Gareth Jones: The Welsh Investigative Journalist (1905-35)

An 'Unsung' Hero of Ukraine

(1905 -1935)

Gareth Richard Vaughn Jones

This website is dedicated to the distinguished professional life of Gareth Jones; a brilliant linguist and one-time Foreign Affairs Advisor to British Prime Minister Lloyd George.

Gareth's memory, though deliberately 'airbrushed' for almost 70 years, will be remembered for his courageous exposure of Stalin's then deliberately hidden 1932-33, Soviet Ukrainian famine-genocide, now known as the Holodomor.

A little over two years later, whilst investigating Japanese territorial expansionism across Inner Mongolia, Gareth was mysteriously kidnapped & later murdered by Chinese bandits, on the very eve of his 30th birthday.

In the aftermath, though the Japanese were initially politically implicated, the British Foreign Office concluded he was probably the innocent victim of a miscreant's bullet.

However, from recently released M.I.5. records, a plethora of circumstantial evidence now points the finger of blame firmly in Moscow's direction - arguably marking Gareth out as the first, in a long line of whistle-blowers to have personally felt the reach of the Russian Secret Police's retribution upon foreign soils.

Lloyd George, on hearing of Gareth's murder commented that he was a "Man who Knew Too Much" - Gareth's only crime was his thirst for knowledge, in his pursuit of truth...

Contetnts of the Gareth Jones' Website

This website is split into two distinctive sections, namely books about Gareth's life and secondly, his newspaper articles.

For a brief biography of Gareth's life & career, please CLICK HERE.

1) Gareth Jones: A Manchukuo Incident

In 2001, Gareth's niece, Dr. Margaret Siriol Colley and great nephew, Nigel Linsan Colley wrote & published a critically acclaimed book; Gareth Jones - A Manchukuo Incident - which details both Gareth's last months alive during his 1935 Fact-Finding Tour of the Far East, and then through declassified British Foreign Office records, also investigates the political intrigue at the time, surrounding Gareth's murder.

For an overview and extracts from the book, then please click on the link below:

Gareth Jones: A Manchukuo Incident

Gareth Jones A Manchukuo Incident

2) Gareth Jones: More Than a Grain of Truth

For an overview and extracts from the book, then please click on the link below:

Gareth Jones - More Than A Grain of Truth

Soviet Famine Exposure - London Evening Standard, 31st March 1933.

Randolph Hearst's personal commission for The Los Angeles Examiner, 13 January 1935

3) Gareth Jones' Published Newspaper Articles

As a prolific writer, Gareth left a legacy of articles published in many British newspapers including The Western Mail, The Times and the Manchester Guardian, in Germany in the Berliner Tageblatt and in American newspapers through the International News Service. These articles are a graphic and historic portrayal of the critical events of the early thirties and are worthy of an in-depth study in themselves

Below is a 'Published Articles' hyperlink, from where more information on Gareth's historically noteworthy articles can be discovered, covering Gareth's:

Or for complete index of his articles click below:

Gareth Jones' Published Articles

For other Recent News - See Our 'Stop Press Link on the Left of every page.

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Gareth Richard Vaughan Jones