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| − | On 30 November 2021 Richard Moore, known to spies as 'C' and who oversees the UK’s foreign intelligence apparatus, told [[BBC Radio 4]]’s ''Today Programme'' that while he believed that free societies possessed an advantage over authoritarian ones, “we need to be very robust in fighting our corner” and leverage “the entrepreneurial animal spirits” within science and techonology to keep pace with [[Beijing]]. He said [[Britain]] had observed [[China]] using loans and debt to “acquire significant ports that have the potential to become naval facilities”, doing by economic means what nations including the [[UK}} and [[US]] had done in the past by force. But he added that data and technology now provided a comparable avenue for [[Xi Jinping]]’s government to gain power. [[Chief of the SIS|'C']] said:{{QB|“If you allow another country to gain access to really critical data about your society, over time that will erode your sovereignty – you no longer have have control over that data. That’s something which I think in the UK we are very alive to and we’ve taken measures to defend against. It’s not true, I think, in all the conversations I have around the globe, but I’m very keen that people should understand that.”<ref>''[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/china-mi6-xi-richard-moore-b1966658.html "MI6 chief warns on ‘assertive’ China"]''</ref>}} | + | On 30 November 2021 Richard Moore, known to spies as 'C' and who oversees the UK’s foreign intelligence apparatus, told [[BBC Radio 4]]’s ''Today Programme'' that while he believed that free societies possessed an advantage over authoritarian ones, “we need to be very robust in fighting our corner” and leverage “the entrepreneurial animal spirits” within science and techonology to keep pace with [[Beijing]]. He said [[Britain]] had observed [[China]] using loans and debt to “acquire significant ports that have the potential to become naval facilities”, doing by economic means what nations including the [[UK}} and [[US]] had done in the past by force. But he added that data and technology now provided a comparable avenue for [[Xi Jinping]]’s government to gain power. |
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| + | [[Chief of the SIS|'C']] said:[[File:Mansfield_Cumming.jpg|300px|left|thumb|[[Mansfield Cumming]]'s English Heritage Blue Plaque at 2 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EJ]] | ||
| + | {{QB|“If you allow another country to gain access to really critical data about your society, over time that will erode your sovereignty – you no longer have have control over that data. That’s something which I think in the UK we are very alive to and we’ve taken measures to defend against. It’s not true, I think, in all the conversations I have around the globe, but I’m very keen that people should understand that.”<ref>''[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/china-mi6-xi-richard-moore-b1966658.html "MI6 chief warns on ‘assertive’ China"]''</ref>}} | ||
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| Alma mater | Worcester College (Oxford), Harvard University, Stanford Graduate School of Business | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
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Richard Peter Moore is a British intelligence official, currently the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and formerly the Director General (Political) at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office,[1][2][3][4] and previously the British Ambassador to Turkey.[1]
Own words
"In the contest for power through the 21st century, those who command key technologies will have an advantage," says Richard Moore.
Radio interview
On 30 November 2021 Richard Moore, known to spies as 'C' and who oversees the UK’s foreign intelligence apparatus, told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme that while he believed that free societies possessed an advantage over authoritarian ones, “we need to be very robust in fighting our corner” and leverage “the entrepreneurial animal spirits” within science and techonology to keep pace with Beijing. He said Britain had observed China using loans and debt to “acquire significant ports that have the potential to become naval facilities”, doing by economic means what nations including the [[UK}} and US had done in the past by force. But he added that data and technology now provided a comparable avenue for Xi Jinping’s government to gain power.
'C' said:
“If you allow another country to gain access to really critical data about your society, over time that will erode your sovereignty – you no longer have have control over that data. That’s something which I think in the UK we are very alive to and we’ve taken measures to defend against. It’s not true, I think, in all the conversations I have around the globe, but I’m very keen that people should understand that.”[5]
Green ink
In the same interview, Richard Moore revealed the significance of the green ink used by those in his role - which came from a tradition started by Sir Mansfield Cumming, the first head of MI6, who was the original 'C' .
Moore said the green ink means those working in the service know any directive has been signed by him.
"The same is true of my typescript on my computer," the latest 'C' added.[6]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
| Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
| Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here |
| Munich Security Conference/2024 | 16 February 2024 | 18 February 2024 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.gov.uk/government/people/richard-moore
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fco-political-director-in-lebanon-discusses-security
- ↑ https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-268831
- ↑ https://twitter.com/UKPolDirRichard?s=20
- ↑ "MI6 chief warns on ‘assertive’ China"
- ↑ "MI6 boss warns of China 'debt traps and data traps'"
