A Yugoslav Navy Officer and the Price of a British OBE
He betrayed the Abwehr to save his skin and the British, only to be barred from his homeland by a communist regime. The records of his exile remained restricted for decades.
By Vera Kessler ·
Double Agent
Yugoslav Servant and the Mapping of Portuguese Dead Drops
A woman's attempt to visit family in the Balkans became a tool for the Security Service to burn German networks in Lisbon, a game kept secret for decades in the Personal Files.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Elvira Chaudoir and the 11th Panzer Division’s 1944 Mistake
Kept in the archives of the Security Service, the record of a Peruvian socialite's double game shows how a 'generous salary' bought the deception that froze a German division in Bordeaux.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Morris Childs and the 28 Million Dollar Erasure
Approved for release in 2000, the record of a primary intelligence pitch remains a blur of digital noise, scrubbing the identity of the man who moved millions for Moscow.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Morris Childs and the Silent Tapes of Viewer 025
Kept secret until 2000, the record of Morris Childs' first session remains a wall of digital noise, scrubbing the identity of the handler who managed the Soviet's most prized courier.
By Constance Bell ·
1941 Lisbon Script: The Merchant Seaman and the Manufactured Russian
A merchant seaman’s vague past and a manufactured Comintern identity allowed the Security Service to run a three-year surveillance loop against Japanese intelligence.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Kim Philby Deceived Western Intelligence From 1934 Until 1963
He burned assets and leaked secrets for nearly thirty years while climbing the ranks of SIS, a betrayal only confirmed after the fall of his colleagues.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Juan Pujol García fed Nazi Germany a strategic lie to protect D-Day
Strategic deception for D-Day relied on a fictional spy network that Thomas Harris had to protect through ingenious contingency plans as Abwehr defections risked exposing Juan Pujol García.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Juan Pujol García Fooled Nazi High Command With Fake Spy Network
German military intelligence trusted a fictional spy network while MI5 fed them carefully crafted lies to steer the High Command toward incorrect conclusions.
By Harlan Pryce ·