Hitler's Spy

by James Hayward

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  Ogley, Bob. Surrey at War (Froglets, 1995)

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  Pierrepoint, Albert. Executioner: Pierrepoint (Harrap, 1974)

  Popov, Duško. Spy Counterspy (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974)

  Richards, Lee. Whispers of War: Underground Propaganda Rumour-Mongering in the Second World War (Psywar, 2010)

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  Sebag-Montefiore, Simon. Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man (Viking, 2006)

  Simpson, A. W. Brian. In the Highest Degree Odious (OUP, 1992)

  Stafford, David. Churchill and Secret Service (John Murray, 1997)

  Stephens, Robin. Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi Spies (PRO, 2000)

  Thomson, George. Blue Pencil Admiral (Sampson Low, 1947)

  Turner, E. S. The Phoney War on the Home Front (Michael Joseph, 1961)

  West, Nigel. MI5 (The Bodley Head, 1981)

  West, Nigel. MI6 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983)

  West, Nigel. Seven Spies Who Changed the World (Secker & Warburg, 1991)

  West, Nigel & Roberts, Madoc. Snow (Biteback, 2011)

  Whiting, Charles & Peis, Gunter. They Spied on England (Odhams, 1958)

  Winterbotham, Frederick. The Ultra Secret (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974)

  Winterbotham, Frederick. The Ultra Spy (Macmillan, 1989)

  Wood, Derek. The Narrow Margin (Hutchinson, 1961)

  Articles and Journals

  Forth, John. The Village Policeman: A Spy in the Village (www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/51/a5735351.shtml, 2005)

  Kluiters, F. A. C. & Verhoeyen, E. Hilmar Dierks: An International Spymaster and Mystery Man (www.nisa-intelligence.nl, 2009)

  Ramsey, Winston G. German Spies in Britain (After the Battle #11, 1976)

  Reed, Ronnie (uncredited). Technical Problems Affecting Radio Communications by the Double-Cross Agents. Appendix 3 to Hinsley and Simkins (HMSO, 1990)

  John Bull magazine, 26 October 1957 (extract from Whiting & Peis)

  Unpublished sources:

  Lawrence, Marie. Wartime diary (1939–45, preserved at London Borough of Richmond local studies centre)

  Acknowledgements

  The author wishes to thank Roger Audis, Nick Austin, Christina Di Prima, Zoe Darani, Michael Dierks, Richard Durack, Stewart Gillies, Sarah Gould, Verity Hambrook, Hannah Lane, Jean Pascoe, Sophie Pigott, Winston Ramsey, Madoc Roberts, Kenneth Rose, Bunny Smedley, Neil R. Storey, Etienne Verhoeyen, Nigel West and Graham White.

  The staff at The National Archives, The British Newspaper Library, Surrey History Centre, Morden Library, Stratford Library, Streatham Library, MI5 and the National Policing Improvement Agency.

  Special thanks are due to Matthew Hamilton at Aitken Alexander, and to Colin Midson, Carly Cook and Briony Gowlett at Simon & Schuster for commissioning and editing Double Agent Snow.

  All illustrations are drawn from the author’s own collection except snow passport and Jaguar Roadster courtesy of Graham White, Lily Bade courtesy of Jean Pascoe, snow M15 file photo courtesy of Madoc Roberts and Hilmar Dierks courtesy of Michael Dierks.

  Index

  A

  Abwehr ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26

  Addlestone ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  ADLER, Operation see EAGLE, Operation

  Admiralty ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Afrika Korps ref1, ref2, ref3

  Air Ministry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  Amsterdam ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Anglo-German Fellowship ref1, ref2

  Antwerp ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Auerbach ref1, ref2, ref3

  Austria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  B

  1A ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36

  Bacteriological warfare ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Bade, Lily ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44, ref45, ref46

  Baltic ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Barbados, SS ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  BARBAROSSA, Operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Barcelona ref1, ref2

  Battle of Britain ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  BBC ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Beaumont-Nesbitt, Paddy ref1, ref2

  Belgium ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  Berlin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24

  Best, Sigismund ref1, ref2, ref3

  Biggin Hill ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Birmingham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  BISCUIT see McCarthy, Sam

  Black market ref1, ref2

  Blackout ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Blenheim Palace ref1

  Bletchley Park ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Blitz ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Blitzkrieg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Bloodhounds ref1

  Blunt, Anthony ref1, ref2

  Bomber Command ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Boon, Dirk ref1

  Boyle, Archie ref1, ref2, ref3

  Brandenburg commando ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Bristol ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  British Union of Fascists ref1, ref2, ref3

  Brooklands ref1

  Brown, Jack see Dicketts, Walter

  Brussels ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Burgess, Guy ref1

  Burt, Len ref1

  Burton, Maurice ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  C

  Cambridge ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  Camp 020 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31

  Camp 020R ref1, ref2

  Canada ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  Canaris, Wilhelm ref1

  Cardiff ref1

  Caroli, Gösta (aka SUMMER) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

  CELERY see Dicketts, Walter

  Chain Home see radar

  CHARLIE see Eschborn, Charles

  Chamberlain, Neville ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Chapman, Eddie (aka ZIGZAG) ref1, ref2

  Churchill, Winston ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20,

  Cleethorpes ref1, ref2, ref3

  Cocaine ref1

  Codes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Cologne ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Colville, John ref1, ref2

  Communists ref1

  Cowgill, Felix ref1
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  CROMWELL alarm ref1, ref2, ref3

  Cross, Stanley ref1

  Crosstown ref1

  Crowcombe ref1

  Croydon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Czechoslovakia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  D

  D-Day ref1, ref2

  Daily Herald ref1, ref2

  Dargel, Editha ref1, ref2, ref3

  Dartmoor gaol ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Dearden, Harold ref1

  Death ray ref1, ref2, ref3

  Defence Regulation 18B ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  del Pozo, Piernavieja (aka POGO) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Denmark ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Dicketts, Walter (aka CELERY) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

  Dierks, Hilmar ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Dixon, Richard ref1, ref2, ref3

  Döbler, Henri ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Dolphin Square ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Draper, Christopher ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Driffield ref1

  Drücke, Karl ref1, ref2

  Drugs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Dublin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Dungeness ref1

  Dunkirk ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  DYNAMO, Operation ref1

  E

  Eagle Day see EAGLE, Operation

  EAGLE, Operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Erikson, Vera ref1

  Erprobungsgruppe 210 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Eschborn, Charles (aka CHARLIE) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Estoril ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Expanded Metal Company Limited ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  F

  Fallschirmjäger ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Ferrett, Fred ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Fifth Column ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Fighter Command ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Forged papers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  FORTITUDE, Operation ref1

  France ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25

  Frost, Malcolm ref1, ref2

  Funnell, Brian ref1, ref2

  FUSAG ref1

  G

  G.W. see Williams, Gwilym

  Gagen, William ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Gartenfeld, Karl ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  GCHQ ref1, ref2, ref3

  George VI, King ref1, ref2

  Gestapo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Glad, Tor (aka JEFF) ref1, ref2

  Goebbels, Joseph ref1, ref2, ref3

  Goose, Kurt (aka GANDER) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Göring, Hermann ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Grantham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Grimsby ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  H

  Halifax, Lord ref1

  Hamburg ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42

  Hamilton, Duke of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Hamilton, George ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Hanover ref1

  Harker, Jasper ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Haushofer, Albrecht ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Hegira, Plan ref1, ref2, ref3

  Hess, Rudolf ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  High Wycombe ref1, ref2

  Hinchley-Cooke, Edward ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Hinxton ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Hitler, Adolf ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39

  Home Guard ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Homefields ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

  Hornchurch ref1, ref2

  Horsfall, Eugene ref1

  Horsfall, Jock ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Hussein, Obed ref1, ref2

  I

  Infrared ref1, ref2, ref3

  Invasion scares ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  IP Club ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Ireland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  Irish Republican Army ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Isle of Man ref1, ref2, ref3

  J

  Jakobs, Josef ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Jan Mayen Island ref1, ref2

  Japan Times Advertiser ref1

  JOHNNY see Owens, Arthur

  Joint Intelligence Committee ref1, ref2

  Jones, R.V. ref1, ref2, ref3

  Jowitt, William ref1, ref2

  Joyce, William ref1, ref2, ref3

  K

  Kell, Vernon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Kenley ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Kent, Tyler ref1

  Kiel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Kilburg, George (aka DRAGONFLY) ref1

  King, John ref1, ref2

  Kingston ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  Knight, Maxwell ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Krafft, Mathilde ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  L

  Lamp, Operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Latchmere House see Camp 020

  Lawrence, Marie ref1

  LENA, Operation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

  LEONHARDT see Schmidt, Wulf

  Liddell, Guy

  on Abwehr competence ref1, ref2

  capturing parachute agents ref1, ref2, ref3

  character ref1

  execution of spies ref1, ref2

  on del Pozo ref1

  fake explosions ref1

  Fifth Column ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  on Goose ref1

  on Harker ref1

  on Hess ref1

  infrared ref1

  invasion threat ref1, ref2

  Operation Lamp ref1

  on McCarthy ref1, ref2

  peace initiatives ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  retirement ref1

  on Romney Marsh spies ref1

  on Snow ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  final collapse of Snow case ref1 ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  on Swinton ref1, ref2

  on Ter Braak ref1

  and Twenty Committee ref1

  on Venlo ref1

  war diary ref1

  on Williams ref1

  Lielow ref1

  Lisbon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

  Liverpool ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Llandudno ref1

  LOBSTER, Operation ref1

  Lody, Carl ref1

  London Colney ref1

  Luftwaffe ref1, re
f2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30

  Lydd ref1, ref2

  Lympne ref1, ref2, ref3

  M

  McCarthy, Sam (aka BISCUIT) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27

  Manston ref1

  Marlborough, The (public house) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Marriott, John ref1, ref2, ref3

  Martin, William ref1, ref2

  Masterman, John ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

  Maxwell, Alexander ref1

  Meier, Carl ref1, ref2, ref3

  MI5 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44, ref45, ref46, ref47, ref48, ref49, ref50, ref51, ref52, ref53, ref54, ref55, ref56, ref57, ref58, ref59, ref60, ref61, ref62, ref63, ref64, ref65, ref66, ref67, ref68, ref69, ref70, ref71, ref72, ref73

  MI6 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33

  Michael, Glyndwr ref1

  Micheldever ref1

  Microphotography ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Midas, Plan ref1, ref2

  Milch, Erhard ref1

  Miller, Joan ref1, ref2

  Milmo, Helenus ref1

  MINCEMEAT, Operation ref1, ref2

  Morden ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Morse code ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Mosley, Sir Oswald ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Mumbles ref1, ref2

  Munich Crisis ref1, ref2, ref3