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  6th Airborne Division 166, 173

  11th Armoured Division 219, 225

  15th Scottish Infantry division 220, 221

  23rd Hussars 143–5, 219–20, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 276

  British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 132, 142

  Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 225, 226, 228

  British Embassy, Lisbon 31, 57, 64–5

  British Embassy, Madrid 242–3

  Brooke, Field Marshal Sir Alan 148, 207

  Brotherhood in the Aryan World Order (fictitious) 102–5, 139, 194

  ‘Brutus’ (double-cross agent) 136, 137

  Buénaga, Roberto 242–4

  Bulge, Battle of the, 1944–5 274

  Burgess, Anthony 129

  Burgess, Guy 33, 36, 259, 265, 271

  Burgos, Spain 53, 54, 56

  Buschlen, Arthur B. 283

  Byron, Lord 69

  Caballero, Francisco Largo 277

  Cabinet War Rooms 123, 169

  Cádiz, Agustín 44–5

  Caen, France 131–2, 135, 166, 173, 174, 220, 223, 228, 230, 231, 232

  Café Bar la Moderna, Madrid 249, 250–1

  Calais, France 124–5, 126–7, 134, 148, 177, 192, 201, 202, 203, 229

  Calvo, Luis 16, 17, 19, 85

  Cambridge spy ring 259, 270, 271 see also under individual name of spy

  Camp 020, Ham Common (MI5 interrogation centre) 16, 85, 118, 119

  Canada 90, 131, 139, 140, 157, 170, 247, 264, 265, 277–8, 292

  Canadian armed forces 1, 2, 3, 131, 141, 167, 171, 173, 174, 219, 220, 231, 232

  1st Canadian Army 141, 195

  3rd Infantry Division 171, 231

  Royal Regiment of Canada 1, 2, 3, 277–8

  Canaris, Admiral Wilhelm 24, 25, 97, 198–9, 200, 208, 252

  Cascais, Portugal 63

  ‘Case Three’ (scenario in which all German available armoured reserves are sent into Normandy to crush Allied invasion) 186, 193, 206, 207

  Caucasus 71, 122

  Celedonio (priest) 47, 53

  Cervantes, Miguel de vii, 80, 239

  Cherbourg, France 4, 135, 149, 165, 242

  Chesterfield Gardens, London 35–6, 77

  Chestnut, HMS 20

  Chislehurst Caves, London 114–15, 125, 170, 292

  Choltitz, General Dietrich von 237

  Churchill tank 133, 150

  Churchill, Winston 9, 66, 101, 115–16, 133, 155, 179, 180, 286

  Clarke, Bob 221, 222

  Clyde, Scotland 66, 92, 138, 169

  CNT anarchist trade union 45, 47

  Cockade, Operation, 1943 122–8, 193

  Cold War 270

  Colman, Ronald 18

  Condor Legion 23

  convoys, shipping 2, 14, 15, 19, 26, 35, 37, 65, 66, 78, 92

  Counterfeit Spy, The (Delmer) 258

  Cowgill, Colonel Felix 12–13, 21, 36, 38

  Crespigny Road, Hendon 75, 77, 84, 170, 171

  Cromwell tank 150

  Cuba 247

  Czechoslovakia 109, 265

  Czerniawski, Roman 136, 137

  D-Day, June 6, 1944 7, 126, 131, 136, 137, 140, 144, 147, 148, 150, 160, 161,162–72, 173–83, 184, 192–3, 194, 200, 210, 219, 220, 223, 242, 257, 283, 286, 287 see also Overlord, Operation

  Dachau concentration camp, Germany 274

  Darling, Donald 35

  de Beauvoir, Simone 237

  de Gaulle, General Charles 234, 235, 276

  Delmer, Sefton 169, 258, 268

  Denniston, Alistair 9

  Dienz 275–6

  Dieppe Raid, 1942 1–4, 7, 101, 122, 128, 132, 134, 148, 278

  Dietrich, General Sepp 151, 229

  Dirección General de Seguridad 242–3

  double-cross system (British intelligence anti-espionage and deception operation) 16, 17–18, 20, 35, 36–7, 78, 79, 116, 117, 120, 121, 123, 136, 158, 159, 160, 167, 169, 178, 242, 257, 278, 281, 282, 284

  Double-Cross System (Masterman) 257

  Dover, France 125, 139, 141, 177, 192, 194, 229, 241, 285

  Dronne, Captain 147, 234, 235–6, 277

  Dunkirk, France 7, 12, 101, 132, 143, 148, 173

  Egypt 144, 164

  Eisenhower, General 142, 164, 168, 174, 179–80, 181, 234, 235, 242, 284, 286, 289

  El Alamein, battle of, 1942 133, 144

  English, Sam 220, 227

  Enigma code/machine 9, 11, 13, 78, 115, 162, 168, 198, 278

  Epsom, Operation, 1944 220, 223

  Falaise, France 230, 232, 234

  Falange, Spanish 55

  FBI 242, 250

  Feuchtinger, Edgar 175

  Final Solution 109

  First Word War, 1914–18 1, 18, 24, 115, 132, 144, 212

  Fleming, Ian 137, 140

  Fleming, Peter 140, 292

  Flight 777 115–16

  Fortitude, Operation, 1943–44 133–4, 137, 140–1, 158, 168, 177, 179, 185, 192, 211, 242, 284, 285, 286

  Fortitude North, Operation 133, 138, 169

  Fortitude South, Operation 133, 138, 175

  Fraguas, Rafael 54

  France 1–4, 50, 57, 58, 73, 74, 100, 101, 104, 109, 110, 122, 126, 131–5, 136, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148–50, 159, 163, 164–5, 166, 169, 170, 171, 173–7, 178–83, 184–7, 191–7, 201–2, 204, 206–8, 217, 219–37, 241–2, 265, 266, 275, 276, 277, 285, 286, 287 see also under individual area or place name

  Franco, General 22–3, 25, 28–9, 48, 56, 74, 117, 138, 145, 146, 194, 233, 242, 248, 250, 263, 277

  Francoist army, Spanish Civil War 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 263, 267

  Free French 147, 235

  Fremde Heere West (FHW) (German military intelligence) 177, 200, 201, 207, 290

  French Army units 146, 147, 241

  2nd Armoured Division 147, 233, 234, 235, 237, 276

  La Nueve company 145, 147, 233–4, 235–6, 237, 276, 277

  French Foreign Legion 146

  GARBO (codename for Juan Pujol):

  ‘Artist’ disappearance and 158–61, 178

  ‘Alaric’ (code name given by Germans) 11, 14, 19, 26–7, 33, 95, 97, 171, 211, 216, 276, 291

  Arabal/Arabel network (German codename) 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 19n, 20, 27, 33, 36, 37–8, 64, 76, 77, 88, 97, 123, 195, 199, 208, 211, 215, 237, 243, 291

  arrest stories, fake 118–20, 213–16, 241

  becomes star player in double-cross system 116

  Buénaga threat to reveal identity of 242–4

  bureaucracy involved in drawing up messages 127

  Churchill’s announcement of D-Day landings in Parliament endangers validity of 179

  continues deception after fall of Paris 241, 247–8

  D-Day, supplies Germans with information on build up to 137–40

  D-Day, warns Germans of coming assault 167–72, 178, 181–3

  Eisenhower’s radio broadcast of D-Day as ‘initial assault’ endangers validity of 179–81

  explanation for pause in letters on arrival in London 85

  first letter from London (first Garbo letter) 85–6, 87, 93

  FUSAG, supplies information on fictitious army group 141, 168, 177, 191, 192, 193, 197, 202, 203, 207, 208, 241, 242, 243

  Garbo code name given to 38–9

  German failure to order reinforcements to Normandy area during Allied landings, influence upon 134, 135, 137, 141, 175–7, 191, 192, 193–7, 200–5, 206–8, 241

  halting of attacks on civilian planes on Lisbon route after KLM Flight 777 and 115–16

  Hitler, influence upon see Hitler, Adolf

  Iron Cross awarded to 215, 242, 252

  Knappe, post-war visit to 251 see also Knappe-Ratey, Friedrich

  Kühlenthal sends photographs of new cypher tables to 115

  Kühlenthal, post-war visit to 251–2 see also Kühlenthal, Karl–Erich

  last German message sent to 248–9

  last messages sent by 247

  more specific and sensational messages receive more attention 127

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  network of agents/sub-agents see GARBO network agents

  never a member of MI5 84–5

  Operation Cockade and 122–8

  Operation Fortitude and 137–237

  Operation Overlord and 131–237

  payments from Germans 26, 29–30, 62, 65, 76, 87, 91–2, 95–6, 102, 114

  payments from MI5 253, 262

  pícaro (lovable rogue)/picaresque novel character/language of mischief, use of in communication 5, 8, 80–1, 288

  prose style/tone of letters to German intelligence 5, 8, 26–7, 66, 80–1, 82, 88, 93–4, 99–100, 114

  pseudonyms used in letters 87

  Pujol’s wife’s unhappiness/marriage problems and 116–20, 122, 157, 210, 213, 244, 245–6 see also Pujol, Araceli

  secret arms depot in Chislehurst Caves story 114–15

  sends ‘most important report of his career’ on FUSAG absence from Normandy landings 193–7, 200–5, 206–8

  sends RAF recognition handbook to Germans 95–7

  sent German Abwehr cypher table 114

  time as double-agent comes to end 253

  the 29 names 291–2

  urgent messages reach Berlin within an hour 127

  V weapons and 157, 158, 208, 209–15

  what if? (counterfactual historical scenario) 284–8

  wireless communication 82, 92, 93, 94, 114, 119, 124, 140, 169

  workload 81–2

  see also Pujol, Juan

  GARBO network agents:

  J’s (Juan’s) network:

  Agent J(1) – the courier 64, 243, 291

  Agent J(2) – the aviator 291

  Agent J(3) – the work colleague (known to Germans as ‘Ameros’. Role played by W.B. McCann) 65, 89, 138–9, 180, 181, 291

  Agent J(4) – the censor 291

  Agent J(5) – the mistress (known to the Germans as ‘Amy’) 125, 139, 157, 194, 196, 291

  Agent 1 – Senhor Carvalho (the Portuguese) 14, 65, 88, 124, 125, 291

  Agent 2 – William Maximilian Gerbers (the German-Swiss) 14, 65, 88, 91–2, 96, 291

  2(1) Mrs Gerbers, The Widow 92, 96–7, 171, 182, 213, 214, 291

  Agent 3 – Pedro (known to Germans as ‘Benedict’. Role played by Harris) 65, 66, 88, 89, 92, 95, 96, 124, 125–6, 138, 139, 140, 141, 157, 194, 213, 214, 243, 291, 292

  3(1) RAF NCO 95, 96, 291

  3(2) – the Lieutenant in the 49th Infantry Division 292

  3(3) – The Greek Seaman (known to the Germans as ‘Ben’) 138, 169, 170, 171, 292

  Agent 4 Fred (known to the Germans as ‘Camillus’) 89, 92, 114, 115, 124, 138, 170–1, 181, 194, 247, 292

  4(1) – the Operator (role played by Charlie Haines) 157, 171, 292

  4(2) – the Guard at the Chislehurst Caves 292

  4(3) – the American NCO (known to the Germans as ‘Castor’) 138, 140, 194, 292

  Agent 5 – the Brother (known to the Germans as ‘Ahorn’ or ‘Moonbeam’. Role played by from Canada by Cyril Mills) 89–90, 139, 140, 157, 292

  5(1) – Con, Agent 5’s cousin (known to the Germans as ‘Prescot’) 292

  Agent 6 – Dick the South African 90, 292

  Agent 7 – Stanley, the Welsh nationalist (known to the Germans as ‘Dagobert’) 102, 103, 124, 125, 139, 243, 292

  7(1) – the Soldier in the 9th Armoured Division 103, 292

  7(2) – David (known to the Germans as ‘Donny’) 103, 139, 194, 195, 292

  7(3) – Theresa Jardine (known to the Germans as ‘Javelin’. Role played by Peter Fleming in Ceylon) 104, 139, 140, 194, 292

  7(4) – Rags the Indian poet (known to the Germans as ‘Dick’) 103–4, 139, 194, 195, 292

  7(5) – the Relative of 7(2) (known to the Germans as ‘Drake’) 139, 292

  7(6) – the Low Grade Spy (known to the Germans as ‘Drommond’) 139, 292

  7(7) – the Treasurer (known to the Germans as ‘Dorrick’) 139, 194, 195, 203, 292

  García Guijarro, Mercedes (mother) 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 262

  Garibaldi’s restaurant, Jermyn Street, London 84, 259

  Gaswagen 73, 74

  German Army units:

  2nd SS Panzer Division (Das Reich) 110, 186

  6th Army 110

  7th Army 149, 165, 185, 232, 234

  7th Tank Company 222

  9th SS Panzer Division 202

  10th SS Panzer Division 202

  12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Youth 149, 151, 176, 177, 186, 219–20, 221

  15th Army 149, 204, 229, 241, 242, 286

  21st Panzer Division 175, 186

  116th Panzer Division 186, 207

  320th Infantry Division 110–11

  Army Group B 149, 164

  Einsatzgruppen (Nazi special murder squads) 25

  Einsatzkommando 10a 73

  Gestapo 25, 58, 118, 122, 159

  High Command 88, 126, 142, 176, 181, 185, 186, 191, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 223, 290

  Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) (1st SS Division) 72, 73, 109, 110, 112, 149, 151–3, 186–7, 193, 204, 205, 207, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225–6, 228, 229, 231, 232, 234, 274, 285

  III Battallion (Blowtorch Battalion) 110, 111, 112, 113

  Panzer Lehr Division 148, 176, 177, 186

  Sicherheitsdienst (SD) 25, 159, 199, 200

  Totenkopf (Death’s Head) (3rd SS Division) 110

  Waffen-SS 72, 112, 133–4, 149, 152, 274

  Wehrmacht 7, 72, 110, 111, 122, 126, 132–3, 144, 148, 149, 161, 174, 185, 199, 200, 216, 226, 232

  German Cross in Gold 111

  German Embassy, Lisbon 159

  German Embassy, Madrid 23, 58, 61, 199

  Glasgow, Scotland 14, 19, 65, 66, 92, 95, 124, 214

  Godfrey, Admiral 10

  Goebbels, Joseph 165, 166

  Goering, Hermann 165

  Gold beach, Normandy 173, 174, 219

  González Carballo, Araceli (wife) 62, 261, 281

  accuses Juan Pujol of involvement in faking old master paintings 264–5

  airbrushed out of Juan Pujol’s autobiography 57, 264–5

  approaches U.S. Embassy in Lisbon 28–32, 57, 68

  asks Juan Pujol for a divorce 267, 281

  Bristow and 264, 265

  celebrations for Juan Pujol’s MBE and 244, 245

  children and 61, 63, 82

  delivers letter by hand to Knappe 66–7

  forms attachment to an Allied naval officer 157

  leaves Portugal for London 83

  marriage problems 157, 244, 245, 246, 250

  marries Juan Pujol 56

  meets Juan Pujol 54

  returns to Spain 248

  split with Juan Pujol 265

  struggles to settle in England 116–17, 118, 119–20, 122, 210, 213

  threatens to go to Spanish Embassy in London and reveal husband’s work for British 117–20, 122

  told her husband had died in Africa 266

  Venezuela, post-war life in 262, 263

  Goodwood, Operation, 1944 224–8, 229, 230, 231, 276

  Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), Bletchley Park 71, 140, 278, 279, 289

  Abwehr messages, deciphering of 10–11, 114

  community spirit within 9

  ‘Case Three’ scenario and 206–7, 210

  ‘Cottages’ 8–9

  D-Day and 162, 163

  decipher messages stating Kühlenthal’s happiness with Garbo intelligence 127, 167

  ‘Dilly’s Girls’ 8–9

  discovery of ‘Arabal undertaking’ 11, 15, 20, 35, 36, 37

  Enigma Codes and see Enigma codes/machine

  Hut Six 162

  identification of Juan Pujol and 78, 79

  Intercept messages describing actions of Garbo sub-agents 65, 97

  ISK (‘Illicit Services Knox’) 13

  ISOS (Illicit Services Oliver Strachey) 13, 15

  Italian naval codes, breaking of 9–10

  Jebsen arrest and 159, 160, 161
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  Juan Pujol not allowed to read intercepts from 84–5

  Kühlenthal passing photographs of new Enigma cypher tables to Juan Pujol speeds up code cracking 115

  ‘rodding’ system 10

  see also GARBO

  Granell, Lieutenant Amado 145–6, 147, 233, 234, 235–6, 237, 276–7

  Gruhle, Hans 230

  Guernica 23

  Guerra, Mr and Mrs 116–17

  Haines, Charlie 114, 119, 157, 169, 170, 171, 172, 178, 183, 194, 195–6, 197, 202, 253, 281

  Hansen, Georg 208

  Harris, Enriqueta 273

  Harris, Hilda 33, 77, 119, 244, 253, 258–9, 271, 272, 273

  Harris, Lionel 33, 271

  Harris, Tomás (Tommy) 114, 142, 237, 251, 253, 260, 284, 288, 289

  allegations of faking old master paintings 264–5

  appearance 34

  Araceli Pujol and 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 245, 246, 264–5

  ‘Artist’ (Jebsen) and 158, 159, 160–1

  award of Iron Cross to Garbo and 215

  background 20, 33, 77

  birth of Garbo work and 79, 80–1, 82, 84–5, 88

  Blunt and 34, 259, 264, 265, 270, 273–4

  Bristow and 76–7

  Burgess as friend of 33

  combination of Juan Pujol and in Garbo deception 80–1, 82, 84–5

  D-Day misinformation and 168, 169–70, 171, 172, 173, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183

  daily routine during Garbo 84, 85,

  damning assessment of Kühlenthal 276

  Eisenhower comments on importance of Garbo to 286

  fake arrest of Garbo and 213, 214

  first meets Juan Pujol 38, 39, 76

  Garbo’s final message to Madrid and 248

  Garbo’s temperament and 93

  interviewing of Juan Pujol by MI5 and 77–8

  joins MI5 33

  Juan Pujol visits in Mallorca 266, 267

  Juan Pujol’s MBE and 244

  Juan Pujol’s post-war involvement in art world and 263–4

  killed 258–9, 270, 271–3, 277

  leaves security service 271

  ‘lives’ the Garbo deception 100

  Mayfair home 35–6, 77

  move to Mallorca 271

  moves to Logan Place 157–8

  Normandy landing Garbo misinformation and 191, 192, 193, 197, 202, 203, 207, 208, 241, 242, 243

  OBE 271

  observes Garbo messages reaching Berlin within an hour 127

  on German gullibility 121

  on importance of obtaining new Enigma cypher tables 115

  on Juan Pujol’s imagination 99

  Operation Overlord and 131, 137–8

  Philby and 35–6

  plan for Pujol to infiltrate a group of Czech expatriates in Venezuela and 265–6

  plays role of Agent 3 – Pedro 139, 140, 157, 213, 243, 291

 

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