John Cuckney

John Cuckney
John Cuckney ; (spook, businessman, deep state functionary);
Born	John Graham Cuckney; 1925-07-12; India
Died	2008-10-30 (Age 83)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of St Andrews
Spouse	Muriel Scott Boyd
Founder of	Millbank Technical Services
Party	Conservative
	A spooky establishment figure connected to arms deals and probably more

Sir John Cuckney, Baron Cuckney was a spooky establishment figure connected to weapons deals and probably more.

Career

Cuckney worked in MI5, and was described in Peter Wright's Spycatcher as "a tough, no-nonsense" officer.

He was brought in^{[By whom?]} to reorganize Crown Agents in the mid-1970s. He spun Millbank Technical Services out of Crown Agents, into the Ministry of Defence, and also assumed responsibility as the chief adviser on overseas arms sales to the new Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. When put into the Defence Ministry, Millbank Technical Services takes on the name International Military Service (IMS), which is organized as a “private company” whose shares are owned totally by the Secretary of State for Defence!^[1]

He was chairman of PLA from 1977-1979.

From the Ministry of Defence, Cuckney laid the groundwork for the Al-Yamamah deal, although he left in 1985.^[1]

John Cuckney (spook, businessman, deep state functionary)

Born	John Graham Cuckney 1925-07-12 India
Died	2008-10-30 (Age 83)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of St Andrews
Spouse	Muriel Scott Boyd
Founder of	Millbank Technical Services
Party	Conservative
A spooky establishment figure connected to arms deals and probably more