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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