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below paragraph came to hand, although all the known facts have been passed to police.

    TPO Staff : At the start of this inquiry the IB arranged for all officers who were on the attacked TPO to be questioned and finger printed and for a CRO check to be carried out. Some TPO officers were questioned again by police but no evidence of collusion came to light. It was found, however, that three officers who travelled on the Up Special on the night of the 7/8 August have criminal records, but the Police discovered no evidence to connect them with the known members of the gang. 6

    Significantly, Deputy Controller Yates identifies four groups of post office employees from whom the leak or leaks might have emanated:

    GPO officers of ‘high rank’ at GPO HQ;
    GPO officers employed in special security postal work;
    postal workers on board the TPO;
    GPO officers attached to the HQ of the TPO section.

    The thirty-five officers on whom detailed enquiries were to be made are listed in an IB investigation file: 7
Davison, James
PHG
M&T Section (PTO)
Delaney, Edward
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Frost, Derrick Joseph
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Maguire, Michael Joseph
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McNamara, William John
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McNeil, Davis
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Morrison, William
Postman
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O’Connell, Joseph
PHG
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O’Connor, Joseph William
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O’Regan, Patrick Joseph
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Reilly, James Patrick
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Rogers, Alan
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Rooney, Michael Patrick
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Spencer, Raymond Frederick
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Walters, John Edward
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Barrs, Robert Edward
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SWDO
Bates, James
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Denby, John Terence
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M&T Section (TPO)
Kett, Thomas Walter
A/I
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Millbank, Alfred
P&TO
SEDO
Moss, Ernest Frederick
A/I
M&T Section (TPO)
Penn, Leslie Oliver
PHG
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Roberts, Frank Ernest
Techn I
Ravensbourne Tel Ex
Ward, W.R.
Asst Cont’
M&T Section
Wilkinson, Joan
TP Teleph’
Balham Red Ex
Lyttle, Michael Raymond
PHG
M&T (TPO)
McCarthy, Thomas
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Howard, William
EO
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Wicks, Frank Alvin
PHG
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Bish, Albert William
PHG
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Flood, Bernard Alfred
Inspector
IS
Foley, Thomas John
PHG
IS
    If the tip about the two informers being Irish was correct, then the two men on the list who were both Irish and had brothers were Michael Lyttle and Thomas McCarthy. Both men were, therefore, thoroughly investigated, as a memo written by IB controller Clifford Osmond makes clear:
Robbery – Up Special TPO Memorandum
    It will be remembered that on the 29 August 1963 information came to hand at New Scotland Yard suggesting that information concerning the number of HVP bags carried on the Up Special TPO or likely to be carried, had been given to the bandits by a member of the Post Office staff who travelled on the train that night and the only clue given by the informant was that the man on the train had passed the information to his brother who was an Irishman.
    Of the 16 Irishmen who travelled on the Up Special TPO that night, only 3 would in normal course have had access to the HVP coach and 2 of those were:-

    (a)  Michael Raymond Lyttle, PHG who travelled from Carlisle to London, and who lives at 79 Watcombe Road, London SE25, and
    (b)  Thomas McCarthy, PHG Glasgow, who travelled from Glasgow to Crewe and who lives at 16 Egilsay Crescent, Glasgow.

    It is important that observation is urgently maintained upon the movements of both these officers in order to establish whether or not either is spending money more freely now than he did before the robbery took place. I should like to have IB Assistants allocated to this work without delay and reports submitted to me via Mr Edwards, as soon as possible.

    Lyttle, Michael Raymond
    Joined train at Carlisle. Employed in No 5 coach (No 3 Division). Would have been due officially to visit HVP coach.
    General Information:
    Speaks with cockney accent. Lives with his wife (believed to be Irish) and two children (two girls – 4 years and 2 years respectively) at the home of his wife’s mother (Mrs Phyliss I Letts). Lyttle’s father – Patrick Joseph, has married again and resides at 45 Watcombe Road, SE25.
    Michael Raymond Lyttle is a heavy spender and