18 junk: KV 4/186, Diaries of Guy Liddell, March 30, 1941.
19 a high proportion: Robin “Tin-Eye” Stephens, KV 4/8, Report on the Operations of Camp 020.
20 You have forfeited your life: Cited in Emily Wilson, “The War in the Dark: The Security Service and the Abwehr 1940–1944” (PhD thesis, Cambridge University, 2003), p. 63.
21 an almost suicidal appetite: Alistair Robertson, correspondence with the author, September 10, 2011.
22 a perfect officer type: Thaddeus Holt, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War (London, 2004), p. 131.
23 friendly eyes and an assertive: Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives (London, 2001), p. 284.
24 less than promising: Alistair Robertson, correspondence with the author, September 10, 2011.
25 immensely personable: Christopher Harmer, address at Memorial Service for Tar Robertson, October 13, 1995.
26 unmistakable twinkle: Peter Stormonth Darling, address at memorial service for Tar Robertson, October 13, 1995.
27 by and large pretty stupid: Christopher Andrew, Secret Service: The Making of the British Intelligence Community (London, 1985), p. 645.
28 real genius: Hugh Trevor-Roper, cited in Wilson, “War in the Dark,” p. 67.
29 shifty look: KV 2/448.
30 stupid little man: Joshua Levine, Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day (London, 2011), p. 45.
31 saved us from absolute: Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 (London, 2009), p. 249.
32 fanatical Nazi: Robin Stephens, Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi Spies (London, 2000), p. 138.
33 he had helped the man: KV 2/60.
34 The double agent is a tricky: J. C. Masterman, The Double Cross System in the War 1939–1945 (London, 1972), p. 52.
35 blow our whole show: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 258.
36 I have a strong feeling: KV 2/845.
37 Giraffe’s case died chiefly: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 55.
38 the Club: Wilson, “War in the Dark,” p. 138.
39 Running a team of double: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 91.
40 initiated into the mysteries: Oliver Locker-Lampson, “Adolf Hitler as I Know Him,” Daily Mirror, September 30, 1930.
41 bigger and harder ball: Ibid.
42 ready to take the field: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 91.
43 We have in him a new agent: KV 2/845.
Chapter 3: Roman and the Cat
1 I wonder if anybody: Roman Garby-Czerniawski, The Big Network (London, 1961), p. 218.
2 a complete picture: Ibid., p. 10.
3 Many happy returns: Ibid., p. 233.
4 Why did you ask: Ibid., p. 238.
5 I must be tired: Ibid., p. 237.
6 The light was switched: Ibid., p. 240.
7 intelligent face: Ibid., p. 142.
8 If only someone: Ibid., p. 245.
9 It was a great gamble: Mathilde-Lily Carré, I Was the Cat (London, 1960), p. 104.
10 an ordinary denunciation: KV 2/72.
11 wide boy: Carré, I Was the Cat, p. 90.
12 I was like an animal: Ibid., p. 107.
13 inhumanely: Ibid., p. 116.
14 the greatest act of cowardice: Ibid., p. 115.
15 Winning Bleicher’s confidence: Ibid., p. 126.
16 You must behave: Ibid., p. 112.
17 a strangely haunted: Ibid., p. 110.
18 one by one: Ibid., p. 117.
19 A few men proved: KV 2/72.
20 We have decided: Carré, I Was the Cat, p. 119.
21 I had felt the icy: Ibid., p. 115.
22 started to laugh contentedly: Garby-Czerniawski, Big Network, p. 243.
23 treated severely: KV 2/72.
24 terrified eyes: Garby-Czerniawski, Big Network, p. 242.
25 given everything away: KV 2/72.
26 an extremely odd: Oscar Reile, Geheime West Front (Munich, 1962), p. 214.
27 in unusually polite: KV 2/72.
28 The English knew: Reile, Geheime West Front, p. 214.
Chapter 4: Coat Trailing
1 cosmopolitan cover: Nigel West, “High Society Spy,” Mail on Sunday, May 7, 1995.
2 small class of: KV 2/2098.
3 altogether more agreeable: West, “High Society Spy.”
4 obviously rolling: KV 2/2098.
5 a nice girl but without: KV 2/464.
6 looked a little like: Lily Sergueiev, Secret Service Rendered: An Agent in the Espionage Duel Preceding the Invasion of France (London, 1968), p. 24.
7 ordinary writing paper: KV 2/464.
8 This has been dragging: Sergueiev, Secret Service Rendered, p. 53.
9 serve the Allied: Ibid., p. 53.
10 I have confidence: Ibid., p. 53.
11 I wave a handkerchief: Ibid., p. 73.
Chapter 5: The Club
1 scrofulous Nazi: Joshua Levine, Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day (London, 2011), p. 125.
2 manifestly unemployable: Robin Stephens, Camp 020: MI5 and the Nazi Spies (London, 2000), p. 156.
3 newfound loyalty: Levine, Operation Fortitude, p. 88.
4 a pearl among agents: J. C. Masterman, The Double Cross System in the War 1939–1945 (London, 1972), p. 53.
5 I cannot help regarding: KV 2/845.
6 You’ll soon want: Dusko Popov, Spy/Counterspy (London, 1974), p. 95.
7 expected much from: KV 2/845.
8 There was a law: Popov, Spy/Counterspy, p. 66.
9 he made no effort: KV 2/845.
10 They propose to buy: KV 2/860.
11 the answers we had: KV 2/845.
12 A case officer should: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 70.
13 command the best talent: Emily Wilson, “The War in the Dark: The Security Service and the Abwehr 1940–1944” (PhD thesis, Cambridge University, 2003), p. 96.
14 The running and control: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 15.
15 the collector of facts: Peggy Harmer, cited in Wilson, “War in the Dark,” p. 127.
16 overgrown schoolboys: Christopher Harmer to Hugh Astor, October 28, 1992. Collection of Robert Astor.
17 casual agent: Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 (London, 2009), p. 242.
18 real understanding: KV 2/1067.
19 Thank God for Tar: Harmer to Astor, October 28, 1992.
20 born leader: J. C. Masterman, On the Chariot Wheel: An Autobiography (Oxford, 1975), p. 219.
21 In this game one never: KV 4/70.
22 in an obviously: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 101.
23 since he always does: Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives (London, 2001), p. 273.
24 That’s what Tiggers: Ibid.
25 He was a very nice: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 270.
26 I couldn’t stick the man: Carter, Anthony Blunt, p. 284.
27 Tony is a thorough: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 272.
Chapter 6: Garbo Takes the Stage
1 Who was this Arabel: Nigel West and Juan Pujol Garcia, Operation Garbo (London, 2011), p. 88.
2 drunken orgies: Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 (London, 2009), p. 254.
3 87 shillings and 10 pence: Tomás Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day (London, 2004), p. 59.
4 very wild messages: Joshua Levine, Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day (London, 2011), p. 160.
5 I do not see why: KV 4/186, Diaries of Guy Liddell, March 26, 1942.
6 a miracle that he: Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day, p. 77.
7 inexhaustibly fertile: Ibid., p. 34.
8 With fierce black: Sefton Delmer, The Counterfeit Spy (London 1971), p. 73.
9 He played his game: J. C. Masterman, The Double Cross System in the War 1939–1945 (London, 1972), p. 118.
10 mysterious bu
siness deals: KV 2/845.
11 In time of war: KV 2/848.
12 The Germans may: KV 2/847.
13 Missing you terribly: KV 2/846.
14 degenerating in prison: KV 2/848.
15 which makes for much: KV 2/847.
16 submitting to her: KV 2/1067.
17 He is by temperament: KV 2/848.
18 some sort of decoration: KV 2/847.
19 I am still satisfied: KV 2/845.
20 extremely pleased: KV 2/847.
21 like whores on: Dusko Popov, Spy/Counterspy (New York, 1974), p. 109.
22 in this business: KV 2/847.
23 advised it was: KV 2/856.
24 If this is Upper Silesia: Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life (London, 2004), p. 198.
25 to take revenge: KV 2/856.
26 I know too much: KV 2/847.
27 If you are caught: KV 2/859.
28 He is very pro-British: KV 2/847.
29 not as confident as: KV 2/848.
30 virile telegraphese: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 17.
31 I am beginning: Levine, Operation Fortitude, p. 126.
32 He was in a complete: KV 2/848.
33 Heartiest congratulations: Levine, Operation Fortitude, p. 138.
34 The actual cash: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 16.
Chapter 7: Popov Goes Shopping
1 Popov is a clever: KV 2/846.
2 For the moment: Dusko Popov, Spy/Counterspy (New York, 1974), p. 112.
3 greatest spy round-up: Russell Miller, Codename Tricycle: The True Story of the Second World War’s Most Extraordinary Double Agent (London, 2005), p. 94.
4 His first innings: KV 2/849.
5 Hoover obviously only: Ewen Montagu, Beyond Top Secret Ultra (London, 1977), p. 89.
6 The mistake we made: Joshua Levine, Operation Fortitude (London, 2011), p. 146.
7 The questionnaire indicated: J. C. Masterman, The Double Cross System in the War 1939–1945 (London, 1972), p. 82.
8 gold-digger: Miller, Codename Tricycle, p. 98.
9 His financial behaviour: KV 2/ 850.
10 Tricycle should have: KV 2/849.
11 found him depressed: Montagu, Beyond Top Secret Ultra, p. 92.
12 Berlin suspected Tricycle: KV 2/860.
13 a larger sum in dollars: KV 2/850.
14 to maintain him: KV 2/849.
15 Popov has been totally: Miller, Codename Tricycle, p. 132.
16 I need not repeat: KV 2/850.
17 entertaining, social life: KV 2/850.
18 razor-keen mind: Fiona Agassiz (Wilson’s daughter), interview by the author, May 18, 2011.
19 failed to produce any: KV 2/850.
20 His chances were nothing: Montagu, Beyond Top Secret Ultra, p. 92.
21 an enormous number: KV 2/850.
22 the greatest instance: Montagu, Beyond Top Secret Ultra, p. 92.
23 Will telephone office: KV 2/849.
24 stiff in manner: KV 2/850.
25 You send me there: Popov, Spy/Counterspy, p. 184.
26 We did all we could: KV 2/851.
27 embezzled: KV 2/850.
28 Berlin are stupid: KV 2/851.
29 might make a scene: KV 2/850.
Chapter 8: The Great Game
1 in enormous quantities: KV 2/72.
2 tiny, vivacious: Roman Garby-Czerniawski, The Big Network (London, 1961), p. 126.
3 The plan was that: Mathilde-Lily Carré, I Was the Cat (London, 1960), pp. 137–38.
4 a couple of pairs: Ibid., p. 143.
5 Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy: Ibid., p. 157.
6 Her guilt is the greater: KV 2/72.
7 hell-bent on chopping: Christopher Harmer to Hugh Astor, October 28, 1992. Collection of Robert Astor.
8 throw the case away: KV 2/72.
9 Roman Czerniawski had: Joshua Levine, Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day (London, 2011), p. 175.
Chapter 9: The Flock
1 one of the most: Nigel West, “High Society Spy,” Mail on Sunday, May 7, 1995.
2 carried out to the: KV 2/2098.
3 Mr. Palmer: Ibid.
4 I chose the name: West, “High Society Spy.”
5 remarkable talent: Tomás Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day (London, 2004), p. 77.
6 absolute loyalty: Ibid., p. 78.
7 thoroughly undesirable: Ibid., p. 318.
8 to swamp the: Ibid., p. 69.
9 I do not wish to end: Ibid., p. 95.
10 in as much confusing: Ibid., p. 69.
11 The greater the work: Ibid., p. 71.
12 the fanatical loyalty: Ibid., p. 78.
13 temperamental genius: Ibid., p. 70.
14 Why have I been made: Ibid., p. 90.
15 who seldom or never: Michael Howard, Strategic Deception in the Second World War (London, 1995), p. 12.
16 the possible uses: T. A. Robertson to Major H. Petaval, June 24, 1943, CAB 154/35 (TNA).
17 Years of breeding: KV 4/10.
18 It was positively: Emily Wilson, “The War in the Dark: The Security Service and the Abwehr 1940–1944” (PhD thesis, Cambridge University, 2003), p. 169.
19 accent: KV 4/10.
Chapter 10: True Agent, False Agent, Double Agent
1 the idea there might: J. C. Masterman, The Double Cross System in the War 1939–1945 (London, 1972), p. 59.
2 reasonably certain: Michael Howard, Strategic Deception in the Second World War (London, 1995), p. 20.
3 powerful weapon: KV 4/70.
4 fill the German files: Ewen Montagu, Beyond Top Secret Ultra (London, 1977), p. 102.
5 It was always: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 72.
6 The enemy is: Emily Wilson, “The War in the Dark: The Security Service and the Abwehr 1940–1944” (PhD thesis, Cambridge University, 2003), p. 174.
7 It is always impossible: KV 3/7.
8 the Nazis are very: KV 2/1067.
9 The very few really: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 152.
10 the most highly polished: Thaddeus Holt, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War (London, 2004), p. 185.
11 prepare deception: Ibid., p. 189.
12 We had an instrument: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 108.
13 lingering malady: Ibid., p. 119.
14 I fulfil my duty: Tomás Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day (London, 2004), p. 103.
15 Your last reports: Ibid., p. 104.
16 The success was not: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 111.
17 the team was distinctly: Ibid., p. 126.
18 If the agents: Ibid., p. 72.
19 an older, wiser: Christopher Harmer to Hugh Astor, October 28, 1992. Collection of Robert Astor.
20 What may appeal to: KV 2/1067.
21 The case officer: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 22.
22 most careful psychological: Ibid., p. 23.
23 We were playing: Ibid., p. 14.
24 Gonorrhoea expert: KV 2/850.
25 only a well-kept record: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 28.
26 a truly formidable size: Ibid., p. 68.
27 Tangle within tangle: Winston Churchill, Thoughts and Adventures (London, 1991), p. 55.
28 could not claim: KV 4/70.
29 on seeing some: KV 4/186, Diaries of Guy Liddell, March 10, 1943.
30 In all, 126 spies: KV 4/83.
31 seen more detailed: Christopher Andrew, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 (London, 2009), p. 292.
32 Why don’t you: KV 4/83.
33 very competent: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 123.
34 no evidence of any: KV 2/2098.
35 We took great care: Nigel West, “High Society Spy,” Mail on Sunday, May 7, 1995.
36 I hope you won’t: KV 2/2098.
37 Tank production retarded: KV 2/3639.
38 Money must be sent: KV 2/2098.
39 a glowing account: Masterman, Doubl
e Cross System, p. 9.
40 the British had: West, “High Society Spy.”
41 we can in some: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 9.
42 He has apparently: KV 2/2098.
43 They had studied: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 145.
44 sparingly: KV 2/72.
45 Every now and then: Joshua Levine, Operation Fortitude: The Story of the Spy Operation That Saved D-Day (London, 2011), p. 31.
46 Almost certainly Brutus: KV 2/72.
47 As confidence grew: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 146.
48 threw his weight about: KV 2/72.
49 threatened the extinction: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 146.
50 any patriotic Pole: KV 2/72.
Chapter 11: Cockade
1 perhaps the highest-grade: KV 4/186, Diaries of Guy Liddell, June 5, 1943.
2 The one-man band: J. C. Masterman, The Double Cross System in the War 1939–1945 (London, 1972), p. 146.
3 Garbo himself works on: KV 4/83.
4 hysterical, spoilt and selfish: Tomás Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day (London, 2004), pp. 327–34.
5 read her the Riot Act: Diaries of Guy Liddell, June 22, 1943.
6 outburst of jealousy: Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day, pp. 327–34.
7 considerable comfort: Russell Miller, Codename Tricycle: The True Story of the Second World War’s Most Extraordinary Double Agent (London, 2005), p. 163.
8 Please try to be ¼: KV 2/853.
9 undoubtedly be an easier: KV 2/854.
10 Your writing is wonderful: KV 2/853.
11 humour and spirit: Dusko Popov, Spy/Counterspy (New York, 1974), p. 193.
12 Everyone, the Germans included: Ibid., p. 223.
13 realised that Germany: KV 2/851.
14 The Germans regard: KV 2/853.
15 We must seek to take: KV 2/854.
16 the shabbiest and coldest: KV 2/851.
17 The one thing that: KV 2/853.
18 his desire to do: KV 2/851.
19 he was ready to: KV 2/853.
20 white silk shirts: KV 2/846.
21 Tricycle is continuing: KV 2/853.
22 Every Double Cross: Masterman, Double Cross System, p. 24.
23 invasion questions are no: KV 2/854.
24 in his best mood: KV 2/853.
25 taken his girlfriends to: KV 2/854.
26 hospital arrangements: KV 2/3639.
27 I gather some: CAB 154/35.
28 It was an inspiring: Thaddeus Holt, The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War (London, 2004), p. 488.
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