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{{Organisation_infobox|name = Oakley Street|founded = 1933|affiliation = [[Brytain|Brytish]] Governemnt|enemies = [[Church]]|intentions = Protecting freedom of thought and expression|leader = *[[Thomas Nugent]] (Director)
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{{Organisation infobox|name = Oakley Street|image = LBS Ch2.png|caption = The [[acorn]], a device used by the organisation to pass messages between members|founded = [[1933]]|leader = *[[Thomas Nugent]] (Director)
*[[Adnan Al-Kaisy]] (Deputy director)}}'''Oakley Street''' was a secret agency of the [[Brytain|Brytish]] government that operated largely in opposition to [[Church|the Church]].<ref>''[[La Belle Sauvage]]''</ref>
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'''Oakley Street''', previously known as '''Office for Special Enquiry''',<ref name="LBS13">{{Ref|book|6|13}}</ref> was a secret agency of the [[Brytain|Brytish]] government that operated largely in opposition to the [[Holy Church]]. It was named after the [[Oakley Street (road)|throughfare of the same name]] in [[Chelsea]].<ref name="LBS7">{{Ref|book|6|7}}</ref>
   
== History ==
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==History==
Originally known as the Office for Special Inquiry, Oakley Street was established in 1933, for the purpose of defending Brytish democracy, then evolved into protecting freedom of thought and expression after the [[Swiss War]].
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Originally known as the Office for Special Inquiry, Oakley Street was established in [[1933]], for the purpose of defending Brytish democracy, then evolved into protecting freedom of thought and expression after the [[Swiss War]].
   
Brytish Parliament knew very little of the organisation, as it was funded through the general defense fund to conceal it from public knowledge, as many in public office, who suspect of its existence, would prefer its destruction. The Brytish monarchy was largely in support of its activities, as the head of the agency was always a Privy Counselor of the Privy Council, whose members were appointed by sitting monarchs.
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Brytish Parliament knew very little of the organisation, as it was funded through the general defence fund to conceal it from public knowledge, as many in public office, who suspect of its existence, would prefer its destruction. The Brytish monarchy was largely in support of its activities, as the head of the agency was always a Privy Counselor of the Privy Council, whose members were appointed by sitting monarchs.
   
 
Oakley Street was considered to be fighting a secret war against the [[Consistorial Court of Discipline]] and the [[Magisterium]] as a whole.
 
Oakley Street was considered to be fighting a secret war against the [[Consistorial Court of Discipline]] and the [[Magisterium]] as a whole.
   
In the flood of 1986, Oakley Street made recovering a missing [[Lyra Silvertongue]] before the CCD its top priority.
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In the flood of [[1986]], Oakley Street made recovering a missing [[Lyra Silvertongue|Lyra Belacqua]] before the CCD its top priority.
   
== Operations ==
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==Operations==
Oakley Street made use of various methods of tradecraft, such as the employment of dead drops, cut-outs, cryptography, and disinformation techniques referred to as green paper in reference to the agency's early days methods of planning. They also use blackmail to flip agents of opposing organizations.
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Oakley Street made use of various methods of tradecraft, such as the employment of dead drops (using specially made [[acorn]]s), cut-outs, cryptography, and disinformation techniques referred to as green paper in reference to the agency's early days methods of planning. These dead drops would be placed in hidden locations known as left-luggage boxes. The person who left them here and took them to the directors of the organisation were known as insulators.<ref name="LBS7" /> They also use blackmail to flip agents of opposing organisations.
   
Oakley Street employed the use of several [[Alethiometer|alethiometrists]], including readers of the instrument in Uppsala, [[Bolog]]na, and [[Oxford (Lyra's world)|Oxford]]. [[Hannah Relf]] worked under their instruction for two years in secret during her time with the Bodleian alethiometer in Oxford before resigning from her official work and relying solely on the instrument from Bologna, after its reader was murdered and the alethiometer almost stolen, before being intercepted by an Oakley agent and brought to Brytain.
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Oakley Street employed the use of several [[Alethiometer|alethiometrists]], including readers of the instrument in [[Uppsala]], [[Bologna]], and [[Oxford (Lyra's world)|Oxford]]. [[Hannah Relf]] worked under their instruction for two years in secret during her time with the [[Bodleian alethiometer]] in Oxford before resigning from her official work and relying solely on the instrument from Bologna, after [[Unidentified alethiometrist|its reader]] was murdered and the alethiometer stolen, before being intercepted by an Oakley agent and brought to Brytain.<ref name="LBS13">{{Ref|book|6|13}}</ref>
   
== Members ==
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==Position and funding==
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Oakley Street sat beneath the [[Cabinet Council|Cabinet Office]] in the Brytish hierarchy of departments. It received funds from the [[Gold Reserves]] and was backed by the [[King of Brytain]] and the [[Private Council]].<ref name="TSC15">{{ref|book|7|15}}</ref>
[[Thomas Nugent]] was the director of Oakley Street in the year of the great flood, and [[Adnan Al-Kaisy]] was his deputy director. 
 
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==Members==
 
[[Thomas Nugent]] was the director of Oakley Street in the year of the great flood, and [[Adnan Al-Kaisy]] was his deputy director. Around twenty years later, after Thomas had died, [[Glenys Godwin]] succeeded him as director of the organisation.<ref name="TSC10">{{Ref|book|7|10}}</ref>
 
* Thomas Nugent 
 
* Thomas Nugent 
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* Glenys Godwin
 
* Adnan Al-Kaisy 
 
* Adnan Al-Kaisy 
 
* [[Yasmin Al-Kaisy]]
 
* [[Yasmin Al-Kaisy]]
 
* [[George Papadimitriou]]
 
* [[George Papadimitriou]]
 
* Hannah Relf 
 
* Hannah Relf 
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* [[Malcolm Polstead]]
 
* [[Bud Schlesinger]]
 
* [[Bud Schlesinger]]
 
* [[Harry Dibdin]]
 
* [[Harry Dibdin]]
 
* [[Robert Luckhurst]]
 
* [[Robert Luckhurst]]
   
== Behind the scenes ==
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==Behind the scenes==
* The location Oakley Street appears in Pullman's ''The Shadow in the North'', when the magician Alistair Mackinnon gives Oakley Street, Chelsea as his address.
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*The location Oakley Street appears in [[Philip Pullman|Pullman's]] ''The Shadow in the North'', when the magician Alistair Mackinnon gives Oakley Street, Chelsea as his address.
   
== Appearances ==
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==Appearances==
* ''[[La Belle Sauvage]]''
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*''[[La Belle Sauvage]]''
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*''[[The Secret Commonwealth]]''
   
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==References==
==Notes and references==
 
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Revision as of 09:04, 27 October 2019

This article is about the organisation called Oakley Street. You may be looking for the throughfare of the same name in Chelsea.

Oakley Street, previously known as Office for Special Enquiry,[1] was a secret agency of the Brytish government that operated largely in opposition to the Holy Church. It was named after the throughfare of the same name in Chelsea.[2]

History

Originally known as the Office for Special Inquiry, Oakley Street was established in 1933, for the purpose of defending Brytish democracy, then evolved into protecting freedom of thought and expression after the Swiss War.

Brytish Parliament knew very little of the organisation, as it was funded through the general defence fund to conceal it from public knowledge, as many in public office, who suspect of its existence, would prefer its destruction. The Brytish monarchy was largely in support of its activities, as the head of the agency was always a Privy Counselor of the Privy Council, whose members were appointed by sitting monarchs.

Oakley Street was considered to be fighting a secret war against the Consistorial Court of Discipline and the Magisterium as a whole.

In the flood of 1986, Oakley Street made recovering a missing Lyra Belacqua before the CCD its top priority.

Operations

Oakley Street made use of various methods of tradecraft, such as the employment of dead drops (using specially made acorns), cut-outs, cryptography, and disinformation techniques referred to as green paper in reference to the agency's early days methods of planning. These dead drops would be placed in hidden locations known as left-luggage boxes. The person who left them here and took them to the directors of the organisation were known as insulators.[2] They also use blackmail to flip agents of opposing organisations.

Oakley Street employed the use of several alethiometrists, including readers of the instrument in Uppsala, Bologna, and Oxford. Hannah Relf worked under their instruction for two years in secret during her time with the Bodleian alethiometer in Oxford before resigning from her official work and relying solely on the instrument from Bologna, after its reader was murdered and the alethiometer stolen, before being intercepted by an Oakley agent and brought to Brytain.[1]

Position and funding

Oakley Street sat beneath the Cabinet Office in the Brytish hierarchy of departments. It received funds from the Gold Reserves and was backed by the King of Brytain and the Private Council.[3]

Members

Thomas Nugent was the director of Oakley Street in the year of the great flood, and Adnan Al-Kaisy was his deputy director. Around twenty years later, after Thomas had died, Glenys Godwin succeeded him as director of the organisation.[4]

Behind the scenes

  • The location Oakley Street appears in Pullman's The Shadow in the North, when the magician Alistair Mackinnon gives Oakley Street, Chelsea as his address.

Appearances

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 La Belle Sauvage, Chapter 13
  2. 2.0 2.1 La Belle Sauvage, Chapter 7
  3. The Secret Commonwealth, Chapter 15
  4. The Secret Commonwealth, Chapter 10