Fitzroy Maclean

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a b c d MacLean, John Patterson (1889). A History of the Clan MacLean from Its First Settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the Present Period: Including a Genealogical Account of Some of the Principal Families Together with Their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions, etc. R. Clarke & Company. p. 224. Laird of Brolas. Immediately after the Naples Conference, Tito continued the diplomatic discussions on Vis, this time with Ivan Šubašić, prime minister of the Royal Yugoslav Government, and his colleagues. Ralph Stevenson, the British Ambassador to this government in exile, accompanied Šubašić to Vis, but he and Maclean stayed out of the negotiations and spent their days swimming and speculating. The two parties came to an agreement, the Treaty of Vis, which, Maclean said, "sounded (and was) too good to be true". To celebrate this, Tito took everyone out in a motor boat to a local beauty spot, an underwater cave illuminated with sunlight ( Biševo). "We all stripped and bathed, our bodies glistening bluish and ghastly. Almost everyone there was a Cabinet Minister in one or other of the two Yugoslav Governments, and there was much shouting and laughter as one blue and phosphorescent Excellency cannoned into another, bobbing about in that cerulean twilight." Our MacPhunn’s Bar & Bistro offers a fantastic locally sourced seasonal menu with dishes such as Hand Dived Loch Fyne Scallops and local estate venison. Relax in the bar with a dram by the fire after dinner or take a walk down to the shore to watch the sun slip over the horizon. Brigadier Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean, 1st Baronet, KT , CBE (11 March 1911 – 15 June 1996) was a British Army officer, writer and politician. He was a Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) from 1941 to 1974 and was one of only two men who during the Second World War enlisted in the British Army as a private and rose to the rank of brigadier, the other being future fellow Conservative MP Enoch Powell. Taylor, Steven. " 'Real-life Bond' mooted as Yugoslav peacemaker after failed Fife hit". Times . Retrieved 8 August 2023.

In retirement Maclean wrote extensively. His wide range of subjects included: Scottish history, biographies (including Tito and Burgess), a Russian trilogy and assorted works of fiction. He also contributed to other books, for example writing the foreword to a 1984 biography of Joseph Wolff, the so-called "Eccentric Missionary" in whose footsteps he had travelled to Bukhara almost half a century before. [21]

A sinister part was being played in all this by a certain General Zahidi," who was thought to be in cahoots with tribal leaders and in touch with German agents in the hills, Sir Fitzroy recalled. He wangled his way into the general's house and in his book tells what happened next: Ford station-wagon with SAS officers (L to R): Reg Seekings, Johnny Rose, David Stirling, Johnny Cooper. Once on the island, Maclean met the local partisan representatives as well as a Franciscan friar, who was the chairman of the local council, and who somewhat surprisingly greeted him with a clenched fist salute. After a short rest, the group was taken on a drive around the island. They met the locals, inspected partisan detachments, the hospital and printworks even being "pelted with flowers by some nuns". Maclean noticed that, in contrast to the mainland, the Roman Catholic clergy in Korčula seem to be the "leading lights in the Partisan Movement". [27] Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean, 10th Baronet of Morvern, KCB, DL (18 May 1835 – 22 November 1936) was a Scottish officer who served as the 26th Clan Chief of Clan Maclean from 1883 to 1936, for fifty-three years. He lived to be 101 years old. [1] [2] He bought and restored Duart Castle in 1911 as the seat of the Maclean clan. [3] [4] Biography [ edit ]

Tita opisuje kao nezavisnog vođu, potpuno različitog od komunista koje je upoznao SSSR-u, koji ne misle svojom glavom:Macleans Toast Chief on His 100th Birthday". Chicago Tribune. 19 May 1935 . Retrieved 6 March 2009. Sir Fitzroy Maclean died on 15 June 1996, aged 85, in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. [28] Legacy [ edit ] In 1948, a split occurred between the Yugoslav and Soviet Communist parties, and the Tito Government began to act independently in the field of foreign relations. Maclean's team flew to Italy and crossed the Adriatic in a motor-torpedo-boat passing by two British Navy Hunt Class destroyers, and realising the higher attention that the area was now receiving. They arrived at Vela Luka on the island of Korčula and off-loaded the arms and ammunition that they brought with them. By now, the Germans have taken over the neighbouring Pelješac peninsula and started exchanging of shell-fire across a narrow strait that separated them. It became obvious that Korčula could not be held for much longer, and that the preparation for the evacuation onto the island of Vis, the farthest away from the mainland, should start. Once on Vis, Maclean and the team inspected the island and realised that its main valley would make an ideal airfield. [44] Having an ability to base or refuel there would extend the Allied air-power range across the whole of Adriatic and deep into Yugoslavia. However, they needed to garrison the island, and while the partisans offered one brigade, another one had to be found from the Allied 15th Army Group still fighting in central Italy. Maclean and R Churchill returned to Bari to consider their options. [45] Usmeno sam (g. Idnu) ponovio moje glavne zaključke: da je partizanski pokret od neshvatljivo većeg značaja no što se to smatra izvan Jugoslavije; da njime sasvim nedvosmisleno rukovode komunisti i da je čvrsto orijentisan ka Moskvi; da je kao pokret otpora veoma efikasan i da se njegova efikasnost može znatno povećati uz savezničku pomoć; ali, nezavisno od toga da li ćemo im pružiti pomoć ili ne, Tito i njegovi sledbenici imaće odlučujući uticaj u Jugoslaviji posle oslobođenja. [5] Članovi Glavnog štaba Srbije sa predstavnicima stranih misija na Radan planini 1944. Na slici: 2) Moma Marković, 3) Ficroj Maklejn, 4) Koča Popović, 5) Sreten Žujović, 7) Rudolf Primorac.

Created a baronet in 1957, Maclean branched out in other directions. He ran his own hotel, "The Creggans", on the shore of Loch Fyne. He became a respected associate producer, writer and presenter of television travel documentaries, specialising in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Above all, he was a tireless traveller. He travelled light, with a kitbag containing a Russian novel and an ancient classical author, both in the original. At an age when most people have given up on linguistic ambitions, Maclean continued to hone his knowledge of French, Italian, German, Russian, Serbo- Croat, Latin and Greek. After a few days in snow-covered Bosanski Petrovac, the Mission, together with the Partisan HQ, moved onto Drvar, a small town farther away from German garrisons. The Mission occupied an adapted house in town, while Tito's HQ opted for a nearby cave. From there, they were able to coordinate the assistance to Partisans in other parts of Yugoslavia. One of the key tasks was to interrupt Trieste-Ljubljana railway, crucial for the supply of the German forces in Italy, and a vital link between the Eastern and Western fronts. The air-drop of the explosives was arranged, and Peter Moore was sent to Slovenia to blow up the Stampetta Bridge, key viaduct on the line. The operation, code-named 'Bearskin', was a great success, as the bridge was severely damaged and remained so for some time. The co-operation between Moore and the local Partisan troops had proven to be very effective. [51]

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His biography of Tito reveals the admiration he held for the Yugoslav leader and the Yugoslav Communist-led anti-fascist struggle. He developed a great affection for Yugoslavia and its people and was later given permission to buy a house on the Dalmatian island of Korčula, Croatia. [10]

If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of these terms and conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect. Later that year he transferred to the Middle East as part of the Persia and Iraq Command. He was "allotted a platoon of Seaforth Highlanders and instructed to kidnap" General Fazlollah Zahedi, the commander of the Persian forces in the Isfahan area. [7] Maclean captured him and smuggled him out by plane to internment in Palestine. This incident soon led Hitler's government to withdraw support from its network in Persia. The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 12 and elsewhere in these terms and conditions:

Maclean wrote several books, including Eastern Approaches, in which he recounted three extraordinary series of adventures: travelling, often incognito, in Soviet Central Asia; fighting in the Western Desert campaign, where he specialised in commando raids behind enemy lines; and living rough with Josip Broz Tito and his Yugoslav Partisans while commanding the Maclean Mission there. It has been widely speculated that Ian Fleming used Maclean as one of his inspirations for James Bond. [2] Early life [ edit ]