Secret Intelligence Service

It is frequently referred to by the name MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), a name used as a flag of convenience during the First World War when it was known by many names.[2] The existence of MI6 was not officially acknowledged until 1994.[3] In late 2010, the head of SIS delivered what he said was the first public address by a serving chief of the agency in its 101-year history. The remarks of Sir John Sawers primarily focused on the relationship between the need for secrecy and the goal of maintaining security within Britain. His remarks acknowledged the tensions caused by secrecy in an era of leaks and pressure for ever-greater disclosure.[4] Since 1995, the SIS headquarters, have been based at Vauxhall Cross on the South Bank of the River Thames. History and development[edit] Foundation[edit] Its first director was Captain Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming, who often dropped the Smith in routine communication. First World War[edit] Inter-War period[edit] Second World War[edit]

List of James Bond novels and stories Ian Fleming[edit] Books, by publication sequence[edit] Short stories[edit] After Fleming's death, a second collection featuring two short stories was released, Octopussy and The Living Daylights. When the paperback edition of the book was published, "The Property of a Lady" was also included and, by 2002, "007 in New York" had been added to the book by Penguin Books.[31] Fictional chronologies[edit] Independent scholar John Griswold constructed a "high-level chronology of James Bond's life", based on the logic of depicted events and actual time periods referred to in the books. Post-Fleming James Bond novels[edit] 1968–79[edit] Following Fleming's death in 1964, Glidrose Productions, publishers of the James Bond novels and since renamed Ian Fleming Publications, approached author James Leasor to write a continuation novel, but he declined.[50] Glidrose then commissioned Kingsley Amis, who, under the pseudonym of "Robert Markham", wrote Colonel Sun, which was published on 28 March 1968. Notes

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