Giles and Sarah’s Russian fixer, Masha, finds a remarkable video interview with a former KGB diver, Eduard Koltsov – the last person to see Lionel Crabb on the day of his secret dive. His deathbed confession is graphic, shocking and believable. But can he be trusted?

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Show notes:

Eduard Koltsov interview, 2007 - Ren TV

Lord Mountbatten interview, 1969 - Fremantle

Death of Princess Diana announcement, 1997 - BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images

Operation Paget Press Conference, 2006 - BBC News

John Randall interview, 1957 - BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images

HC Deb, The Case of Commander Crabb, 14 May 1956, Vol 552. 

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

Newspaper headlines:

The Independent, 21 December 2003

The Guardian, 20 October 2003

The Herald Sun, May 27 2019

The Independent, 31 May 2017

The Daily Record, 31 August 2022

The Daily Express, 18 June 2007

The Daily Mirror, 15 May 1956

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