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	'''John Bigelow Slade-Baker''' (~~1896-1966~~) was an English soldier, journalist and spy.		{{Orphan\|date=March 2024}}

			'''John Bigelow Slade-Baker''' (1896–1966) was an English soldier, journalist and spy.

	==Life==		==Life==
	John Slade-Baker was born on 29 July 1896, the son of [[Brig. Gen.]] Arthur Slade-Baker, [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]], and Caroline Fisher Heape, of [[Robertsbridge]]. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] before going on to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the army, retiring in 1947.<ref name=MCR>''Marlborough College Register'', 1935.</ref>		John Slade-Baker was born on 29 July 1896, the son of [[Brig. Gen.]] Arthur Slade-Baker, [[Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]], and Caroline Fisher Heape, of [[Robertsbridge]]. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] before going on to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the army, retiring in 1947.<ref name=MCR>''Marlborough College Register'', 1935.</ref>

	From 1952 to 1960 he was Middle East correspondent for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref name=MCR/> According to [[James Barr (author)\|James Barr]], Slade-Baker was an [[Secret Intelligence Service\|MI6]] agent. In 1955, with Britain and Saudi Arabia at loggerheads over the [[Buraimi Dispute]], he persuaded [[St. John Philby]] to depict the corruption of the Saudi royal family for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>Patrick Kidd, [https://www.thetimes.~~co.uk~~/article/kim-philby-s-father-the-unwitting-spy-kj0lf5fjx Kim Philby’s father, the unwitting spy], ''[[The Times]]'', 11 August 2018.</ref>		From 1952 to 1960 he was Middle East correspondent for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref name=MCR/> According to [[James Barr (author)\|James Barr]], Slade-Baker was an [[Secret Intelligence Service\|MI6]] agent. In 1955, with Britain and Saudi Arabia at loggerheads over the [[Buraimi Dispute]], he persuaded [[St. John Philby]] to depict the corruption of the Saudi royal family for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>Patrick Kidd, [https://www.thetimes.com/article/kim-philby-s-father-the-unwitting-spy-kj0lf5fjx Kim Philby’s father, the unwitting spy], ''[[The Times]]'', 11 August 2018.</ref>

	The Israeli politician [[Moshe Sharett]] was unimpressed upon meeting Slade-Baker in 1955:		The Israeli politician [[Moshe Sharett]] was unimpressed upon meeting Slade-Baker in 1955:
	{{~~quote~~\|... quite a strange type of a journalist is he. Seemed to me as rather limited and even a moron. He asked highly simplistic questions and slowly took down [everything] word by word. In the end, his meticulousness and carefulness outweighed his slowness and dumbness. Who knows whether his obtuse visage and cumbersome behavior were indeed a true mirror of his wisdom?<ref name="Sharett2019">{{cite book\|author=Moshe Sharett\|title=My Struggle for Peace: The Diary of Moshe Sharett, 1953-1956\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEWQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA812\|year=2019\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|isbn=978-0-253-03761-9\|pages=812–3}}</ref>}}		{{blockquote\|... quite a strange type of a journalist is he. Seemed to me as rather limited and even a moron. He asked highly simplistic questions and slowly took down [everything] word by word. In the end, his meticulousness and carefulness outweighed his slowness and dumbness. Who knows whether his obtuse visage and cumbersome behavior were indeed a true mirror of his wisdom?<ref name="Sharett2019">{{cite book\|author=Moshe Sharett\|title=My Struggle for Peace: The Diary of Moshe Sharett, 1953-1956\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEWQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA812\|year=2019\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|isbn=978-0-253-03761-9\|pages=812–3}}</ref>}}

	Slade-Baker died in London on 19 April 1966.<ref>''The Royal Green Jackets Chronicle'', Vol. 1, 1966, p.258.</ref> His diaries and papers relating to the Middle East are held at the Middle East Centre Archive, [[St Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref>[http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/mec/MEChandlists/GB165-0263-Slade-Baker-Collection.pdf John Slade-Baker Collection catalogue]</ref>		Slade-Baker died in London on 19 April 1966.<ref>''The Royal Green Jackets Chronicle'', Vol. 1, 1966, p.258.</ref> His diaries and papers relating to the Middle East are held at the Middle East Centre Archive, [[St Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref>[http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/mec/MEChandlists/GB165-0263-Slade-Baker-Collection.pdf John Slade-Baker Collection catalogue]</ref>
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{{short description|English soldier, journalist and spy}}
'''John Bigelow Slade-Baker''' (1896-1966) was an English soldier, journalist and spy.

==Life==
John Slade-Baker was born on 29 July 1896, the son of [[Brig. Gen.]] Arthur Slade-Baker, [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], and Caroline Fisher Heape, of [[Robertsbridge]]. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] before going on to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the army, retiring in 1947.<ref name=MCR>''Marlborough College Register'', 1935.</ref>

From 1952 to 1960 he was Middle East correspondent for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref name=MCR/> According to [[James Barr (author)|James Barr]], Slade-Baker was an [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent. In 1955, with Britain and Saudi Arabia at loggerheads over the [[Buraimi Dispute]], he persuaded [[St. John Philby]] to depict the corruption of the Saudi royal family for ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>Patrick Kidd, [https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kim-philby-s-father-the-unwitting-spy-kj0lf5fjx Kim Philby’s father, the unwitting spy], ''[[The Times]]'', 11 August 2018.</ref>

The Israeli politician [[Moshe Sharett]] was unimpressed upon meeting Slade-Baker in 1955:
{{quote|... quite a strange type of a journalist is he. Seemed to me as rather limited and even a moron. He asked highly simplistic questions and slowly took down [everything] word by word. In the end, his meticulousness and carefulness outweighed his slowness and dumbness. Who knows whether his obtuse visage and cumbersome behavior were indeed a true mirror of his wisdom?<ref name="Sharett2019">{{cite book|author=Moshe Sharett|title=My Struggle for Peace: The Diary of Moshe Sharett, 1953-1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YEWQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA812|year=2019|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-03761-9|pages=812–3}}</ref>}}

Slade-Baker died in London on 19 April 1966.<ref>''The Royal Green Jackets Chronicle'', Vol. 1, 1966, p.258.</ref> His diaries and papers relating to the Middle East are held at the Middle East Centre Archive, [[St Antony's College, Oxford]].<ref>[http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/mec/MEChandlists/GB165-0263-Slade-Baker-Collection.pdf John Slade-Baker Collection catalogue]</ref>

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