The Diamond Smugglers
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The Diamond Smugglers is a non-fiction book by Ian Fleming that was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape on 29 November 1957. The book is based on two weeks of interviews Fleming und
First-edition cover
Percy Sillitoe in the 1930s
Sierra Leonean miners sieving for diamonds in 2011
Percy Sillitoe
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Sir Percy Joseph Sillitoe KBE DL was a British police and intelligence officer. He was chief constable of several police forces, and changed the role of radios, civilian staff, and women police office
The Diamond Smugglers
…undertook with John Collard, a member of the International Diamond Security Organisation (IDSO) and a former member of MI5; the IDSO was headed by Sir Percy Sillitoe, the ex-head of MI5 who worked for the diamond company De Beers. The IDSO was formed by Sillitoe to combat the smuggling of diamonds from Africa, where…
Sillitoe in 1950