The Telegraph as its UK secretary.[12]

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References

  1. ↑ a b http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum
  2. ↑ a b http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum-2
  3. ↑ a b c https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list
  4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_New_Year_Honours
  5. ↑ http://www.duncancampbell.org/menu/journalism/theage/Sackedspy.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/mar/05/uk2
  7. ↑ http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-tantum
  8. ↑ http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Union/InternationalAffairs/events/past.html
  9. ↑ http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/7546392/MR-GEOFFREY-TANTUM
  10. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049356/Liam-Fox-resignation-The-experts-doubled-profits-Defence-Minister.html
  11. ↑ https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-318929293/mi6-chief-s-daughter-in-pregnancy-case-lacked-drive
  12. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/aitken-dropped-by-the-rights-secret-club-1258522.html
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