hearse stream are: an ape: is 7* -_aged 1'1. Hewashurn an . January 11'. 191?. I ne at the must enl- eurful characters in the intelligenee . wart-:1. tEtgttad De:- an pieneered speelal opera- tiens intended te frustrate the' threat {rem-subversive and terrerisr ergani'sa?ens'. ea 13E- lemiye Cftief Superintendent Disen- he was t'drunder and leader at the se?ealleti?Sentfitr Squad". -which was aen'fe against anti-state elements in the lgeiis and I Cunrad Hepwerth Dir-ten was here inte an Army fantin andetducahtl at Bishep Wards earth's Scheel. Salisbury. and at?t Peter's Hall. ?aferd. He jeined the Reyal Marines lien he tank a jet: with a feetball peels cerupany. but a bizarre sequence at events bruughthiru late the Metrepel- itart Felice. [-Ie a letter eut ef the blue saying than under the pushes: Central at Engage- ment Urder he was te leave the gambling indush'y inrlh? wins and re art re the Labeur Exchange er mere useful There a deer clerk gave him tare alterna- rises: the mines or the pelica- .Teining the Men'epelitan Ee- lice leaked the lesser eyil. altheugh at the time pelieing was an ill-paid. taint-hr regard- ed jeb. mainly fer the strung and netrtee-bright- a fertnight later. at an ei?ce in Heal-t Street. Diaen was given a eertih'cate ef exemp- tien frem all educatienal tests. and ushered naked late a small reem. a man in a white ceat came and stared at his lewer half. examined his feet. and went werdiessly away. Shertiy afterwards [htt- en was transferred te Special Branch. There he spacialised in anar- chists. and anarv che?syndicalists. l-Iis mement came in use when. after unrest in Paris and amid indenting internatienal pre- tests sheet the 1lflatness War. there were fears that Innden was in he the nest turns at distantent- Disen was sent ter and asked what he weuld need te gather tap-grade interma- Iien abeut the weuid-he revetu- tienaties. men.? he replied. ?halt a tnillie-n peunds and a free hand-" Dilicers here the Scruffy Squad ware niculded and shaped inte a veneer at run? yincing reselutt'enary guise?t. with the apprepriate pelitieal knewledge. and in?ltrated inte fecal greups. Diane led [mm the hunt. and when the' Lenden Scheul ef Ecenemies was by resetting students. he was first up the steps and in teat-heels style reel-t charge at the telephene exchange as in central cemmunicatien udth the press. [in the day let the big dcmenstratien In Deteher ital-id. he advised that thin Item ei pelice invited a charge. whereas greuping in side streets meant that any attach an the petite nauld inselse a stash Bitten: seadeg and undercnser pelieeman - and departure irerri the mute cf the march in Gresyener Square- This.pelicy werked. with re clueed there was a gradual less at enthusiasm. at theirsand peep}: skirmished with the pelice at the American Embasr sy. but must ef the putatiye anarchists ate their sandwich- es in Hyde Park and went heme by bus. Ditten?s skills were heat called upen in Wales. where the Free Wales army was setting e? miner espiusians and was reperted te he taldng lessens item the Ilia. The separatists ware seen alarrned by the penetratien- ef their ereupuscies. and even pre- duced a pester sheet the danger. which appeared en a hast ef telegraph pales. it shewed a listening figure at a meuntain cressreads. with the captien ?Diane?s Secret Felice in Wales?. Eefere lung the principal bemb-maker and his assistant were arrested. and the mesement cellapsed. Despite hispartinsuppress- tug 1t. hewesrer. Dir-ten under- stand the cease ef the 1 atelsl'. distentent- it was due. he said. te neglect at the Principality. where it was widely believed that the aherfan disaster weuId neter have happened had Ihe can] tip been an the eutskirts at Highgate. Back in Lenden. Disc-u headed the intelligence unit that investigated the Angry Brigade a greup ef mainly middle-class terrutists whe were planting bembs and preaching an andeapitalist creed. Diaen identi?ed twe weakness: ?aw listed in ppm- munes. with eensiderable cen- lat't with ether reselutienar- im. and they financed their activities by cheque and credit- card fraud- He was present at an East End centmune when a bat- tered [hennanstegistered car pulled up eutside and a per- yeus girl get cut and ran away- He ordered the seizure ef the car and had it talten tn pieces- in a scaled rampan- nteat were deteas ef left-lug- gage lecker keys. and the leckers turned eat in captain cheque beet-ts and details at the erganisetien. Centtietiens tellewed. in 1973. Diane was streneg urged ta ?ge straight" by training In be a Chief Cen- stable at Bramshil] Felice Ceiiege. but he was net pre- pared te sit behind a desk and se left the service in werlt as a. writer and academic. [-Ie teek a dagree at Easter Uniyersity. Ieilewed by a dec- teratc en the wurlting enndi- Iiens el' merchael seamen- He want en te write estensiyeiy aheut the werk ef lascars and engineers. crimps and nasal of?cers. and cited appeared at maritime hister eenferenecs. a teen sailer. he spent three menths every year cruising the ceasts ei Eurepe in a much-cherished ketch. He else mate a deuce heel-ts ier The ?rst at them remained in print fer 3i} years. while the last explained the mysteries ef the eleetrenic Glebal Fesitiening System. He is sup-listed by his wife. Winifred. and by thetr sun and three daughters-