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Meeting The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

One of my favourite tv shows as a kid was The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in which the fictitious international law-enforcement agency, U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement), worked to protect the world from sinister forces.

I was therefore thrilled to discover the U.N.C.L.E. artifacts (shown top) amongst the CIA Museum‘s collection of spy-related memorabilia, donated in 2000 by The Spy-Fi Archives.

The triangular security badge permits entrance into U.N.C.L.E.’s secret headquarters, the business card is from U.N.C.L.E.’s top enforcement agent, Napoleon Solo and the patch bears the insignia of the evil Thrush, a fabricated organization bent on world supremacy.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.It also reminded me of the occasion I spotted Napoleon Solo’s sidekick, U.N.C.L.E. agent Illya Kuryakin (played by David McCallum), browsing in the seconds china shop in Clifton Village, just across the street from our family home. I figured he must be there on U.N.C.L.E. business, as I had always suspected the establishment was a front for something far more sinister than selling reject china.

I remember hoping he would start talking to his pen and thereby confirm my suspicions.  Apparently though the real reason he was in town was that he was appearing in panto at the Bristol Hippodrome (yeah yeah Illya… go tell that to the Russians).

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