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


  Dusko and, 14, 42, 46, 62, 88, 157, 159, 165, 166, 261–262

  FBI’s summary of Dusko’s activities, 108

  Fortitude (Normandy invasion deception), 203, 224, 278

  Hyde Park Hotel dinner party, 218

  Ivo (Dusko’s brother) and, 199, 212

  Jebsen and, 62, 187, 203, 223–224, 227, 227n, 228, 235–236

  Midas (Germany funding MI5), 66, 78–79, 79n, 87, 277

  Owens (SNOW) and, 22–23

  Pearl Harbor cover-up, 109, 112

  questionnaires, 18, 22, 47–48, 50, 73–75

  vetting of Dusko by, 42, 46

  warnings to Dusko, 165, 166

  Wireless Board (W Board), 42, 204

  Yugoslav Escape Route (Allied escape line), 167–168, 277

  Mihailovic, Draza, 68, 199, 212, 226, 234, 237, 246

  Milanovic, Vladimir, 171

  Milinovic, Branko, 242, 246

  Military Intelligence Division (MID), 92, 93, 126, 127

  Mincemeat (Sicily invasion deception), 168–169, 171, 172, 179, 277, 278

  MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service, SIS), xi–xii, 22. See also Foley, Frank; Menzies, Stewart “C”; specific other agents

  Abwehr structure from Dusko, 174, 175–177, 177

  agents kidnapped by Germany, 25–26, 252

  de Bona and, 200

  Double-Cross Committee, 42, 72

  Dusko and, 17, 18–19, 62, 88, 158, 174, 175–177, 177, 205, 218, 246

  Greene and, 39

  Hyde Park Hotel dinner party, 218

  Ivo (Dusko’s brother) and, 211

  Jebsen and, 62, 187, 189–191, 193, 194–195, 218, 249

  Midas (Germany funding MI5), 79, 277

  Paris network support by Dusko, 246

  Pearl Harbor cover-up, 109, 112

  Pearl Harbor questionnaire, 95, 277

  questionnaires, 18, 201

  S.S. Uruguay crew members interrogated by, 123, 130

  transfer to U.S., Dusko, 88

  Ulla and, 245

  warnings to Dusko, 205

  Wireless Board (W Board), 42

  Mitchell, Hamish, 92

  Moberg, Ulla H., 245–246

  Moldenhauer (Abwehr), 187–188, 190–191, 220, 221, 224, 224n, 227

  Monckton, Sir Walter, 95

  monkey incident (“turn around slowly”), Dusko and von Karsthoff, 1, 173–174

  “Monsieur Jean,” 171. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  Montagu, Ewen, xii. See also Double-Cross Committee

  chicken feed (misinformation), 47, 48

  Double-Cross Committee, 42, 46, 88

  Dusko and, 46–47, 52, 88, 144–145, 149–150, 168, 262

  Hoover and, 134

  Machiavelli (fictional mines around Britain), 50–51, 57, 277

  Mincemeat (Sicily invasion deception), 168–169, 171, 172, 179, 277

  Pearl Harbor cover-up, 109

  re-engagement of Dusko, 144–145, 149–150, 262

  Montagu, Mrs., 108

  Montgomery (General), 278, 278

  Most Secret Sources (MS.S), 224. See also ULTRA intelligence

  Muggeridge, Malcolm, 43

  Munzinger, Ernst (Abwehr), xii. See also Abwehr I

  background of, 18

  de Bona and, 200

  Dusko and, 18–19, 23, 24, 27, 51, 205

  ink (secret) given to Dusko, 19, 27

  Ivo (Dusko’s brother) and, 199

  Jebsen and, 198, 203

  questionnaires, 17–18, 21–22

  replacement of, 205

  Murray (Captain), 93

  Mutiozobal, Don Augustin, 27

  naked and shaved threat by Dusko, 240

  Nani (Dusko’s girlfriend), 86, 178

  Nassenstein, Adolf (SD), xiii, 206

  National Geographic, 30

  navicerts, 50, 50n

  Nazism, 5–6, 9. See also Germany/Germans; Hitler, Adolf

  hatred of, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 143, 148, 150, 172, 179

  Newsweek, 169

  New York, ix, 29, 32, 59, 60, 66, 72, 78, 79, 82, 86, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98, 99, 103, 104, 115, 117, 122, 134, 136, 140, 147, 159

  New York Times, 28, 141, 142

  Night and Day (Woolf), 91

  Noakes, S. H., 256

  Nobel Prize, 138

  Nomura, Kichisaburo, 104

  Normandy, France, 202, 226, 227, 228n, 231, 238

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

  Nunes, Jose, 118. See also von Karsthoff

  Nuremburg Trials, 6, 259, 260

  OBE (Order of the British Empire), 261, 263

  Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), 86, 86n, 92, 93, 97, 126, 127

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS), xiii, 80, 82, 89, 107–108, 111, 128, 164. See also Donovan, William “Wild Bill”

  Ohnishi, Takijiro, 96–97

  Oikawa, Koshiro, 96

  O’Keefe, Gregory, 130

  Oklahoma, 124

  OKW (German Armed Forces Supreme Command), xiii, 206, 228, 228n, 229

  Oliviera, Gaspar de, 225

  Ollschlager (Major), 18

  “On Broadway” (Winchell), 141

  ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence), 86, 86n, 92, 93, 97, 126, 127

  Operation Felix (Gibraltar), 30

  Operation Isabella (Portugal), 30–31, 68

  Operation Normandy (invasion defense), 231

  Operation Punishment (Belgrade), 57, 68

  operations, Dusko, ix, 277–278. See also British Intelligence; espionage in WWII; FBI; Germany/Germans; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  atomic bomb research, 121, 132, 138–139, 277

  CICERO (Bazna as German agent, notified MI6), 65, 260, 277, 278

  Copperhead (Montgomery double), 278, 278

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

  Machiavelli (fictional mines around Britain), 50–51, 57, 277

  Midas (Germany funding MI5), 66–67, 77–80, 79n, 80, 83, 86, 87, 148, 152, 277

  Mincemeat (Sicily invasion deception), 168–169, 171, 172, 179, 277, 278

  Pearl Harbor Questionnaire, 71, 72, 73–75, 76, 94, 94n, 95, 96, 96–98, 99, 101, 103, 107–108, 109, 111, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128–129, 132, 275, 277

  U.S. spy network, 58–60, 71, 72, 88, 91–92, 98, 277

  Yugoslav Escape Route (Allied escape line; trick Germans into sending double agents), 52, 54, 157, 167–168, 171, 172, 174, 193–194, 195, 200, 201, 211, 220, 236, 243, 277

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

  Operation Willi (Duke of Windsor kidnapping), 32

  Oranienburg camp, 13, 243, 250, 252, 260

  Order of the British Empire (OBE), 261, 263

  “Ordinance for the Protection of the People and the State” (Hitler), 5

  OSS. See Office of Strategic Services

  Osten, Ulrich von der, 58–60, 97, 98

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

  Owens, Arthur (SNOW), 22–23

  Oxford University, 42, 42n, 44, 46. See also Masterman, J. C.

  Pacific Fleet, 97, 97n, 108, 128

  Palácio Hotel, Estoril, 33, 35, 36, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 49, 63, 64, 64, 67, 79, 80–81, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86–87, 150, 172–173, 211, 226, 279

  Pan American Airlines/Clipper, 29, 31, 82, 91, 119, 150

  Parade magazine, 265

  Paris, France, ix, 28, 134, 222, 239, 242–243, 245, 246, 248

  Park Avenue New York, Dusko, 98, 134, 135


  Parque Hotel, Estoril, 35, 64, 85

  Partisans, 61, 68–69, 244, 246, 247, 254

  Pascal’s Wager, 145

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

  Patton, George S., 202, 230, 233, 249

  Paul (Prince of Yugoslavia), 57

  PAULA, xi, 195. See also Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother)

  Pavelic, Ante, 61, 68, 69

  paying agents on enemy soil, 62, 65–66

  Pearl Harbor. See also espionage in WWII

  cover-up, 99–114, 112, 125–128

  Dusko’s anger, intelligence failure, 1, 133

  investigations into intelligence failure, 108

  Japanese attack of, 123–125

  Questionnaire, 71, 72, 73–75, 76, 94, 94n, 95, 96, 96–98, 99, 101, 103, 107–108, 109, 111, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128–129, 132, 275, 277

  Taranto, Italy as blueprint, 69–70, 71, 76, 94, 96–97, 109, 124, 127

  Pearson, John, 81–82

  Peter II (King of Yugoslavia), xiii, 200, 234–235, 244, 246, 255, 262

  Petrie, Sir David, 218, 263

  Philby, Kim, 89, 89n

  Pieckenbrock, Hans (Abwehr), xii, 57, 199

  playboy, Dusko, xiii, 6–7, 10, 36, 41, 51, 51n, 52–53, 53, 62–64, 85–86, 87, 88, 103, 104, 106, 122, 133, 139, 140, 143, 170, 178, 182–183, 261, 263, 265

  Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado (PVDE), 33, 34, 39–40, 49, 63, 99, 225, 238

  Political Warfare Executive (PWE), 166

  Politika, 9

  Popitz, Johannes, 16

  Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko” (IVAN, SKOOT, TRICYCLE), espionage. See also Abwehr; Bond and Dusko; espionage in WWII; FBI; Lanman, Charles; MI5; operations, Dusko; Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother); von Karsthoff, Albert; Wilson, Ian; Yugoslavia, Serbia

  Abwehr structure given to MI6, 174, 175–177, 177

  assassination attempt by FBI, 181–182, 185

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

  bee hive (Lisbon), 28, 31–38

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

  Bozidar and, 19, 20–21, 22, 261

  British Intelligence and, 17, 18, 19, 22

  “British or Russian agent,” 225, 226, 228

  Campiagni and, 24, 27

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

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

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

  Double-Cross Committee, 42, 46

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

  Feldmann trap and, 115–116

  financial compensation for Allied invasion plans, 210, 215, 218, 219

  Fodor and, 39

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

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

  Gestapo vs., 9–10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 206

  “Glass” vs. “Sand” mistake, 78

  Hansen and, 211

  Henss and, 200–201

  Hoover and, 88, 91–92, 93, 94n, 94–95, 95–96, 103, 104, 106–107, 109, 110–111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 132, 133, 134, 135, 143, 155

  Horsfall and, 41

  How and, 16, 46

  “I’ll kill her,” 116–117

  import/export cover, 14, 18, 19, 42, 57, 64–65, 99, 101, 143

  incomplete canvas (re-engagement), 146–147, 148–149, 151

  Kammler vs., 150, 150n, 151, 154, 155–157, 174–175, 186, 199

  Lenz and, 56–57

  Lethbridge and, 17, 18, 22, 174

  lion’s mouth survived by, 257–258

  Louise and, 182–183

  Luke and, 46–47, 50, 51–52, 52, 54, 65, 66, 253, 255

  Marriott and, 52, 148–149, 201, 235

  Masterman and, 42, 49, 54–55, 134, 166

  Menzies and, 23, 43, 44–45, 88

  Metcalfe and, 54, 55, 62, 139, 148, 185–186, 196

  MI6 and, 17, 18–19, 62, 88, 158, 174, 175–177, 177, 205, 218, 246

  microphones in apartment, FBI, 115–116

  Montagu and, 46–47, 52, 88, 144–145, 149–150, 168, 262

  Munzinger and, 18–19, 23, 24, 27, 51, 205

  Oliviera and, 225

  Paris network support by, 246

  Pearl Harbor cover-up, 109, 112, 113–114, 125

  Pearl Harbor intelligence failure, 1, 133

  Peter (King of Yugoslavia) and, 234–235, 238, 244, 246, 255

  Pieckenbrock and, 57

  questionnaires, 50, 55, 91, 93, 121, 132, 138–139, 156, 160, 169, 196, 200–201, 205, 206, 214, 216–217, 216–217, 277, 278

  Quetting and, 251, 260–261

  radio traffic (false) to Berlin, 1, 117–121, 134, 135, 144–145, 152

  re-engaging in espionage after blown cover (“into the lion’s mouth”), 144–145, 146, 148–149, 149–150, 262

  Robertson and, 1, 46–47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 62, 91, 108, 144–145, 148–149, 157, 160, 166, 171, 226, 235, 262

  Sahrbach and, 36, 91

  Schmidt and, 241, 243

  Schreiber and, 196, 203, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 215, 218, 222

  SD vs., 39–40, 202–203, 206, 225

  Serb or Croat question, 61

  serial numbers of bills checked at Customs, 62, 65

  Special Operations Executive (SOE) training, 160, 163, 165, 173, 209

  Spy Counter-Spy, 259, 262, 265

  spying for Hitler, killing for Churchill, 14–20

  success during WWII, 261–262

  surveillance of, 6, 19, 22, 33, 39–40, 49, 50, 52, 58, 60, 62–63, 79, 79n, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 103, 115–116, 129, 134, 151, 154, 157, 198

  Terry and, 199–200

  truth serum, 207, 208, 209

  Ulla and, 245–246

  VIPER and, 197, 198

  von Stein recruitment of, 14, 16, 17

  Warnecke and, 57, 58, 60

  warnings to, 1, 25, 36, 55, 57–58, 144, 152, 165, 166, 168, 171, 172, 174, 177, 179, 180, 205, 206–207, 226

  Wiegand and, 209–210

  Winchell’s exposure of, 142–143

  Wren and, 122, 123

  Zeis and, 179

  Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko” (IVAN, SKOOT, TRICYCLE), Jebsen and. See also Jebsen, Johann

  arrest of Jebsen, 222, 223, 224–225, 227, 234

  assets of Jebsen found by, 256–257, 261

  “auf” (good bye) from Jebsen, 214

  blackmail letter to Abwehr, 234, 235

  Blanc and, 239–240

  Jebsen (Lore) looked after by, 261

  killing Jebsen’s killer?, 257–258, 259–261, 262

  leave of absence, 243, 246

  naked and shaved threat by, 240

  release of Jebsen, 239–240, 241, 242, 243

  Salzer vendetta, 257–258, 259–260

  search for Jebsen, 239–240, 241–242, 243, 245–246, 248–250, 251–252, 253, 255–256, 257, 259, 260, 262

  ships sale negotiation, 15–16, 47, 61–62

  Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko” (personal), xi

  appearance of, 11, 43, 52, 85, 264

  background (forging the anvil), 3–8, 11, 14–15, 23, 44, 46, 47

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

  Bata (aunt), 98

  Birlinger café supported by, 6, 9

  BMW, 10, 19, 21

  Boris (Dusko’s and Jill’s son), 264

  Castello (girlfriend), 62, 63, 86

  Chen-Yen (manservant), 104

  chocolates and nylons requested by, 159

  danger and risk sough
t out by, 166, 261

  Dean (Dusko’s and Janine’s son), 262, 263

  death in the afternoon (bullfight), 60, 61

  driver’s license, 201–202

  drunk American girl and a brawl, 63–64

  dying vs. torture, 1, 172

  Elera (girlfriend), 62–63, 86

  English alien registration card, 43, 43

  Ewell Castle, 4, 47

  exiting feet first, 13

  exit permit incident, 136

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

  fear, 145

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

  five lives lived by, 183

  foreigner status as protection, 6, 8, 9

  “French popsie” incident, 63

  friendship with von Karsthoff, 25, 36, 55

  Gaertner (girlfriend), xi, 52–53, 53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 86, 87, 148, 196, 197, 200, 201, 204, 210, 214

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

  generosity of, 261

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

  Gwennie (girlfriend), 86

  health, deteriorating, 183

  Hyde Park Hotel dinner party, 218–219

  import/export business, 262, 263, 264

  incarceration by Nazis, 11–13

  “Jackson, Mrs.” and, 174

  Janine (first wife), 262, 263

  Jonsson (second wife), 263–264, 264, 285

  Jovan (uncle), 98

  languages (5) spoken by, 10, 23

  lawyer, 14–15, 23, 49, 51, 58, 134

  “living expenses” funds, 158

  loyalty issue, 10, 19–20, 21, 61–62

  Luger of, 1, 162, 172, 173

  Marco (Dusko’s and Jill’s son), 163, 260, 264

  Matryoshka doll, Dusko, 172

  Mensur (“academic fencing”), 7–8

  Milorad (father), 3, 4, 15, 19, 44, 57, 60, 68, 90–91, 157–158, 183, 244, 245, 248–249, 250, 251, 252

  Nani (girlfriend), 86, 178

  naturalized British citizen, 262

  Nazi hatred, 9, 11, 19, 143, 148, 150, 172

  Nina (yacht) of, 15

  Omar (Dusko’s and Jill’s son), 264

  Omer (grandfather), 3, 44

  Order of the British Empire (OBE), 261, 263

  Park Avenue New York, 98, 134, 135

  passion and addiction, 53

  playboy, xiii, 6–7, 10, 36, 41, 51, 51n, 52–53, 53, 62–64, 85–86, 87, 88, 103, 104, 106, 122, 133, 139, 140, 143, 170, 178, 182–183, 261, 263, 265

  post WWII, 262, 263–264

  publishing business, 248, 262

 

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