Harry Sporborg
 Harry Sporborg  (spook, lawyer, financier, deep politician) | |
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| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1985 (Age 80) |
| Nationality | UK |
| Member of | Shield |
Spook alleged to have envisaged Operation Gladio. | |
Henry Nathan "Harry" Sporborg was deputy head of the Special Operations Executive under Colin Gubbins during World War Two.[1] He is not widely known, but as it is alleged that he came up with the idea later known as Operation Gladio, he was may well have been a key member of the European Deep State.
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Career
He was a partner in Slaughter and May from 1935-1946. He was reportedly "decorated by four governments for his war time services".[2]
Harry Sporborg was a lawyer in London who became vice-chief of SOE during World War II, working alongside Charles Hambro. It has been suggested that he envisaged the "stay-behind" units which were to be realised as Operation Gladio.[3]
Later activities
Later he was a long-serving director of Hambros Bank.[4]
In 1953, Harry Sporborg (together with Airey Neave) was reportedly one of the founding trustees of the (former SOE volunteer) Sue Ryder's eponymous charity.[5]
Shield
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Harry Sporborg was a member of the shield group that worked to get Margaret Thatcher made Prime Minister in the 1970s.
References
- ↑ MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, by Stephen Dorril, Touchstone, 2002, p.31.
- ↑ Slaughter and May: A Century in the City By Laurie Dennett
- ↑ https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/exercise_waterland_etc_1989_deta
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11353612/Christopher-Sporborg-banker-obituary.html
- ↑ http://hildamurrell.org/2012/11/12/early-day-motion-tabled-in-house-of-commons-uk/
