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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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