Ebook: La Piscine: The French Secret Service Since 1944

“The headquarters of the French secret service are on the Boulevard Mortier in Paris, opposite the Tourelles swimming baths. Journalists have fallen into the habit of calling these services ‘La Piscine’. But in the trade they prefer to call the headquarters something else: ‘The Shack’ (‘La Boite’), ‘The Firm’ (‘La Maison’), ‘The Dairy’ (‘La Cremerie’).”