Lies Sleeping

Prologue

Protective Marking

Restricted

FOIA Exemption

Yes

Suitable for Publication Scheme? Y/N

No

Title and Version

Operation Jennifer

Purpose

Relevant to

Summary

Approval to commence operation Jennifer

Author and Warrant/Pay Number

DAC Richard Folsom

Creating BOCU/Branch & Unit

SAU

Date Created

14 Nov 2014

Review Date

N/A

FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONER

HARDCOPY ONLY

It is proposed that the following operations be amalgamated into OPERATION JENNIFER:

OPERATION TINKER; BROMLEY MIT – SIO DCI MAUREEN DUFFY

Murder of George Trenchard by unspecified but confirmed FALCON method. Not only has George Trenchard been linked to Martin Chorley financially (cf OP. WENTWORTH) but statements from Varvara Sidorovna Tamonina have directly implicated him in the Mulkern murder.

OPERATION WENTWORTH; CTC and SFO

Investigation into public corruption; financial fraud; attempted murder; conspiracy to cause an explosion. Martin Chorley has been linked to this case through the money trail from County Gard Holdings and its numerous subsidiaries and cut-outs. There is additional corroboration from witnesses including, again, Varvara Sidorovna Tamonina.

OPERATION CARTHORSE; DPS – SIO DI WILLIAM POLLOCK

Investigation into allegations of misconduct in public office by former Police Constable Lesley May. PC May has now been positively identified as a criminal associate of Martin Chorley.

OPERATION CARTWHEEL; BELGRAVIA MIT – SIO DCI ALEXANDER SEAWOLL

Investigation into criminal conspiracy to commit murder.

OPERATION MARIGOLD; BELGRAVIA MIT – SIO DCI ALEXANDER SEAWOLL

See Appendix 2, 3, 4 & 9

It is the unanimous belief of the senior officers involved in the above operations that Martin Chorley represents a serious and immediate danger to the Queen’s Peace on a scale that could, conceivably, match that of the 7/7 bomb attacks. To this end it is their conviction that we should effect the capture, arrest and prosecution of Martin Chorley as soon as possible. To do this will require an aggressively proactive intelligence led investigation. The DPS have advised that internal communications within MPS have been subverted requiring any operation to be run on a ‘need to know’ basis and with compartmentalised IT support.

As the MPS’, and the UK’s, lead agency on Falcon matters I can see no alternative but to let the Special Assessment Unit run the operation in line with their rather, frankly, risky and unorthodox methods. It will, at least, create a degree of plausible deniability should matters become messily public and remains the best chance for a positive outcome with the minimum exposure to the media.