Kit Bennetts, a young officer with New Zealand's SIS, is recruited into the CIA. Former NZSIS Minister Andrew Little says New Zealand's involvement with American intelligence agencies is still tight today.

This episode touches on Kit Bennetts's part in the Bill Sutch case. It mentions 'pen portraits' of senior civil servants that were found in Sutch's safe. You can see this document, as well as an analysis by historian Sarah Gaitanos, online on the RNZ website here: What to make of new evidence in the notorious Bill Sutch spy case

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