[ H]e had the steel within, the ruthlessness and the cold-blooded courage that enabled him to go back to the German Secret Service Headquarters in Lisbon and Madrid time and time again, when it was likely that he was blown; it was like putting his head into the lion’s mouth. —LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER EWEN MONTAGU British Double-Cross Committee (1940–1945) My own life is much less important to me than that of my family. . . . I hope to continue to be useful to our common cause and to be able to help within my modest means to bring the victory which alone will bring me happiness. —DUSKO POPOV Letter to Major Tar Robertson, August 9, 1941 CONTENTS TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT EPIGRAPH MAP DRAMATIS PERSONAE PREFACE 1 » FORGING THE ANVIL 2 » EXITING FEET FIRST 3 » SPYING FOR HITLER, KILLING FOR CHURCHILL 4 » MAGIC 5 » THE BEE HIVE 6 » TOO MANY DEVICES 7 » PASSION AND ADDICTION 8 » DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON 9 » “HE’S NOT DEAD” 10 » TARANTO AND THE TARGET 11 » CASINO ESTORIL 12 » PEARL HARBOR WARNING 13 » COVER-UP 14 » I’LL KILL HER 15 » BUTTERFLIES AND CARNAGE 16 » BLOWN 17 » INCOMPLETE CANVAS 18 » THE ART OF THE SILENT KILL 19 » “TURN AROUND SLOWLY” 20 » TICKING 21 » FIVE LIVES 22 » SHOTS RANG OUT 23 » TRUTH SERUM 24 » AUF 25 » D-DAY 26 » NAKED AND SHAVED 27 » ULLA 28 » PARTISAN POLITICS 29 » JOHNNY EPILOGUE SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APPENDIX 1: AUGUST 19, 1941, TRANSMITTAL LETTER FROM E. J. CONNELLEY TO J. EDGAR HOOVER WITH PEARL HARBOR QUESTIONNAIRE APPENDIX 2: POPOV OPERATIONS APPENDIX 3: IAN FLEMING’S BOND AND POTENTIAL MODELS APPENDIX 4: LIVING CASABLANCA AND DR. NO NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX DRAMATIS PERSONAE TRICYCLE NETWORK DOUBLE AGENTS Marquis Frano de Bona » FREAK (Popov’s radio operator; German, GUTTMANN) Friedl Gaertner » GELATINE (German, IVONNE) Johann Jebsen » ARTIST Dickie Metcalfe » BALLOON (German, IVAN II) Dusko Popov » TRICYCLE, SKOOT (German, IVAN) Ivo Popov » DREADNOUGHT (German, PAULA) Hans Ruser » JUNIOR Eugen Sostaric » METEOR Stefan Zeis » THE WORM MI5 (SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE) STAFF Guy Liddell » Section B chief William Luke » Dusko Popov case officer (initial) John Marriott » Assistant to Colonel Tar Robertson Colonel T. A. “Tar” Robertson » Section B1A (Double Agents) chief Ian Wilson » Dusko Popov case officer MI6 (SECRET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE) STAFF AND AGENTS Kenneth Benton » Agent, Madrid Major Desmond Bristow » Agent, Lisbon Colonel Felix Cowgill » Section V (Counterintelligence) chief Major Frank Foley » Section V (Counterintelligence) Cecil Gledhill » Lisbon station chief following Colonel Ralph Jarvis Major Peter Hope » Agent, Paris Colonel Ralph Jarvis » Lisbon station chief Major-General Stewart Menzies » Director; “C” Major Walter Wren » Trinidad station chief (and part of Popov’s New York support team) DOUBLE-CROSS COMMITTEE Rear Admiral John Godfrey » Director of Naval Intelligence (boss of Montagu and Ian Fleming) Professor J. C. Masterman » Chairman, Double-Cross Committee; Oxford don Lieutenant-Commander Ewen Montagu » Naval Intelligence (working closely with Popov)