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Wild Bill Donovan

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by Douglas Waller

husband’s death and, 383, 385, 387, 389

  husband’s political ambitions and, 30, 39, 42, 43

  as mother, 18–19, 20, 33

  in Nonquitt, 39, 43, 176, 326, 337, 375–76

  Patricia’s death and, 57, 380, 385

  travels of, 32–35, 47, 350, 365, 368, 369, 385

  wealth of, 16, 18, 45, 349, 386

  Donovan, Sheilah, 358, 359, 365, 368, 375, 376, 380, 385

  Donovan, Timothy, III, 11, 15, 23, 46

  Donovan, Timothy, Jr. (Young Tim), 10–11, 12, 14, 364

  Donovan, Timothy, Sr. (Big Tim), 9–11

  Donovan, Vincent, 11, 12, 15, 31, 33, 34, 46, 93, 110, 127, 256, 380, 382, 383

  Los Angeles ministry of, 42

  Ruth’s emotional support from, 23

  Donovan, William J. (Wild Bill):

  acting of, 16, 17

  as ambassador to Thailand, 362–73

  anticommunism of, 354–55, 357, 362, 364, 369, 374–75

  army promotions of, 151–52, 284

  Asian travels of, 32–33, 51, 200, 204–19, 259, 297, 298, 299, 308, 331–32, 350, 362–75

  as assistant attorney general, 38–41

  awards and medals of, 2, 12, 13, 21–22, 30, 35, 152, 162, 232, 243, 245, 321, 349, 378

  background of, 2, 9–11, 37, 44, 55

  as Catholic, 2, 12–13, 38, 41, 327

  celebrity of, 38, 55, 66, 172–73, 375

  as charismatic leader, 3, 19–20, 203

  charm of, 3, 34, 43, 47, 52, 239

  death of, 381–86

  economic views of, 43–44, 55

  education of, 2, 11–14, 16, 17, 44, 364

  in elections, 35, 42–44, 350–51

  enemies of, 34–37, 39–41, 68, 71, 75–77, 112–19, 121, 150, 186, 306, 307–8, 310–11, 328–30, 335, 354, 383–84

  extramarital affairs of, 4, 34, 37, 47–49, 113, 127, 200, 284, 291, 335, 353, 354, 386

  family life of, 45–49, 56–57, 143, 283–84, 292, 350, 358–59

  financial problems of, 349, 372–73

  as football player, 2, 12, 13, 17, 173

  as grandfather, 143, 292, 350, 358, 359, 381

  income of, 38, 42, 117, 284, 349

  informal intelligence collecting of, 51–54

  injuries and health problems of, 21, 26–29, 52, 112–15, 173, 227, 249, 296, 376–82

  as Irish American, 2, 5, 37, 64

  as lawyer, 2, 14, 31–42, 44, 47, 51–52, 78, 92, 117, 323–24, 344, 349–50, 354, 372

  marriage of, 2, 17–18

  new spy service planning and, 69–72

  in North Africa, 166–67, 172, 180, 185, 200, 204, 226

  origin of nickname of, 23

  personal items lost by, 65, 118, 291

  physical appearance of, 2, 13, 17, 57, 151–52, 162, 173, 175, 178, 204–5, 244

  politics considered by, 14, 30, 31, 38, 41, 42, 48, 222

  postwar intelligence and, 2–6, 302, 304–14, 322–23, 326–28, 333, 351–53

  at Quebec conference, 176–78, 180

  as Republican, 13, 15, 33, 35, 41–44, 52, 53, 56, 58, 62, 77, 155, 252, 306, 311, 321, 324, 325, 350–51, 360

  resignation considered by, 151

  as Roosevelt’s envoy, 59–68

  rumors and gossip about, 4, 16, 17, 34, 37, 40, 42, 46, 113, 114, 284, 335, 353, 364, 384

  in Russia, 219–24

  in Saturn Club raid, 36–37, 38, 41, 44

  secrecy of, 97, 114–15, 235, 308

  spy-service memo of, 70

  in Troop I, 15–16, 18, 19

  unconventional ideas and projects of, 75, 88, 100–105, 155

  war crimes and, 323–27, 330–31, 341–48

  in World War I, 2, 19–31, 35, 52, 222, 232, 321, 345, 381

  Doolittle, James, 88

  Downes, Donald, 111, 121, 123–27, 178–82, 281

  drugs, 375–76

  illegal, 34, 35, 38, 103, 209, 367–68

  OSS, 102, 103–4

  Dubinin (Russian émigré), 298, 302

  Duff, James Arthur, 209, 210

  Duffy, Francis, 2, 19, 20, 27, 29–30, 54

  Duke, Florimund DuSossoit, 194–98, 255

  Dulles, Allen, 109–10, 124, 154, 167, 196, 226, 257, 267–70, 289, 295, 315, 319, 324, 343, 378

  in Bern, 145–50, 155, 237, 259–63, 267, 269, 270, 304, 317

  Donovan’s death and, 382, 383

  FBI investigation of, 127

  joke on Donovan by, 118–19

  postwar intelligence and, 352, 353, 361, 367, 384, 386, 389

  Dulles, Clover, 147, 343

  Dulles, John Foster, 146, 361, 363, 369, 371, 372, 373

  Dunn, James, 301

  Earle, George, 65

  Early, Stephen, 61, 75, 93–94, 101, 311, 312, 318, 320

  Early, Thomas, 252

  Eastern Europe, 119, 284, 303–4, 353, 375

  Eddy, William, 131–39, 141, 144, 166, 167, 175

  Egan, William, 12, 13

  Eifler, Carl, 214–19

  8th Army, 174, 176, 179

  83rd Brigade, 24–25, 28

  84th Brigade, 24–25

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 18, 162, 177, 192, 203, 264, 269, 281, 294, 316, 320, 326, 329, 370

  Normandy invasion and, 237, 238, 247

  as president, 360–64, 366, 368–74, 378–79, 382, 386

  Torch and, 130–31, 133–40

  Eisenhower, Milton, 138

  elections:

  of 1922, 35

  of 1926, 40–41

  of 1928, 41

  of 1932, 42–44, 351

  of 1936, 52

  of 1940, 59, 61, 66

  of 1944, 258, 283

  of 1946, 350–51

  of 1952, 360

  11th Amphibious Force, 239

  Ella, 125–26

  England, 51, 59, 60, 67, 164–66, 168–69, 198, 224, 304, 355

  Ethiopia, 51–54, 176, 318

  European Movement, 350

  Falkenhausen, Alexander von, 261

  Farley, James, 44

  Faust project, 268–69, 271

  FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 39–40, 68–71, 76, 122, 289–90, 336, 354–55

  Donovan background check by, 363–64

  Donovan’s moles in, 127–28

  Donovan spied on by, 4, 40, 76–77, 127, 335, 353, 354

  Ethiopian venture and, 54

  Latin America and, 71, 114, 115, 335

  NKGB and, 224–25

  OSS relations with, 94, 97, 114, 115, 127–28, 307

  Pearl Harbor attack and, 83, 85

  postwar intelligence and, 305–12, 322, 334–35, 338

  Spanish embassy incident and, 126–27

  Truman’s relations with, 321, 322

  FBQ Incorporated, 98, 118

  5th Army, 178–79, 182, 202, 227–30, 249, 250, 252

  Fighting 69th, The (movie), 54–55

  Finland, 130, 287–88, 289

  1st Army, 243, 244, 246

  1st Division, 24, 174

  Fitin, Pavel, 223–26, 284–85, 288–89, 320

  Fleming, Ian, 64, 69, 70

  flower code names, 156–57, 191, 195, 253

  Ford, Corey, 387

  Ford, John, 93, 204, 214, 326, 331, 383

  Foreign Office, British, 59, 60, 116, 276, 310

  Foreign Office, German, 148, 196, 237, 265

  Forgan, Russell, 318, 319, 329–30

  Forrestal, James, 239, 248

  42nd Division, 19, 23, 24, 26, 28

  France, 51, 104, 198, 223, 310, 361

  Anvil-Dragoon in, 264–65

  cross-Channel invasion of, 90, 164

  German occupation of, see Germany, Nazi, France occupied by

  OSS infiltrating of, 95, 161, 162, 164–71, 236, 237, 268, 270, 322

  Overlord and, 235–48, 264, 268, 270

  resistance in, 169, 170, 237–38, 243, 244, 247–48, 268, 269, 270, 316

  Vietnam and, 362, 369, 370, 371

  World War I and, 21–29, 35, 52


  see also Vichy French

  Franco, Francisco, 124–25, 160, 161, 162, 299

  Francs Tireurs et Partisans, 238

  Frankfurter, Estelle, 73, 305

  Frankfurter, Felix, 73, 305

  Free French, 117, 131, 144

  Freeman, James, 5, 92, 93, 112, 118

  French navy, 121, 130, 134, 135, 139, 181

  Friendship Project, 207

  Friendship Valley, 207, 208, 211, 212

  Gaevernitz, Gerhart von Schulze-, 146, 147

  Gaevernitz, Gero von Schulze-, 147–48

  Gale, Paul, 174

  Geneva Convention, 253, 324

  George II, King of Greece, 187, 280

  George project, 329

  Georgia Cracker, 120–21, 123

  German Americans, 93–94, 106

  German army, 50–51, 67, 114, 119, 146, 190, 192, 267

  Hungary and, 196, 197

  Soviet undermining of, 221

  German Freedom Movement, 191

  German High Command, 344–45, 347, 348

  Germans:

  in Donovan’s network of informants, 54

  in Istanbul, 156, 191

  in Switzerland, 146–49

  Germany:

  A. Dulles in, 146, 147, 148

  Donovan in, 18, 34, 35, 42, 54

  Jews in, 54

  in World War I, 21, 22, 24–27, 29, 110, 111, 345

  Germany, Nazi, 58–68, 72, 85–91, 98–102, 106–11, 130, 164, 195, 197–98, 249–54, 259–74, 287, 315–16, 317–20, 337

  assassination attempts against Hitler and his inner circle in, 153–54, 259–63

  Balkans and, 54, 64, 165, 176, 183, 184–85, 187, 188, 274–78, 280, 282

  Churchill’s invasion plan for, 241

  Corsica, Sardinia, and, 176, 180–81

  defeat of, 91, 286, 301

  dissidents in, 110, 150, 191–93, 260, 263

  Donovan suspected of collaborating with, 54

  on Eastern Front, 77, 86, 108, 119, 141, 155, 176, 183, 184, 191, 192, 193, 284, 304, 317

  France occupied by, 58, 62, 64, 102, 121, 132, 133–34, 140, 146, 168, 169, 176, 184, 193, 238, 264–65, 267, 271

  intelligence of, 63, 65, 133, 136, 145, 197, 199, 295, 388

  in Italy, 176, 179, 185, 229–30, 249–52, 296, 317–18, 324

  Japan’s relations with, 78, 299

  leaks to, 119

  mineral needs of, 155, 160, 286

  NKGB in, 221, 223

  Normandy invasion and, 236–37, 238, 241–48

  occupation of, 191, 193, 289, 303, 313, 319, 331, 332

  OSS in, 266–72, 275, 286, 313, 318

  OSS intelligence on, 77, 109, 260, 304

  peace feelers and, 190–93, 261, 266, 317–18

  propaganda and sabotage program of, 62, 65, 70, 98, 106, 108

  in Sicily, 173–74, 176

  Spain’s relations with, 121, 124–25, 159, 160

  territories grabbed by, 50–51, 55, 58, 64, 195

  Torch and, 130, 133, 136, 137, 140, 141

  U-boats of, 58, 60, 95

  unconditional surrender and, 149–50, 190, 192, 266, 317, 320

  U.S. postwar intelligence and, 305, 309–10

  war crimes and, 323–27, 330–31, 341–48

  war declared on U.S. by, 87

  Gestapo, 98, 133, 137, 193, 238, 250, 254, 255, 256, 271–73, 315, 337, 345, 348

  A. Dulles and, 145, 149

  anti-Hitler coup and, 261, 262, 263

  Legendre and, 294–95

  Sparrow team and, 197, 198

  U.S. postwar intelligence agency compared with, 305, 308, 312, 327

  Gibraltar, 136–39, 237

  Giglio, Maurizio (Cervo), 229, 230

  Ginny team, 324

  Giraud, Henri Honoré, 133–36, 138, 139, 140, 144, 167, 238

  Gisevius, Hans Bernd (Tiny), 148, 154, 260–62, 268, 325, 353

  Glavin, Edward, 249–52

  Godfrey, John, 60, 69, 70

  Goebbels, Joseph, 106, 107, 150, 154, 256

  Goerdeler, Carl Friedrich, 260–61

  Goldberg, Arthur, 93, 109, 124, 193–94, 268

  Goodyear, Bradley, 14, 15, 33, 35, 36

  Goodyear and O’Brien, 14–15, 32

  Göring, Hermann, 107, 111, 226, 316, 318, 327

  war crimes and, 325, 341–45, 347, 348

  Graham, Katharine, 349

  Graham, Phil, 349

  Grandin, Mary, see Donovan, Mary Grandin

  Great Britain, 18, 54, 58–65, 86, 141–44, 154–69, 235, 251, 296, 307, 323, 326

  Balkans and, 143, 164–66, 183–89, 274–82

  Great Britain (con’t.)

  colonialism of, 187, 205, 280

  Donovan’s division of territory with, 130, 141–42, 164–66, 183–86

  Downes as spy for, 121, 123, 124

  in Germany, 266, 268, 289

  Hanfstaengl and, 107, 108

  intelligence and propaganda operations of, 60, 62–63, 66, 68, 70, 71, 76, 77, 97, 102, 109, 113, 121–24, 141–42, 143, 148, 164–66, 168, 219, 235–46, 253, 254, 290, 310, 315, 319, 320, 324, 329, 336

  Massingham and, 141–42

  Normandy invasion and, 238, 243–44, 336

  OSS intelligence sharing with, 117, 122, 129, 164, 186

  peace feelers and, 192, 193, 196, 261, 300

  Pearl Harbor and, 83–84

  postwar goals of, 187

  Soviet espionage in, 224, 225

  submarines of, 136, 139

  Sussex project and, 237–38

  Turkish policy of, 155–56

  U.S. aid to, 60, 61, 66

  Great Depression, 41–44

  Greece, 64, 142, 143, 165, 183, 184, 187–88, 190, 280–82, 290, 355–58

  Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS), 188, 280

  Green Berets, 364, 366

  Grombach, John “Frenchy,” 98, 118, 224, 283, 290–91, 307, 336

  Gromyko, Andrei, 289

  Gross, Andor (Andre György; Trillium), 195, 197, 255

  Group of Five, 133, 135

  Gubbins, Colin McVean, 187, 188–89

  guerrilla warfare, 144, 169, 176, 215, 221, 236, 304, 316, 356, 363, 367, 370

  in Balkans, 183, 184, 186, 187, 188, 274

  in China, 206, 207, 208, 331

  Donovan’s plans for, 77, 88, 95, 115, 116, 142, 143, 165, 167

  in France, 238, 243, 244, 247, 270

  Hambro and, 130, 143

  in Italy, 252, 258

  Torch and, 132, 134, 138, 139

  Guinzburg, Harold, 153

  Gusev, Fedor, 326, 330

  Hagan, Paul, 110, 111

  Haile Selassie, 53, 318

  Halder, Franz, 261

  Hall, Virginia, 237, 322

  Halyard, 277–78, 279

  Hambro, Sir Charles, 130, 141–43, 165–66, 183–84, 187

  Hamilton, Pierpont Morgan, 48

  Hamilton, Rebecca Stickney, 48–49, 147

  Hanfstaengl, Ernst “Putzi,” 107–8, 154, 190, 236–37, 257

  Harada, Ken, 258, 299, 300, 301

  Harding, Warren, 35, 38

  Harriman, Averell, 90, 222–25

  Harriman, Mary, 13

  Harvard University, 46, 107

  Hatz, Otto von, 195–96, 197, 255

  Hawaii, 57, 62, 232, 299

  Pearl Harbor and, 83–91, 124, 220, 240, 300

  Hayes, Carlton Joseph Huntley, 159–63, 336

  Hearst, William Randolph, 47

  Helldorf, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von, 261

  Helms, Richard, 271, 389

  Henry-Haye, Gaston, 123

  Heppner, Betty, 354, 358, 380

  Heppner, Richard “Dick,” 204–5, 219, 354–55

  Hermann Plan, 191–93, 253, 255, 261

  Hess, Rudolf, 344

  Hewitt, Kent, 178

  Himmler, Heinrich, 108, 262, 265, 316

  Hiroshima, 1, 4, 332

  Hitler, Adolf, 35, 54, 58, 87, 124, 155, 160, 176, 226, 238, 249, 253, 257, 265, 2
66, 330–31, 342, 344, 345, 354, 388

  assassination attempts against, 153–54, 259–63, 268, 345

  Balkans and, 183, 274

  death of, 319–20

  Donovan compared with, 4

  Donovan’s views on, 55, 107

  in final siege, 304, 315, 316, 319

  Mediterranean area and, 64–65, 66

  Normandy invasion and, 236–37

  OSS activities against, 101, 106–11, 121, 144, 150, 253, 263

  peace feelers and, 190–93, 197

  Pearl Harbor and, 85

  territories grabbed by, 51, 55, 58, 64, 195

  unconditional surrender and, 149–50

  Ho Chi Minh, 369, 370, 371

  Hollandia, 233–34, 275, 297

  Hollywood, Calif., 6, 42

  Holocaust, 323–25, 344

  Home Army, German, 260, 262

  homosexuality, 107, 123, 124, 128, 154

  Hoover, Herbert, 39, 41, 43, 44, 55, 67, 364

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 39–40, 62, 63, 69, 71, 124, 289–90, 330, 354–55

  Donovan as viewed by, 40, 54, 68

  Donovan’s death and, 383–84

  Donovan spied on by, 4, 40, 76–77, 335, 354

  Donovan’s relationship with, 4, 40, 41, 68, 71, 74–77, 94, 97, 117, 121, 127–28, 336, 363–64

  Eisenhower’s relationship with, 360–61

  gay rumors about, 128

  on Gero Gaevernitz, 148

  Latin America and, 71, 114, 307

  NKGB and, 224–25

  Pearl Harbor attack and, 83, 85, 86

  postwar intelligence and, 307–11, 334–35, 352

  Spanish embassy incident and, 126–27

  Truman’s relationship with, 321, 322, 361

  Hopkins, Harry, 67, 77, 78, 90, 91, 225, 335

  postwar intelligence and, 306, 308, 311, 312

  Horthy, Miklós, 195, 197

  House Appropriations Committee, 328, 333

  House Committee on Un-American Activities, 355

  Houston, Lawrence, 352, 378, 381, 385

  Howe, Fisher, 113, 333

  Hull, Cordell, 65, 66, 75, 78, 121, 122, 262

  Hungary, 64, 109, 110, 155, 157, 183, 255, 256, 284, 290, 374

  Sparrow team in, 194–98

  Huntington, Ellery, 176, 182, 201, 203, 274, 277, 279

  Huot, Audrey, 185

  Huot, Louis, 185–86

  Husky operation, 172–75

  Hyde, Henry, 167–69, 171, 264, 265

  Hylan, John Francis, 31

  Iberian Peninsula, 125, 157–63

  Ickes, Harold, 56, 72, 93, 96, 99

  I.G. Farben, 97, 326, 329

  India, 104, 130, 177, 204–5, 214, 219, 280, 299, 329, 336

  Indochina, 78, 121, 207, 370

  insurance companies, 99, 209

  International Rescue Committee (IRC), 374–75

  International Telephone and Telegraph (IT&T), 78, 125

  internment camps, 89, 107

  Iran, 95, 353

  Ireland, 9

  Irish Americans, 9–11, 17, 19, 34, 37, 64

 

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