Central Intelligence Organization
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The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is the national intelligence agency
or "secret police
" of Zimbabwe
.
on the instructions of Prime Minister
Winston Field
in 1963 at the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
, and took over from the Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau, which was a co-ordinating bureau analysing intelligence gathered by the British South Africa Police
(BSAP) and the police forces of Northern Rhodesia
and Nyasaland
.
The first head of the CIO was Deputy Commissioner Ken Flower
; during his tenure the BSAP Special Branch
Headquarters were incorporated within the CIO, while the Special Branch retained its internal security function within the BSAP. The deputy head of the CIO, and eventual successor to Flower, was Danny Stannard
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-secret-Zimbabwe-policemans-cricket.2398697.jp. His brother Richard Stannard
, a former captain in the British Army Military Police, became the Director Military Intelligence (DMI) under Robert Mugabe
. Richard, sometimes also known as "Slick," was, like Emmerson Mnangagwa
, known to have been recruited by another foreign intelligence service, initially, but not solely, in order to penetrate his former colleagues in BMATT, the British Army Training Team sent to assist in the formation of the new Zimbabwe National Army
.
Prime Minister
Mugabe kept Flower in the role of head of the CIO after majority rule in 1980, when the country's name changed to Zimbabwe. Flower had no more than a professional relationship with MI6 despite rumours that he had covertly and intermittently plotted with the British intelligence services to undermine Ian Smith
's government. He had, however, an especially good professional relationship with Sir Dick Franks
, the head of MI6 at the time, as he had with all the other main intelligence agencies.
, the Israel
i intelligence agency, through Ari Ben Menashe, allegedly a "former" Mossad agent now living in Canada. The Israeli interest was in the supply of plutonium
from the Congo via Zimbabwe to North Korea
and thence to Syria
and Iran
.
and Welshman Ncube
separately with different offers http://205.209.107.101/fingaz/2004/january/january29/4638.shtml on behalf of Mnangagwe, his "principal"http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/jan16a_2003.html#link3. Dyck, a white former Rhodesian Army officer, had started a landmine clearance company, Minetech http://www.minetech.co.uk in association with Mnangagwa. Minetech has now transferred its Head Office to Wiltshire
in the UK and has amalgamated with the British company Exploration Logistics.http://www.exlogs.com
The Chairman of Exploration Logistics is Alastair Morrison OBE, MC http://www.newrealityofrisk.com/london_speaker_bios.phphttp://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12002 a former second-in-command of 22 SAS who has very close links with MI6.
In recent years international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International
have criticised the CIO's role in alleged internal repression, which is said on occasions to have involved torture.
In his book Serving Secretly, Flower complained about the undue influence of Irish Catholics in top positions during his early days in the BSA Police. He thought that this matter had been resolved in the late 1940s after a commission of enquiry. The Commissioner of Police at the time Mugabe became Prime Minister, most of the other top police officers were Catholic and Irish or had strong Irish connections.
Tupiri Pardington (junior C.I.O operative) MUNHUMUTAPA
Joseph Mananga (junior C.I.O operative) KAGUVI
Tapiwa Chinjekure (c.i.o midlands) GWERU Government composed building
Nyagwaya .N. (war veteran Tanzania group) MUKWATI
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
or "secret police
Secret police
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime....
" of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
.
History
The CIO was formed in RhodesiaRhodesia
Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
on the instructions of Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Winston Field
Winston Field
Winston Joseph Field MBE was a Rhodesian politician. Field was a former Dominion Party MP who founded the Rhodesian Front political party with Ian Douglas Smith. Field was born and brought up in Bromsgrove in the United Kingdom, and moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1921...
in 1963 at the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation , was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia,...
, and took over from the Federal Intelligence and Security Bureau, which was a co-ordinating bureau analysing intelligence gathered by the British South Africa Police
British South Africa Police
The British South Africa Police was the police force of the British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes which became the national police force of Southern Rhodesia and its successor after 1965, Rhodesia...
(BSAP) and the police forces of Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia.It was initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia...
and Nyasaland
Nyasaland
Nyasaland or the Nyasaland Protectorate, was a British protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Since 1964, it has been known as Malawi....
.
The first head of the CIO was Deputy Commissioner Ken Flower
Ken Flower
Ken Flower was of Cornish extraction and worked for H.M. Customs & Excise before joining the British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia in 1937. After war service in British Somaliland and Ethiopia he returned to Rhodesia in 1948 rapidly rising in the hierarchy of the BSAP...
; during his tenure the BSAP Special Branch
Special Branch
Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in the Royal Thai Police...
Headquarters were incorporated within the CIO, while the Special Branch retained its internal security function within the BSAP. The deputy head of the CIO, and eventual successor to Flower, was Danny Stannard
Danny Stannard
Danny Stannard, an Irishman who had spent most of his life in southern Africa, succeeded Ken Flower as head of the Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organization under Robert Mugabe and later became manager of the Zimbabwe cricket team and head of security for the Zimbabwe Cricket Union .Danny...
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-secret-Zimbabwe-policemans-cricket.2398697.jp. His brother Richard Stannard
Richard Stannard
Biffco is a music production and songwriting team from Brighton, England, formed by Richard "Biff" Stannard. The group have worked with a number of high-profile artists, including One Direction, Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Will Young and was largely responsible for the rise of the Spice...
, a former captain in the British Army Military Police, became the Director Military Intelligence (DMI) under Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980...
. Richard, sometimes also known as "Slick," was, like Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has been Minister of Defense since February 2009. He was previously Minister of State Security from 1982 to 1988, then Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs until 2000; he was Speaker of Parliament from July 2000 to 2005 and...
, known to have been recruited by another foreign intelligence service, initially, but not solely, in order to penetrate his former colleagues in BMATT, the British Army Training Team sent to assist in the formation of the new Zimbabwe National Army
Zimbabwe National Army
The Zimbabwe National Army is the land warfare branch of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. The ZNA currently has an active duty strength of 30,000.-History:...
.
Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Mugabe kept Flower in the role of head of the CIO after majority rule in 1980, when the country's name changed to Zimbabwe. Flower had no more than a professional relationship with MI6 despite rumours that he had covertly and intermittently plotted with the British intelligence services to undermine Ian Smith
Ian Smith
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...
's government. He had, however, an especially good professional relationship with Sir Dick Franks
Dick Franks
Sir Arthur Temple "Dick" Franks KCMG was Head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1979 to 1982.-Career:...
, the head of MI6 at the time, as he had with all the other main intelligence agencies.
Mossad infiltration
The CIO was infiltrated by the MossadMossad
The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....
, the Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i intelligence agency, through Ari Ben Menashe, allegedly a "former" Mossad agent now living in Canada. The Israeli interest was in the supply of plutonium
Plutonium
Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...
from the Congo via Zimbabwe to North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
and thence to Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
.
CIO infiltration of the MDC
Col. Lionel Dyck, a close business associate of Mnangagwa, approached Morgan TsvangiraiMorgan Tsvangirai
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai is the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. He is the President of the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai and a key figure in the opposition to President Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009...
and Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube is a Zimbabwean politician. He is the President of the Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara, and since February 2009 has been the Minister of Industry and Commerce. He was elected as a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Bulawayo North East in the 2000 election and...
separately with different offers http://205.209.107.101/fingaz/2004/january/january29/4638.shtml on behalf of Mnangagwe, his "principal"http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/jan16a_2003.html#link3. Dyck, a white former Rhodesian Army officer, had started a landmine clearance company, Minetech http://www.minetech.co.uk in association with Mnangagwa. Minetech has now transferred its Head Office to Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
in the UK and has amalgamated with the British company Exploration Logistics.http://www.exlogs.com
The Chairman of Exploration Logistics is Alastair Morrison OBE, MC http://www.newrealityofrisk.com/london_speaker_bios.phphttp://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12002 a former second-in-command of 22 SAS who has very close links with MI6.
In recent years international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
have criticised the CIO's role in alleged internal repression, which is said on occasions to have involved torture.
In his book Serving Secretly, Flower complained about the undue influence of Irish Catholics in top positions during his early days in the BSA Police. He thought that this matter had been resolved in the late 1940s after a commission of enquiry. The Commissioner of Police at the time Mugabe became Prime Minister, most of the other top police officers were Catholic and Irish or had strong Irish connections.
See also
- Operation MurambatsvinaOperation MurambatsvinaOperation Murambatsvina , also officially known as Operation Restore Order, is a large-scale Zimbabwean government campaign to forcibly clear slum areas across the country...
- Odile HaringtonOdile Harington-Early life:Odile Harington was born in 1961 and lived in Johannesburg. At the age of 23 Harington was an agent of South African military intelligence and was sent to Zimbabwe to infiltrate the African National Congress and send back plans of the organizations' buildings in Harare.-Arrest and...
Tupiri Pardington (junior C.I.O operative) MUNHUMUTAPA
Joseph Mananga (junior C.I.O operative) KAGUVI
Tapiwa Chinjekure (c.i.o midlands) GWERU Government composed building
Nyagwaya .N. (war veteran Tanzania group) MUKWATI