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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


  rescue of family, 90–91

  reunion with Ivo (Dusko’s brother), 239

  Richardson (girlfriend), xiii, 86, 104, 106, 116–117, 133

  short-term photographic memory of, 10

  Simon (girlfriend), xiii, 86, 106, 134–135, 136, 139–140, 142, 142, 143, 147–148, 149, 151, 155, 157, 178, 285

  too many devices (baggage), 45

  “turn around slowly” (monkey), 1, 173–174

  “Vivovdan and the September Constitution of Yugoslavia, The,” 8, 9

  Vladan (brother), 3–4, 91, 158, 179, 212, 241n, 241–242

  war view of, 21

  wealth of, 14–15

  Zora (mother), 19, 57, 60, 68, 90–91, 158, 183, 244, 245, 253, 254–255

  Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother) (personal)

  background of, 3, 4, 211, 238

  charm of, 198–199

  Dragica (wife), 76, 90, 245, 246, 247–248, 254

  Milorad (father) and, 158, 252

  Milorad “Misha” (son), 76, 90, 246, 247, 248, 263

  post WWII, 262–263

  Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother, DREADNOUGHT, PAULA), espionage, xi. See also TRICYCLE

  Abwehr and, 198

  arrest of, 236, 237

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

  Bozidar and, 20

  currency deals and, 237

  de Bona and, 200

  Dusko and, 141, 148, 183, 211–212, 212–213, 225, 234, 236, 237–238, 239

  evacuation to U.K., 237–238, 239

  Foley and, 237

  Gestapo vs., 237, 239

  Jebsen and, 184, 190, 191, 198, 199, 212

  King’s Medal of Courage in the Cause of Freedom (KMC), 263

  MI5 and, 199, 212

  MI6 and, 211

  Mihailovic and, 199, 237

  money problems of, 210

  Munzinger and, 199

  Sostaric and, 166–167

  Ustase vs., 68, 76, 90

  warnings to Dusko, 144

  Wilson and, 158, 199, 237–238, 239, 250

  Yugoslav Escape Route (Allied escape line), 52, 157, 167, 171, 193, 194, 195, 201, 220, 277

  Zeis and, 179

  Popovic, Sveta, 171, 212. See also Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother)

  Popper, Hans, 211, 263. See also Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother)

  Porter, Cole, 141

  Portugal, 29–31, 49, 68, 167, 183, 245

  “preventive arrest,” 5–6

  Prime (Colonel), 151

  Prinz Albrechstrasse, 227, 240, 243, 251

  Prussians, 16, 120

  Pujol, Joan (ARABEL, GARBO), 144, 144n, 202, 204, 223, 224, 228, 229, 261

  Quebec City, Canada, ix, 121, 135, 136

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

  Quetting, Hermann, 221–222, 251, 256, 260–261

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

  Rakic (General), 168, 171

  Rantzau, Dr. (Nikolaus Ritter), 23

  Reader’s Digest, 109, 112–113, 112, 113, 114, 121, 121n, 127, 169

  Reich Security Head Office (RSHA), 7, 202, 241, 241n, 260. See also Gestapo; SD

  Richardson, Terry (Dusko’s girlfriend), xiii, 86, 103, 104, 106, 116–117, 133

  Richter, Gustav, 91

  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ix, 72, 112, 117, 119, 130, 135, 136, 137

  Roberts, Owen J., 127

  Robertson, T. A. “Tar” (MI5), xi. See also B1A; Marriott, John; MI5

  background of, 41–42

  Canaris interest of, 23

  chicken feed (misinformation), 48, 50

  diplomatic bags, 183

  Double-Cross Committee, 42

  Dusko and, 1, 46–47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 62, 91, 107, 144–145, 148–149, 157, 160, 166, 171, 226, 235, 262

  Fortitude (Normandy invasion deception), 202, 203, 223, 228, 278

  Gaertner and, 52–53

  Hoover-Dusko meeting, 108

  Hyde Park Hotel dinner party, 218

  Jebsen and, 62, 187, 191–192, 195, 220, 223, 224, 227, 227n, 235, 256, 257, 259, 261

  Martins and, 196–197

  Masterman and, 160

  Midas (Germany funding MI5), 66, 277

  Owens and, 23

  Paris trip, 242

  quadruple-cross strategy, 191–192

  questionnaires, 47–48

  re-engagement of Dusko, 144–145, 148–149

  Special Operations Executive (SOE) training for Dusko, 160

  warnings to Dusko, 1, 171, 226

  Wild and, 226, 227

  Yugoslav Escape Route (Allied escape line), 54, 167, 277

  rocket bombs developed by Germany, 180

  Röhm, Ernst (SA), 5, 7

  Rome, Italy, ix, 23, 24, 41, 143, 262, 263

  Rommel, Erwin, 3, 149, 202, 211, 229, 230, 231–232, 233

  Room 3603 (Hyde), 80, 264

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. See also United States of America

  Churchill and, 91

  Godfrey and, 82

  Hoover and, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 111, 112, 125, 127

  Portugal and, 29–30

  Stephenson and, 106

  Winchell and, 141

  Rout, Leslie B., Jr., 125–127, 128

  Royal Air Force (RAF), 23, 70, 167, 170

  Royal Navy, 31, 47, 50, 70

  Royal Victoria Patriotic Building in Wandsworth “London Reception Center,” England, 166, 179

  Ruser, Hans (JUNIOR), xi, 187, 192

  Ryan, Cornelius, 82

  Sahrbach, Elisabeth (von Karsthoff’s mistress) (Abwehr), xii, 36, 48, 49, 55, 91, 150, 152, 154, 159, 174

  Salazar, António de Oliveira, 29, 30, 31

  Salzer, Walter, 241, 257–258, 259–260

  “Sand, Mr.”, 78, 79, 148

  Savoy, London, 41, 46, 47, 52, 91, 239

  Savska Bank of Belgrade, 14, 41, 65, 143

  Schachno, Joseph, 6

  Schacht, Hjalmar, 243–244

  Schaffgotsch, Felix, 133

  Schellenberg, Walter (SD), xiii. See also SD

  blackmail letter to Abwehr, 235

  competition for power, 56

  counterfeiting currency, 65

  cyanide capsules carried by, 26

  Hansen and, 211

  Jebsen and, 251–252

  Madrid agents, 58

  MI6 agents kidnapped by, 25–26

  office and desk (armed) of, 26

  “reporter” for SD, 6, 7

  Salzer and, 260

  Schmidt, Karl, 25

  Schmidt, Wulf (TATE), 65, 79

  Schmidtt, Dr., 241, 243

  Schmissen (“smite”), Mensur scars, 7, 14

  Schmitz (Sturmbannführer), 260, 261

  Schoeps, Hans, 16

  Schreiber, Aloys (Abwehr), xii. See also Abwehr I

  background of, 186

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

  Jebsen and, 195, 215, 215n, 218, 220, 222, 224, 227

  Salzer and, 260

  Schroeder, Erich (SD), xiii, 66, 192, 208, 260

  Schutzhaft, 12

  Schweizerische Bankverein, 248

  Scotland, ix, 51, 52, 161, 163, 164, 173, 180, 209, 238–239

  SD (Sicherheitsdienst), xiii, 5. See also Gestapo; Reich Security Head Office (RSHA); Schellenberg, Walter

  Abwehr vs., 200, 202, 204–205, 213

  blown cover of Dusko, 144

  British spies killed by, 32

  competing for p
ower in Germany, 56

  counterfeit currency, 260

  Dusko vs., 39–40, 202–203, 206, 225

  German aristocrats joining, 16

  Jebsen vs., 183, 198, 204, 214, 218, 223, 250

  selling war assets to Allied country, 15

  “Working Associations” at universities, 6

  Sea Lion (Britain), 22, 24–25, 50

  Second Army (British), 233

  Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). See MI6

  Secret War Against Hitler, The (Casey), 128

  Security Intelligence, Middle East (S.I.M.E.), 160

  Security Intelligence Service. See MI5

  Serbia/Serbs, 68, 69, 195, 211, 237, 247. See also Yugoslavia

  Serb or Croat question, Dusko, 61

  Seventh Heaven (movie), 135

  Severn, 149

  Sharp, Frederick (Colonel), 93

  ships (Jebsen) sale negotiated by Dusko, 15–16, 47, 61–62

  “shots rang out,” 193

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

  Simic, Mrs. Ruza, 184

  Simon, Madame (Monique Ciorcelli), 136

  Simon, Simone (Dusko’s girlfriend), xiii, 86, 107, 134–135, 136, 139–140, 142, 142, 143, 147–148, 149, 151, 155, 157, 178, 285

  Sinclair, Hugh (Admiral), 43

  Sippenhaft protocol (exacting revenge on one’s family), 180, 245

  SIS (Secret Intelligence Service). See MI6

  SKOOT, xi, 23, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 54n. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  Skorzeny, Otto, 7

  Slaatten (Captain), 151

  SNOW (Owens), 22–23

  Socialist Appeal, 201

  sodium pentothal, 207, 208, 209

  SOE (Special Operations Executive), xiii, 12, 160–165, 166, 173, 195, 250–251, 252

  Sonderbehandlung (“special treatment”) execution, 13

  Sostaric, Eugen (METEOR), xi, 166–167, 200, 251

  Soucy, E. A., 93

  Sousa, Alves de, 112–113, 113–114

  Spain, ix, 30, 31, 167, 168, 169, 174, 183, 193, 193n, 213, 221, 248, 294

  Special Operations Executive (SOE), xiii, 12, 160–165, 166, 173, 195, 250–251, 252

  Speer, Albert, 232

  Speidel, Hans, 229, 230–232, 233

  Speir (Lt. Colonel), 242

  spies/spy advice, 3, 17, 19, 22, 25–27, 38, 55, 151, 168, 174, 259. See also espionage in WWII

  Spy Counter-Spy (Dusko), 259, 262, 265

  spying for Hitler, killing for Churchill, 14–20

  S.S. Uruguay, 122, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130

  Station X, 136n, 136–137, 137, 139, 140, 219, 221–222, 224, 260

  Steimle, Eugen (SS), 256

  Stephenson, Jo, 255

  Stephenson, William (INTREPID), xii, 59, 89, 89n, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 163–164, 165

  Stevens, Richard (MI6), 25–26

  Stewart, Jimmy, 135

  “stir up an idea” (Foxworth), 132, 133, 182

  Stott, William, 93, 137–138, 139

  Sturmabteilung (Storm Battalion, SA), 5

  Sturrock, H. N., 16

  suicide note (Jebsen), 187–188, 190–191

  SUMMER (Caroli), 23

  Summers, Anthony, 108

  Sunday Times (Johannesburg), 264

  Sun Valley, Idaho, ix, 133, 134

  Sun Valley Serenade (movie), 133

  Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHEAF), 226, 251

  surveillance of Dusko, 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

  Sweden, 29, 245

  Switzerland, ix, 29, 141, 157, 167, 168, 195, 212, 241, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251

  Sykes, Eric Anthony, 161, 162, 164, 165

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

  Taranto, Italy (first aerial assault against a defended port) raid by British, 69–70, 71, 76, 94, 96–97, 109, 124, 127

  TATE (Schmidt), 65, 79

  Technical High School, Dresden, 71n, 110, 111

  “tells,” 230

  Terry, Beatrice, 199–200

  Thurston, Arthur, 126, 127, 182, 185

  ticking (assassination attempt on Dusko by FBI), 181–182, 185

  Times (London), 31

  Tirpitzufer, 55n, 55–56, 121, 186, 187

  Tito, Josip, 61, 68, 234, 244, 247, 255

  Toki-Ona, Lisbon, 35, 36–37, 38

  Toland, John, 125, 127

  too many devices (baggage), Dusko, 45

  Topete, Margot Seco de, 37–38

  Töppen, Martin (Abwehr), xii, 77–78

  Tourjansky, Viktor, 134

  Tovey, Sir John, 40, 47

  Trento, 70

  TRICYCLE, xi, 54, 54n, 55, 62, 77, 88, 92, 108, 128, 138, 139, 143, 146, 160, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 179, 181, 187, 195, 198, 200, 203, 204–205, 205, 210, 212, 220, 223, 224, 225, 228, 235, 236, 243, 245, 247, 252, 255, 256, 262, 264. See also espionage in WWII; Jebsen, Johann; Metcalfe, Dickie; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”; Popov, Ivo (Dusko’s brother); specific other agents

  Tripartite Pact, 69–70

  triple agents, 22, 23, 46, 167. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”; specific agents

  truth serum, 207, 208, 209

  tungsten (wolfram), 31

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

  Twain, Mark, 7

  Twenty Committee (XX). See Double-Cross Committee

  Ucovic, Mirko, 90

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

  United States of America/Americans. See also espionage in WWII; FBI; Pearl Harbor; Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  atomic bomb, 121, 132, 138–139, 277

  King Peter of Yugoslavia mission for Dusko, 234–235, 238

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

  U.S. Forces European Theater Office (USFET), 256

  Ustase, 61, 68, 69, 76, 90, 98, 141, 246

  Ustinov, Jona von, 33, 33n

  Vasic, George (Dragica’s father), 245

  VE Day (Victory in Europe), 249, 249n

  Velebit, Vlatko, 247, 254

  Venlo, Netherlands incident, 25–26, 252

  Vermehren, Erich, 213

  Vermehren, Petra, 260

  “Views on Preparation for War” (Yamamoto), 96

  VIPER, 197, 198, 199

  “virtuoso,” 44–45, 230. See also Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  “Vivovdan and the September Constitution of Yugoslavia, The” (Dusko), 8, 9

  von Auenrode, Kremer, 25. See also von Karsthoff, Albert

  von Braun, Werner, 180

  von Choltitz, Dietrich, 16

  von Gronau, Baron Wolfgang, 69–70, 96, 109, 124, 127, 213, 255

  von Harnack, Ernst, 16

  von Hassell, Ulrich, 16

  von Helldorf, Wolf-Heinrich Graf, 16

  von Kageneck, Alfred “Freddy” Graf, 6, 10, 187–188

  von Karsthoff, Albert “Ludovico” (Abwehr), xii. See also Abwehr

  background of, 25, 35–36, 36

  blown cover of Dusko, 137, 139, 140

  counterfeit currency, 184

  covers used by, 40, 51

  Dusko and, 1, 25, 35–37, 38, 39, 40–41, 48–49, 50, 51, 54, 55–56, 61, 62, 65, 66–67, 71, 72, 88, 137, 139, 140, 150–154, 155–156, 168, 169, 172, 173–174, 198, 199–200, 205, 206, 209–210, 210, 219

  Kammler vs., 186

  Lenz and, 56, 56n

  Metcalfe and, 66

  microdots, 71, 72, 138


  Midas (Germany funding MI5), 66–67, 77–78, 79, 277

  questionnaires, 40, 49, 50, 55, 71, 72, 73–75, 76

  radio traffic (false) to Berlin, 117, 118–119, 152

  replaced, 202, 205, 208, 210

  skimming money sent for IVAN, 66

  Terry and, 199–200

  Topete and, 37–38

  “turn around slowly” (monkey), 1, 173–174

  U.S. spy network, 71, 277

  Wiegand vs., 219

  Yugoslav Escape Route (Allied escape line), 167, 174, 193–194, 195, 277

  von Kleist, Paul Ludwig, 16

  von Moltke, Helmuth Graf, 16

  von Rundstedt, Gerd, 211, 229, 231

  von Tresckow, Henning, 16

  von Trott zu Solzm, Adam, 16

  von Wartenburg, Peter Yorck, 16

  Waetjen (General), 249

  Waldron (Commander), 151

  Warlimont, Walter (General), 229

  Warnecke, Dr. (Gestapo), xiii, 57, 58, 60

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

  War Office, 42, 168, 201, 239

  Watson, Edwin (Major General), 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105

  Wavell, Sir Archibald, 88

  Wehrmacht, 16, 30, 211, 232, 239

  White, William, 111, 160, 165

  White-Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act), 104

  Whitman, Walt, 88

  Wiegand, Helmut (Abwehr), xii, 200, 201, 205, 209–210, 218, 219, 249

  Wild, H. N. H., 226, 227

  Wilde, Oscar, 134

  Willi (Duke of Windsor kidnapping), 32

  Wilson, Ian (MI5), xi. See also MI5; Popov, Dusan Miladoroff “Dusko”

  assassination attempt on Dusko, 185

  Bailoni (Gordana) as Axis spy, 143

  D-Day and, 226

  diplomatic bags, 177–178, 183–184, 214

  Dusko and, 144, 146–147, 148, 152, 158, 159, 160, 166, 168, 169–170, 172, 177, 222, 238, 239, 243, 246, 249

  Fortitude (Normandy invasion deception), 203–204, 209, 223, 228, 252, 252n, 278

  Hyde Park Hotel dinner party, 218–219

  information security lacking in Yugoslavia, 247–248

  Ivo (Dusko’s brother) and, 158, 199, 237–238, 239, 250

  Jebsen and, 180–181, 191–192, 220, 222, 223, 224–225, 227–228, 236, 241–242, 243, 250, 251–252, 252–253

  Marriott and, 180–181

  Martins and, 196–197

  Masterman and, 180–181

  Metcalfe and, 180–181, 185–186

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

  protecting families of agents, 244, 245, 248, 250, 251–252, 254

  quadruple-cross strategy, 191–192

  Quetting and, 251, 260–261

 

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