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Radio 4,10 mins

Dame Stella Rimington

Woman's Hour

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Dame Stella Rimington talks about becoming the first female Director General of MI5. She explains why she decided to be the first DG to be named and photographed and how she coped with the threats to her life after all the press attention. She reveals how she was recruited into MI5 and how she became a spy.

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