vetting update agatha highfield summary june mcm xxxiii agent a his a well regarded member of the
intelligence community with strong connections in the uk and the usa she has worked extensively with
hon major cases and has full access at top secret and above this is a standard periodic review of
her clearance ah joined the organisation one month before the outbreak of the great war and was
initially assigned to cairo because of her expertise in the levant on the outbreak of the conflict
she was reassigned to duties in france where she provided regular and valuable reports on troop
dispositions while coordinating sabotage and propaganda since versailles she has been a lead
operative in our europe office specialising in the weimar republic ah has no permanent base in the
uk and is known to spend significant periods in africa and asia at the end of her most recent
mission she took a walking holiday in india staying in mass our ie she has few friends and a
lifestyle consistent with her known resources both on and between operations on her recent return to
the uk ah took an apartment in greenwich where she lived until her current mission in germany began
she had a small number of visitors during this period including chadwick cockroft and the hungarian
scientist szilard presumably this is what led to her latest investigation die alchemist en which was
launched at her own initiative before leaving for munich ah drafted a paper recommending the launch
of a new branch of the agency dedicated to forward planning she nicknamed this group the
lamplighters the stated aim was to prepare long range reports outlining future threats in order to
forestall them the proposal was rejected by the foreign secretary who regarded it as unlikely to
succeed in its stated aims and very likely to distract from the more immediate threat posed by
facism there are no current grounds for concern but as a major asset the clearance for ah should be
revised biannually