Mercia Masson, one of Australia’s longest serving undercover ASIO agents, spied on her communist friends, while her only daughter remained in the dark.
Cindy didn’t find out about her mother's tragic double life until she was 67. The discovery left her shaken.
My Mother the Spy, by Cindy Dobbin & Freda Marnie Nicholls, is published by Allen & Unwin.
Guests:
Cindy Dobbin, daughter of Mercia Masson
Rhys Crawley, Senior Lecturer in History, UNSW
Phillip Deery, Emeritus Professor of History, Victoria University
Credits:
- Narrator - Richard Roxburgh
- Producer - Lyn Gallacher
- Sound engineer - Angie Grant
- Music - Matthew Crawford
- Artwork - Lachlan Conn
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Historians, Crime