SCARCE!! `SHAKING HANDS WITH BILLY` BY ANTHONY RICHARD TURTON, FIRST EDITION

"SHAKING HANDS WITH BILLY" BY ANTHONY RICHARD TURTON, FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

Dr Turton says in the introduction I pen the hidden history of South Africas transition to democracy as I experienced it, for no reason other than to seek to understand it myself. It is with considerable pride and a deep sense of humbleness that I commit a piece of the as yet unknown history of the Chief Directorate Covert Operations (CDCO) of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to writing. This is done, not with the intention of engaging in an orgy of kiss-and-tell self-aggrandizement, but rather as a humble record for those interested in such things, in order that they may know about the hidden world that was shrouded by intense secrecy that pervaded the very best years of my entire generation.
I dedicate this work to the memory of my comrades-in-arms in the three Security Force formations that I had the privilege to serve in the Light Horse Regiment (LHR), 81 Armoured Brigade of the South African Defence Force (SADF); the Chief Directorate Covert Operations (CDCO) of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), and the South African Secret Service (SASS) of which I was a founding member, in a sincere attempt to explain our complex history as accurately as I am capable.