| 词条 | James Rusbridger |
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| name = James Rusbridger | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 26 February 1928 | birth_place = Jamaica | death_date = February 1994 | death_place = Cornwall, UK. | death_cause = Asphyxiation [1] | nationality = British | other_names = | known_for = Books on international espionage | relatives = | footnotes = }} James Rusbridger (1928–1994) was a British author on international espionage during and after World War II. He was born in Jamaica, son of Gordon Rusbridger an Army colonel, and died in Tremorebridge, Cornwall.[2] His career started in the naval design office of Vickers Armstrong. Then he was salesman and managing director of a commodities firm specialising in sugar, and claimed to have been paid by the CIA to weaken the international market for Cuban sugar. He was an Eastern Europe courier for MI6 (or the British Secret Intelligence Service) from 1962, retiring in 1974. His books mainly relate to World War II, but his letters and articles after retirement were critical of British and American agencies. In his books he asserted that:
In May 1989 Rusbridger made an extended appearance on the Channel 4 discussion programme After Dark, alongside Tony Benn, Lord Dacre, Miles Copeland and others. In February 1994 Rusbridger was found dead of asphyxiation at a rented cottage in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. His body was found hanged from a beam, wearing a black oilskin coat and a gas mask. His neck and ankles were connected via a series of pulleys to a rope. At the time he had recently suffered a heart attack, and was heavily in debt.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/death-of-an-iconoclast-cal-mccrystal-considers-the-life-of-james-rusbridger-whom-he-met-in-1992-1395357.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Cal | last=McCrystal | date=20 February 1994 | title=Death of an iconoclast: Cal McCrystal considers the life of James Rusbridger, whom he met in 1992 |accessdate=11 November 2013}} *Elphick, Peter: Far Eastern File: The Intelligence War in the Far East 1930-1945 (1997 & 1998, Hodder & Stoughton, London) {{ISBN|0-340-66584-X}}2. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-james-rusbridger-1394900.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Andrew | last=Lownie | date=18 February 1994 | title=Obituary: James Rusbridger}} 3. ^Elphick Chapter 9 (page 182 of 1997 paperback version)
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