Geoffrey Tantum
Geoffrey Tantum (soldier, spook, businessman) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | November 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Laura Tantum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Equilibrium Gulf Limited, Le Cercle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
==Background
Career
Geoffrey Tantum joined MI6.
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."[4]
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".[5][1] [2]
Connections
Laura Tantum, his daughter, ran the Universal Exports Charity Foundation, named after the company used as a cover for MI6 in the James Bond films.[6]
Deep Politics
He attended Le Cercle and was named by The Telegraph as its UK secretary.[7]
References
- ↑ a b http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum
- ↑ a b http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-alan-tantum-2
- ↑ http://www.isgp.nl/Le_Cercle_membership_list
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/mar/05/uk2
- ↑ http://www.ccdni.com/director-geoffrey-tantum
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049356/Liam-Fox-resignation-The-experts-doubled-profits-Defence-Minister.html
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/aitken-dropped-by-the-rights-secret-club-1258522.html