2. History of SIS SIS and the outbreak of World War II Venlo ‘Incident’ Fall out in Whitehall – Fall back from Europe SIS Influence - GC&CS – the Enigma

3. Churchill’s Secret Army Loses Section ‘D’ Hitting back across Europe – Vermork Raid Guerrilla Training (STS schools) Political Advice Battle’s with SIS – philosophy and Resources

4. Background Admiral John Godfrey (the Real ‘M’?) OIC Naval Intelligence Division Fleming’s Role as link between MI6, SOE and NID – knew key personalities and operations across all the services Never served in an active ‘front’ line role.

5. Operation ‘Ruthless’ – Shark ‘Enigma’ and the Battle of the Atlantic Operation Golden Eye The Gaming Tables of Lisbon Patrick Dalzel-Job: The real ‘James Bond’ 30 Assault Unit Royal Marines + the Inspiration for ‘Q’ Working with the Americans

6. Ian Fleming. ‘ I think he [Bond] is slightly more true to the type of modern hero, to the commandos of the last war and to some of the secret servicemen I’ve met, than to any of the cardboardy heroes of the ancient thrillers’.

7. Crisis of MI6 – The Cambridge Spy Ring Post-War industrial and Imperial Decline The Need for Figure - the appeal of the hidden hand Complex issues can be reduced to ‘Good’ versus ‘Evil’ - Glamour – Exoticism and Eroticism - three things missing in Post-War Britain The memoires of WW2 ‘Secret Agents’ Fleming and the Emergence of Bond – Britain still matters

8. OR just to Thrill?