MI6 Station Cairo
A British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) station was formed in Cairo in the early 1920s, and Egypt would be a centre for SIS activity in the wider Middle East for many years.1
When Gamal Abdel Nasser came to power in the 1950s, he was initially seen as a transitional figure by local SIS officers, although the service was soon actively plotting against him.2
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