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Annie Macron

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
204 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

They were on unequal footing.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

They did have to obey laws for the first time in 80 years history at that stage.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And I liked her.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So, you know, it

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

People always say if they work in sales, you don't buy the product, you buy from the person who's selling it because you trust them.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I got on very well with her and she saw me through the entire process.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And as I said, I ended up working with her.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

But yeah, that's how I ended up sort of falling into their grip.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I mean, I'm talking about, God Christ, 33 years ago.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And at that point, they were beginning to open up a little bit.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So they were beginning to think about more open recruitment.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And in fact, they started implementing it only a couple of years later.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

But it was very strange.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So my recruiter said, you can tell that you're in the process of being recruited by this organization to your husband, partner, whatever, or your best friend or very close family members.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So I did tell my partner.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

I did tell my partner at the time, and I did tell my best friend.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

But all I could say was, this is the organisation that I'm talking to, but I can't say anything more.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

So from that point, it's like a sort of glass shutter comes down between you and even the people you most trust, and it becomes very difficult to maintain and foster the open sort of relationships you'd have.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

When I started working there, yes, that did become a huge problem.

What I survived
Running from Spies MI5 - P1

And this is why there are so many sort of incestuous relationships between officers within these types of organisations because it becomes very difficult to maintain a relationship between