Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond

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by Larry Loftis


  Alexander (King of Yugoslavia), 68

  ALFREDO. See Engels, Albrecht

  Allgemeine Elektrizitäts Gesellschaft (AEG), 118

  Allied escape line (Yugoslav Escape Route), 52, 54, 167–168, 171, 172, 174, 193–194, 195, 200, 201, 211, 220, 236, 243, 277

  Allied invasion of France as decisive for war, 211, 228, 229. See also D-Day

  Allied Supreme Headquarters, 242

  American Export Line, 32

  American Historical Review, 126

  Americans. See United States of America

  Ammann-Brass, Hans, 72

  Anne (Queen of England), 46

  Anzueto, 18. See also Munzinger, Ernst

  Anzuweto, 25. See also von Karsthoff, Albert

  Applegate, Rex, 82

  ARABEL. See Pujol, Joan

  Arisaig, Scotland, 161, 163, 164, 173, 209

  Army Group B (German), 229, 231, 232, 233

  ARTIST, 190, 192, 193, 199, 214, 223, 224, 227, 251, 252, 253, 255. See also Jebsen, Johann

  art of silent killing, 163

  Ashley, Gisela (Dusko’s secretary), 262

  assassination attempt on Dusko by FBI, 181–182, 185

  assets (Jebsen’s) and Dusko, 256–257, 261

  Associated Press, 37

  atomic bomb, 121, 132, 138–139, 277

  “auf” (good bye) from Jebsen, 214

  Augustus (Emperor of Rome), 28

  Aviz Hotel, Lisbon, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 49, 196, 198, 199–200, 226

  B1A, 42, 184, 223, 224, 225. See also Robertson, T. A.

  baccarat battle, 81–82, 83n, 83–85, 87

  Bacher, Mr., 151

  Bailoni, Ljiljana (Dusko’s girlfriend), 86, 143, 178–179, 181, 182, 226

  Bailonis, 140, 143, 154, 178, 181, 226

  bald-headed doctor, 121, 135–136, 184–185

  “Balkan playboy,” 110, 111. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  Ball, Lucille, 133

  BALLOON. See Metcalfe, Dickie

  Banac, Bozo and Karlo, 14, 17

  Banco Espirito Santo, 248

  Banwedon, Peter, 200. See also de Bona, Marquis Frano

  Barton, Susan (Gisela Ashley), 78

  Battle of the Bulge, 249

  Bazna, Elyesa (CICERO), 65, 260, 277, 278

  Beatty, Chester, 205, 205n

  Beaumont-Nesbitt, F. C., 42

  bee hive (Lisbon), 28, 31–38

  Beesly, Patrick, 86

  Belgrade, Serbia, ix, 14, 15, 22, 46, 57, 68, 90, 91, 98, 166, 179, 189, 195, 200, 212, 223, 228, 244, 248, 254, 255, 262

  Beltrão, Luís Teixeira, 37

  Benton, Kenneth (MI6), xi, 189–191, 193

  Berghof retreat in Bavarian Alps, 230, 232

  Berle, Adolf, 89, 110

  Berlin, Germany, ix, 5, 6, 15, 23, 26, 30, 35, 55n, 56–59, 61, 62, 66, 69, 78, 79, 88, 97, 117, 121, 136, 137, 138, 139, 143, 146, 151, 154–156, 166, 177, 179–181, 186–190, 195–196, 198, 202–210, 213–215, 219, 221–224, 227, 250, 251, 260

  Best, S. Payne (MI6), 25–26, 252

  Bevan, John, 149

  Biarritz, France, 195, 221, 222, 227, 250

  BICYCLE, 264. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  Biddle, Francis, 104

  Birlinger, Mrs., 6, 9

  BISCUIT (McCarthy), 23

  Bissell, J. T., 126

  Black, George, 64

  “Black Bag” jobs, 107

  blackmail letter to Abwehr, Dusko, 234, 235

  Blanc, Jacqueline, 239–240

  Bletchley Park, 24, 26, 137, 224, 224n, 260

  Blitz of 1940 (London), 46

  Bloch, Lippmann or Albert, 83–84, 85, 87

  blown cover of Dusko, 136–138, 137, 137n, 139, 140, 142–145, 146, 148, 262

  Blunt, Anthony, 171, 171n

  Bohlen (Major), 215, 218

  Bohny, Hermann, 112, 119–120, 121

  Bond and Dusko. See also Fleming, Ian; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  baccarat battle, 81–82, 83n, 83–85, 87

  inspiration for Bond, Dusko as, 265

  playboy lifestyle of, 85–86, 87

  potential models, 279, 280–284

  Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 12

  Boyle, Archie, 42

  Bozidar (chauffeur), 19, 20–21, 22, 261

  Brandes, Hans, 214, 223, 256

  Bratzel, John F., 125–127, 128

  Braun, Jonathan, 265

  Bresson, Thomas, 125

  Brimoes, Paulo, 51. See also von Karsthoff

  Briscoe (Professor), 184

  Bristow, Desmond (MI6), xi, 33, 246, 247, 248, 255

  Britain/British. See also operations, Dusko; World War II

  Churchill, 40, 41, 43, 46, 88, 91, 219–220, 244, 247

  execution of spies by, 47

  Jebsen’s ships sale negotiated by Dusko, 15–16, 47, 61–62

  Operation Sea Lion, 22, 24–25, 50

  Taranto, Italy raid by, 69–70, 71, 76, 94, 96–97, 109, 124, 127

  British commandos (SOE), xiii, 12, 160–165, 166, 173, 195, 250–251, 252

  British Intelligence. See also espionage in WWII; MI5; MI6; operations, Dusko; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  blown cover of Dusko, 136–137, 137, 137n, 139, 140

  chicken feed (misinformation), 47, 48, 50–51

  Double-Cross Committee, xii, 42, 44–45, 46, 50, 65–66, 72, 77, 79, 88, 89, 95, 109, 149, 185–186, 203, 204, 224

  Dusko and, 17, 18, 19, 22

  ENIGMA code broken by, 24, 137

  Passport Control Office, 17, 19, 33, 171, 174, 200

  spies killed by SD, 32

  ULTRA intelligence, 24–25, 62, 137, 210, 214, 224

  British Naval Intelligence, 42, 79, 85, 86. See also Fleming, Ian

  British Official Secrets Act, 109, 114, 263

  British Security Coordination (BSC), xii, 59–60, 88, 89, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116, 134, 137, 139, 140, 164, 238, 245

  British Weekly, 201

  Brown, Foster, 47, 48

  Bruecher, Max, 255, 256–257

  BRUTUS, 144, 144n, 204, 229

  BSC. See British Security Coordination

  Buchan, John, 38

  bullfighting, 60, 61, 145

  Butler, Richard, 218

  butterfly trays, 120, 123, 124, 129, 129–130, 130, 131

  “C.” See Menzies, Stewart “C”

  Caio Diulio, 70

  Cairo, Egypt, 160, 165, 166, 172, 201, 244

  Calais, France, 200, 217, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233

  Campiagni, Dr., 24, 27

  Canaris, Wilhelm (Abwehr), xii, 16–17, 23, 56, 72, 202, 205, 235

  Carmichael, Hoagy, 85

  Caroli, Gösta (SUMMER), 23

  Carson, C. H., 93, 113–114

  Casablanca (movie), 33, 285

  Cascais, Portugal, 35, 37, 48, 167, 179, 212

  Casey, William, 128

  Casino Estoril, Portugal, 31, 38, 63, 63, 64, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 182, 214, 279, 283

  Casino Royale (movie), 81–82, 83, 85, 87, 265, 279

  Cassini, Boris, 151

  Castello, Martha (Dusko’s girlfriend), 62, 63, 86

  Cat People (movie), 147, 285

  Cavendish-Bentinck, Victor, xiii, 148, 201

  CELERY (Dicketts), 23

  Cetniks, 68–69

  Chambers (Lieutenant), 93

  chicken feed (misinformation), 47, 48, 50–51

  chocolates and nylons, Dusko, 159

  Cholmondeley, Charles, 139

  Churchill, Winston, 40, 41, 43, 46, 88, 91, 219–220, 244, 247

  Churchi
ll (killing for), spying for Hitler, 14–20

  CICERO (Bazna), 65, 260, 277, 278

  Clauss, Adolf, 169

  Clock House, London, 157, 166, 171, 183, 227, 235, 238

  codes and clandestine meetings, 25

  Cohen, L. H., 247–248

  concentration camps, 5, 9, 13, 51, 227, 240, 243, 250, 251, 252, 260

  Connelley, E. J. (FBI), xiii, 97. See also FBI

  Dusko and, 93, 94, 108, 110–111, 115–116, 127

  Hoover and, 94n, 95–96, 103, 110–111, 273, 274–275

  Pearl Harbor Questionnaire, 94, 95, 275, 277

  Conti di Cavour, 70

  Copperhead (Montgomery double), 278, 278

  counterfeit currency, 65, 184, 260

  Counterfeit General Montgomery, The (James), 278

  Counterfeit Spy, The (Delmer), 264

  Country House, The (Galsworthy), 184

  covers, Dusko, 14, 18, 19, 42, 51, 57, 64–65, 99, 101, 143, 144, 151, 171, 172, 183

  Cowgill, Felix (MI6), xi, 62

  Croatians, 68, 90, 152, 194

  Crosby, Bing, 133

  Cumberledge (Lt. Commander), 250–251

  Cummings, Sir Mansfield, 43

  currency scheme, Jebsen, 212, 213, 223, 239, 240, 242, 243, 260

  Daily Express, 85

  Daily Mail, 63

  Dancer, John, 71

  danger and risk sought by Dusko, 166, 261

  Danvers, John, 51. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  D-Day, 223, 226, 227, 228, 228n, 229, 230–234, 238

  death in afternoon (bullfight), Dusko, 60, 61

  Death in the Afternoon (Hemingway), 60

  de Bona, Marquis Frano (FREAK), xi, 200, 204, 209, 223, 226, 229, 234, 235, 236

  Decker (Lieutenant), 151

  Dekobra, Maurice, 51, 51n

  Delmer, Sefton, 264

  “demeanor evidence,” 230

  Dicketts, Walter (CELERY), 23

  Diels, Rudolf, 7

  diplomatic bags, 18, 172, 177–178, 183–184, 214, 219

  Donne, John, 146

  Donovan, William “Wild Bill” (OSS), xiii, 80, 82, 108, 109, 112, 128, 163–164

  DORA, 224

  Doran, D., 160

  double-0 designation (003), 261

  double agents, 19, 22–23, 25, 26, 46, 47, 52, 93, 95, 104. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”; specific agents

  Double-Cross Committee, xii, 42, 44–45, 46, 50, 65–66, 72, 77, 79, 88, 89, 95, 109, 149, 185–186, 203, 204, 224. See also Masterman, J. C.; Montagu, Ewen; specific members

  Double-Cross System, The (Masterman), 72, 72n, 109, 264

  “double tap” by Fairbairn, 162

  Dourlein, Pieter, 163

  Dover, England, 202, 205, 217, 229, 230, 233

  Dr. No (movie), 285

  DREADNOUGHT, xi, 198, 220, 228, 247. See also Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother)

  drunk American girl and a brawl, 63–64

  Dubrovnik, Croatia, 14, 19, 46, 61, 68, 90, 200, 244, 254

  Dusko. See Popov, Dusan Miladoroff

  Eagle, 70

  Eccles, David, 82, 83

  Edinburgh, Scotland, ix, 51

  Eighth Army (German), 16, 233

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 202, 226, 242

  Elera, Maria (Dusko’s girlfriend), 62–63, 86

  Ellis, C. H. “Dick,” xii, 92, 93, 94, 106, 108, 109, 116

  “Enemy’s Masterpiece of Espionage, The” (Hoover), 109, 111–112, 112, 113, 114, 121, 121n, 127

  Engels, Albrecht (ALFREDO) (Abwehr), xii. See also Abwehr

  atomic bomb research, 121, 138, 277

  Dusko and, 72, 112, 117–118, 118–119, 120–121, 121n, 123, 132

  microdots, 72, 135

  ENIGMA code broken by British, 24, 137

  espionage in WWII. See also Abwehr; British Intelligence; FBI; Germany/Germans; operations, Dusko; Pearl Harbor; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”; TRICYCLE; United States of America/Americans; World War II

  butterfly trays, 120, 123, 124, 129, 129–130, 130, 131

  codes and clandestine meetings, 25

  double agents, 19, 22–23, 25, 26, 46, 47, 52, 93, 95, 104

  inks (secret), 19, 27, 40, 51, 91, 156, 184

  Lisbon and, 31–38, 39

  microdots, 71n, 71–72, 91, 94, 95, 96, 96, 99, 100, 101, 101, 102, 103, 105, 108, 109–110, 111, 112, 113, 121, 127, 132, 135, 138, 156, 245

  paying agents on enemy soil, 62, 65–66

  spies/spy advice, 3, 17, 19, 22, 25–27, 38, 55, 151, 168, 174, 259

  triple agents, 22, 23, 46, 167

  truth serum, 207, 208

  Esquire, 149

  Estoril, Portugal, 25, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 48, 49, 55, 61, 66, 83, 86, 90, 150, 156, 157, 167, 279, 284

  European Central Bank (ECB), 5

  European Movement, 263

  Ewell Castle, Dusko, 4, 47

  exiting feet first, Dusko, 13

  exit permit incident, Dusko, 136

  Fairbairn, William Ewart “Shanghai Buster,” 161–162, 162–163, 164, 165

  Fairey Swordfish “Stringbag,” 70

  family concerns of Dusko, 57, 60, 68, 69, 90, 91, 133, 141, 148, 150, 157–158, 183, 234, 244, 245

  Farago, Ladislas, 264

  FBI, xiii. See also Connelley, E. J.; espionage in WWII; Foxworth, Percy; Hoover, J. Edgar; Lanman, Charles; operations, Dusko; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  assassination attempt on Dusko, 181–182, 185

  “Black Bag” jobs, 107

  blown cover of Dusko, 136, 139, 145, 146

  butterfly trays, 129, 129–130, 130

  Dusko and, 91–92, 93–94, 94n, 96, 99, 101, 104, 108, 115–116, 134, 136, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 146–147, 148, 158, 159, 181–182, 185

  German spy network in U.S., 58, 59–60, 88

  “Konrad”/“Phil” report, 97

  money borrowed by Dusko, 140, 158

  Pearl Harbor cover-up, 109–110, 111–114, 112, 125–128

  re-engagement of Dusko, 146–147, 148

  summary of Dusko’s activities, MI5, 108–109

  White-Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act) violation by Dusko, 104

  Feldmann, Stefan Otto, 115–116

  Felix (Gibraltar invasion), 30

  Fidrmuc, Paul (OSTRO), 192, 192n, 214, 223, 252, 252n

  Fifteenth Army (German), 202, 229, 231, 232, 233

  Figueiredo, Fausto de, 35

  financial troubles of Dusko, 135, 139, 140, 144, 151, 154, 155–156

  First United States Army Group (FUSAG), 202, 206, 230, 233

  Fitzgerald, Honorah, 187–188

  5 Fingers (movie), 278

  Flanders, David, 125

  Fleming, Ian, 38. See also Bond and Dusko; British Naval Intelligence

  baccarat battle, 81–82, 83n, 83–85, 87

  British-American commando school in Canada, 164–165

  Casino Royale (movie), 81–82, 83, 85, 87, 265, 279

  Donovan and Colt revolver given to, 82

  Dr. No (movie), 285

  Dusko and, 79, 79n, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86–87, 265

  Godfrey and, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 90

  Hoover and, 80, 89, 90

  Menzies as “M.” in Bond, 44

  Midas (Germany funding MI5), 79, 79n, 80, 83, 86, 87, 277

  Palácio Hotel and, 80–81, 81, 86–87

  Fletcher, R. G., 126, 127

  FLIP, 221–222, 260

  Flynn, Errol, 133

  flytrap (catching German spies) role of Dusko, 115, 133, 135, 143, 155

  Fodor, Ilena, 39

  Foley, Frank (MI6). See also MI6

  Bailoni
(Gordana) as AXIS spy, 143

  Dusko and, 148, 149, 159, 174, 177, 246

  Hyde Park Hotel dinner party, 218

  Ivo (Dusko’s brother) evacuation, 237

  Jebsen and, 241–242, 250

  Martins and, 196–197

  Paris network support by Dusko, 246

  quadruple-cross strategy, 192

  questionnaires, 201

  re-engagement of Dusko, 148, 149

  forging the anvil, Dusko, 3–8, 11, 14–15, 23, 44, 46, 47

  Forrest (Major), 255

  Forscher (researcher) for Abwehr, 17, 190

  Fortitude (Normandy invasion deception), 202–204, 205, 205n, 206, 209, 210, 211, 223, 224, 227, 228–230, 233–234, 252, 252n, 278

  For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 133

  Foster, H. G., 129–130

  Foxworth, Percy “Sam” (FBI), xiii, 97, 104n. See also FBI

  butterfly trays, 130

  Dusko and, 117–118, 130, 132, 133, 136–138, 182

  Hoover and, 92–93, 103, 104

  “stir up an idea,” Hoover, 132, 133, 182

  France/French, 29, 30, 32, 46, 85, 143, 167, 195, 205, 294

  Franco, Francisco, 29, 31, 56, 193n, 194

  FREAK. See de Bona, Marquis Frano

  Frederick, Lothar, 59

  “French popsie” incident, Dusko, 63

  Freud, Sigmund, 151

  FUSAG (First United States Army Group), 202, 206, 230, 233

  Gable, Clark, 133

  Gaertner, Friedl (Dusko’s girlfriend) (GELATINE, IVONNE), xi, 52–53, 53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 86, 87, 148, 196, 197, 200, 201, 204, 210, 214

  Galsworthy, John, 184

  gambling, Dusko, 81–82, 83n, 83–85, 87, 182–183, 214

  Game of Foxes, The (Farago), 264

  GARBO. See Pujol, Joan

  Gardner, Nadya, 59

  GELATINE. See Gaertner, Friedl

  Geneva Convention, 19

  Gentry, Curt, 89, 109

  George V (King of England), 219

  Germany/Germans. See also Abwehr; espionage in WWII; Gestapo; Hitler, Adolf; operations, Dusko; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”; SD

  blown cover of Dusko, 136–138, 137, 137n, 139, 140, 142–145, 146, 148

  competing for power in, 56

  concentration camps, 5, 9, 13, 51, 227, 240, 243, 250, 251, 252, 260

  economic hegemony, 4n, 4–5

  education of Dusko, 4–5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 23, 44, 47

  Jews and, 5, 6, 9, 28, 30, 51

  kidnapping by, 25–26, 193, 252

  Operation Felix (Gibraltar), 30

  Operation Isabella (Portugal), 30–31, 68

  Operation Normandy (invasion defense), 231

  Operation Punishment (Belgrade), 57, 68

  Operation Sea Lion (Britain), 22, 24–25, 50

 

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