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In 1900, a handful of New Zealand police detectives watched out for
spies, seditionists and others who might pose a threat to state and
society. The Police Force remained the primary instrument of such
human intelligence in New Zealand until 1956 when, a decade into
the Cold War, a dedicated Security Service was created. Over the
same period, New Zealand’s role within signals intelligence
networks evolved from the Imperial Wireless Chain to the UKUSA
intelligence alliance (now known as Five Eyes). The first of two
volumes chronicling the history of state surveillance in New
Zealand, Secret History opens up the ‘secret world’ of security
intelligence through to 1956. It is the story of the surveillers
who – in times of war and peace, turmoil and tranquillity –
monitored and analysed perceived threats to national interests. It
is also the story of the surveilled: those whose association with
organisations and movements led to their public and private lives
being documented in secret files. Secret History explores a hidden
and intriguing dimension of New Zealand history, one which sits
uneasily with cherished national notions of an exceptionally fair
and open society.
Contributing Authors Include Florence Anderson, Gilbert Chase,
Edwin Hughes, And Others.
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