Operation arteria

Operation arteria was an operation conducted by the recently formed Ionian Intelligence Secretariat in 1923. Its goal was to overthrow the republican government of Trachi and install a sympathetic leadership to facilitate the reintegration of the city into the Ionian sphere. To this end, it is assumed that more than several dozen operatives were involved, both from the former branches of the Endo-Kathartic Division and the Comissariat for External Affairs.

To this day, it is unclear what exactly led the operation to become a failure. Internal investigations are said to have unveiled several collaborators. One of the agents suspected of sabotaging the operation was apprehended and questioned for several years. According to an internal memorandum, the operative claimed that the then Undersecretary for State Security, Johan Fairclough, was also involved, leading to his subsequent arrest in 1927.