John Wallinger

John Wallinger

Sir John Arnold Wallinger (1869–1931) was a British Indian intelligence officer who led the prototype Indian Political Intelligence Office from 1909 to 1916. He was also the literary prototype of the spymaster of a number of Somerset Maugham's short stories. Wallinger is credited with leading the Indian intelligence missions outside India, notably against the Indian Anarchist movement in England, and later against the Berlin Committee and the Hindu-German Conspiracy during World War I. Among his more famous agents was Somerset Maugham who was recruited as a British agent in Switzerland. [Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=230,234]

References

* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67772?_fromAuth=1 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
* [http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/14/Regional/14cbcb07.html International Institute for Asian Studies: Indian Political Intelligence Files Released for Research]
*Harvard reference
Surname1 = Popplewell
Given1 = Richard J
Year = 1995
Title = Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire 1904-1924. pp 130-195
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