The first Chief of SIS, Captain Sir Mansfield Smith Cumming RN, signed himself with a 'C' (as the initial letter of his surname) - in green ink. In his honour all his successors have done the same; not least to reinforce the secrecy needed for the identities of the Service's officers and agents.
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