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by Larry Loftis


  Forte, Ralph, 92

  Foster, Reginald C., 225n

  France, 33, 90, 154 Marseille, 104, 105, 145–47, 150

  Normandy landing in, 79, 145

  Operation Anvil in, 33

  Operation Dragoon in, 111, 145, 146, 150

  Paris, see Paris

  safe houses and escape lines between Spain and, 37, 56, 104, 110, 132, 136, 185

  Franco, Francisco, 24–26, 44–45, 49, 55, 75n, 77, 113–14, 121, 129–30, 176, 293n Hitler and, 206

  French Cameroon, 206

  Fritsch, Werner Freiherr von, 88

  Fromm, Friedrich, 92n

  Fürstenberg, Franz Egon Graf von, 60, 83, 172

  Fürstenberg, Gloria Rubio von, xii, 60, 81–83, 82, 85, 96, 99–102, 104, 120–21, 123, 146–49, 153, 155, 156–57, 163–64, 167, 172–74, 260–61 death of, 261

  marriage to Fakhry, 172, 260

  marriage to Fürstenberg, 60, 83, 164, 172

  marriage to Guinness, 172n, 260–61

  marriage to Scholtens, 164

  at Palacio Hotel, 163, 163, 260, 318n

  G

  Gabor, Eva, 258

  Garbo, Greta, 60

  Gardner, Ava, 73n, 245, 261

  Gayle, Marsha, 251, 251

  Germany, 37, 87–92, 192, 243 Ablege Kommandos in, 67–68

  Abwehr in, 25–26, 45, 47, 67, 68, 78, 80, 86–88, 99, 100, 121, 149, 156–57, 177, 292n, 307n

  art looting and, 154, 155, 158, 169, 177, 205

  blacklist for doing business with, 160, 161, 164–66, 170

  Gestapo in, 45, 58–60, 67, 78, 86, 88, 89, 160, 161, 171, 173n, 175, 192

  Italy and, 234

  kidnappings and, 67–69, 123

  Kriegsmarine in, 87

  Luftwaffe in, 37, 87

  postwar control of, 243

  Reichswehr in, 87; see also Wehrmacht

  Safehaven economic warfare against, 154, 155, 156–59, 167–70, 174, 175, 178–80, 183–85, 205

  Schutzstaffel (SS) in, 80, 87–89, 91n

  Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in, 26n, 45, 67, 88, 177

  South American flight of criminals from, 175, 177, 192, 205

  Spain and, 24, 25, 44–45, 55, 67, 206

  Sturm Abeilung (SA) in, 87, 88

  surrender of, 169, 173, 174

  tensions between military and Nazi Party in, 87–91

  territorial expansion of, 88–90

  Wehrmacht in, 45, 60, 87, 87n, 88, 91n

  Weimar Republic, 90

  see also Hitler, Adolf

  Gestapo, 45, 58–60, 67, 78, 86, 88, 89, 160, 161, 171, 173n, 175, 192

  Gibraltar, 37, 107, 206

  Givenchy, Hubert de, 73

  Gloria, see Fürstenberg, Gloria Rubio von

  Godfrey, John, 243

  Göring, Hermann, 58–59, 80, 83

  Goya, Francisco, 74, 84, 177, 178

  Griffith, Aline, 52, 232, 247, 250, 251 apartment as safe house, 111

  arrest and imprisonment of, 134, 135–37, 143, 314n

  birth of, 4

  books written by, xiv–xvii, 253–55

  in bullfighting ring, 210–11, 212

  BUTCH code name of, xv, 23, 56, 276n, 282n, 283n

  childhood of, 5

  children of, 246–47, 247

  CIA work of, 248

  death of, 255

  desire for involvement in war effort, 8, 32–33, 184

  engagement to Luis announced in New York Times, 225, 226, 226

  first formal field report of, 168

  honeymoon of, 228, 231, 230–34, 244–46

  honorary doctorate of, 252

  letter of recommendation from MacMillan, 192, 193, 326n

  Luis’s death and, 253–54

  marriage to Luis, 212–20, 221–29, 230–33, 254

  microfilm assignment of, 132–34, 135–36, 139–40, 142, 315n

  modeling of, 6–8, 35, 228

  Mount Saint Vincent attended by, 6, 252

  OSS oath of office of, 26–27, 26, 281n

  OSS recruitment of, 9–10, 13–14

  OSS training at The Farm, 16–22, 23–24, 27–31, 35, 47, 78, 93, 188, 275n, 282n, 285n, 287n

  Pascualete estate of, 249, 253, 254

  salaries of, 35, 78

  wedding of, 227–29, 230–31, 231, 232

  Griffith, Bill, 228, 230

  Griffith, Dexter, 6

  Griffith, Tom, 6, 228

  Gubbens, Colin, 243

  Guinness, Gloria, see Fürstenberg, Gloria Rubio von

  Guinness, Thomas Loel, 172n, 260–61

  Guzmán, Felix, 138

  H

  Halder, Franz, 89–91, 91n

  Hambro, Charles, 189, 242, 243, 266

  Hamilton, James, 11–13

  Hammerstein, Kurt Freiherr von, 87, 88

  Hannibal, 112

  Hase, Paul von, 89, 92n

  Hay Adams Hotel, 14–15, 40, 277n

  Hayes, Carlton, 44, 55n, 65–66, 85–86, 154, 172–73, 176, 293n

  Heinz, Friedrich Wilhelm, 89

  Helldorf, Wolf Heinrich Graf von, 89

  Hemingway, Ernest, xiii, 50, 57, 118–19, 137, 209, 255, 257, 315n

  Hepburn, Audrey, 73n, 245, 248–50

  Herfurth, Otto, 92n

  Heymann, Ernesto, 149

  Himmler, Heinrich, 26, 58–60, 81, 83, 86, 88, 91n, 121, 309n

  HISMA, 177

  Hitler, Adolf, 24, 25, 45, 55, 58, 59, 87–92, 121, 154, 169, 185, 205, 234 Chamberlain’s meeting with, 90

  Franco and, 206

  plots against, 26, 59, 88–92

  territorial expansion plans of, 88–90

  Hindenburg, Paul, 87

  Hoare, Samuel, 59, 75, 76, 100

  Hoepner, Erich, 89, 92n

  honor, 118

  Horcher, Otto, 80

  Horcher’s, 80–83, 81, 147, 162

  Hotel Miramar, 142

  Hôtel San Régis, 199–200, 202

  House, Edward, 32

  I

  Inönü, Ismet, 150n

  Irun, 206–7

  Isabel, Duchess of Tamames, 227, 230, 235

  Italy Germany and, 234

  Rome, 230, 231, 232–34

  J

  Japan, 43 Pearl Harbor attacked by, 6

  Jebsen, Johann “Johnny,” 45n, 67–68, 80n, 327n

  Jodl, Alfred, 169

  John J. Ryan & Sons, 188, 190, 194, 197, 198, 324n

  Joint Chiefs of Staff, 65n

  Joselito, 49n, 119

  Juan, King, 233

  K

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 26n

  Kanō Jigorō, 21

  Keitel, Wilhelm, 169

  Kelly, David, 59

  Kelly, Grace, 73n

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, 73n

  Kerr, Deborah, 245

  Kesselring, Albert, 91n

  Keswick, W. T., 243

  kidnappings, 67–69, 123

  Kluge, Günther von, 89, 92n

  Kriegsmarine, 87

  L

  Laffittee, Julio, 163, 164

  Lamborghini, Ferruccio, 124n

  Lane, Jocelyn, 262

  Lanza, Raimundo, 214–16, 234

  Lassalle, Edmundo, xi, 11–13, 27, 66, 67, 70–77, 71, 79–83, 92, 95, 99, 129, 133, 147, 154, 155, 156–62, 164–66, 167–71, 173–74, 181–82, 185, 192, 199, 254, 262–64, 276n, 284n, 292n, 295n, 300n, 301n, 302n, 324n death of, 262, 263, 264

  marriage to Agatha, 199, 223, 223, 262–63, 330n

  marriage to Emilie, 174, 199, 262

  Lassalle, Emilie, 174, 199, 262, 324n

  Latin America, 12–13

  Lazar, Hans, xii, 4, 60–61, 81–83, 82, 96, 99–102, 104, 147, 149, 156, 172, 192

  League of Nations, 32

  Lequerica, José Félix de, 75, 154

  Lerma, Duke and Duchess of, 75, 177

  Lhardy, 142–43

  Liesau, Francisco, 170

  Liesau, Franz, 160

  Life, 249

  Lindemann, Fritz, 92n

  Linhoff, Guillermo
, 170

  Lisbon, 39–40, 42, 43, 70, 169, 231

  List, Wilhelm, 89

  Llambí, Benito, 205, 229, 230

  Lozado, Enrique de, 13

  Luftwaffe, 37, 87

  Luis (Aline’s husband), see Figueroa y Perez de Guzman, Luis de

  Lyons, Leonard, 258

  M

  MacMillan, James H., xi, 37–41, 43, 48, 56, 159, 167, 168, 169, 170, 176, 177, 179, 185 Aline recommended by, 192, 193, 326n

  Palacio registration of, 41

  Madeleine, 111–12, 115, 116–18

  Madrid, 43–48, 49–61, 64–67, 70–71, 77, 78–80, 104–5, 107, 111, 117, 156, 157, 159, 169, 184–86, 198, 205–8, 226, 237, 244 Botín, 85

  Church of San Fermín de los Navarros, 225, 228–29

  Horcher’s, 80–83, 81, 147, 162

  Lhardy, 142–43

  Palace Hotel, 46–47, 71, 74n, 78, 99, 146, 159

  Ritz Hotel, 46, 78, 79

  US embassy compound, 85–86

  Maffitt, Edward, 229

  Mahonesa, La, 54

  Málaga, 132–34, 135–37, 139–40, 143

  Mamal, Pepe, 173

  Manolete, xii, 54n, 119, 120, 121–23, 139, 209–11, 228, 237–38 death of, 239, 257

  Manona Pignatelli, Princess, 234

  Manstein, Erich von, 92

  Marbella, 248, 261–62

  Maria Agatha, Princess of Ratibor and Corvey, xii, 75, 76, 160–61, 164–66, 170, 174, 176, 192, 199, 223 Edmundo’s marriage to, 199, 223, 223, 262–63, 330n

  Maria Francesca von Hohenlohe, Princess (“Pimpinela”), xii, 95–99, 101, 119–22, 129, 130, 162, 175–76, 309n

  Maria-Piedad de Iturbe, 96

  Marks, John, 239

  Marseille, 104, 105, 145–47, 150

  Marta, 111–12, 115, 116–18

  Marta Film, 170

  Max Emanuel von Hohenlohe, Prince, 96

  Maximilian Egon von Hohenlohe, Prince, xii, 58–60, 95, 96, 99, 156, 159, 160, 172, 175, 176, 179, 185, 261–62, 264, 299n death of, 261

  Maxwell, Elsa, 240, 244

  Mellon, William Larimer “Larry,” Jr., xi, xvii, 37–41, 43, 48, 56, 111, 132, 136, 159, 169–71, 174, 175, 179, 185, 193, 242, 263–64, 266 death of, 264

  Palacio registration of, 41

  MGM, 60

  MI6, 17, 45n, 187n, 189, 193

  Mimosa, Marquesa of Torrejón, 72–77

  Montellano, Duke of, 86

  Mount Saint Vincent, College of, 6, 252

  Mueller, Heinrich, 175

  Munich Agreement, 90–91

  Munich Conference, 90

  Murtra, Evarista, 167–68

  Mussolini, Benito, 206n, 234

  Mussolini, Eva, 234

  N

  National Military Establishment, 240

  National Security Act, 240

  Nehring, Helga, 205

  New York Times articles on Aline’s engagement, 225, 226, 226

  on Aline’s wedding, 231, 231

  on art exhibition, 251, 251

  on Conrad, 258

  on Edmundo’s marriage to Princess Agatha, 223, 223, 330n

  interview with Aline, 248–49

  on Ryan’s trip, 194, 195

  on World Commerce Corporation, 240–41, 241, 242

  Norman, Nancy, 263

  Normandy landing, 79, 145

  Notes from the Underground (Dostoyevsky), 253–54

  Novak, Kim, 262

  O

  OAS (Organization of American States), 11

  Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), 88, 91n see also Wehrmacht

  OCIAA (Office for Inter-American Affairs; formerly Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, OIAA), 12–13, 275n

  Oficina Tecnica, 160, 170

  Ogilvy, David, 189

  Oil Control Commission, 33, 35, 44, 45, 51, 55–57, 72, 162

  Okie, John B. “Jack,” 200, 203

  Olbricht, Friedrich, 92n

  Operation Anvil, 33

  Operation Dragoon, 111, 145, 146, 150

  Operation Safehaven, 154, 155, 156–59, 167–70, 174, 175, 178–80, 183–85, 205

  Operation Willi, 123n

  Ortega, Domingo, 136–37

  OSS (Office of Strategic Services), xiv–xvii, 11, 12, 18, 27, 33, 37, 117, 169, 174, 185–87, 189, 190, 192, 193, 199, 200, 221, 225–26, 240, 242, 248, 265–66, 287n, 326n, 333n Aline recruited by, 9–10, 13–14

  Aline’s oath of office for, 26–27, 26, 281n

  chains of agents and informants, 104–7, 105, 106, 185

  escape plans for agents of, 64

  Farm, see Farm, The

  German invasion preparations for agents of, 64–65

  New York Times’s outing of agents in, 225n, 226

  Safehaven and, 154, 155, 156–59, 167–70, 174, 175, 178–80, 183–85, 205

  sections of, 18, 24, 32, 279n

  State Department and, 173

  termination of, 181, 184, 185, 187, 266

  training at, 278n; see also Farm, The

  Oster, Hans, 88, 89, 91, 92n

  P

  Palace Hotel, 46–47, 71, 74n, 78, 99, 146, 159

  Palacio Hotel, 3–4, 4, 40–43, 40, 41, 163, 163, 172n, 199, 260, 271n, 272n, 318n

  Panama, 188

  Pan American Union, 11–12

  Pan American Yankee Clipper, 36–39, 38, 70n, 192, 199

  Paris, 154, 197–202, 206 Hôtel San Régis, 199–200, 202

  Pascualete, 249, 253, 254

  Pasolé, 107–11

  Pearl Harbor, attack on, 6

  Pearl River, NY, 4–6, 52, 244–47, 272n

  Pepper, John, 189, 242

  Perón, Eva, 232–33

  Perón, Juan, 205, 232

  Peter II, King, 201–2

  Philippines, 241, 242

  Pierre, xi, 16, 21, 22, 29–31, 33–34, 94–95, 145–47, 150–51, 153, 155, 156, 167, 264–65

  Pimpinela, see Maria Francesca von Hohenlohe, Princess

  Podevils, Hexe, 170–71

  Popov, Dusko, 42n, 45n, 67n, 80n, 292n, 315n, 327n

  Porter, Amy, 7

  portero, 78–79, 117

  Portugal, 25, 43, 67, 70, 168–69, 265–66 Estoril, see Estoril

  Lisbon, 39–40, 42, 43, 70, 169, 231

  secret police in, 40

  Prado, 46

  Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo, 112

  Primer Plano, 70, 71

  Primo de Rivera, Miguel, 176, 177

  pundonor, 118

  Pyrenees, 104, 107–11, 132

  Q

  Queen Elizabeth, RMS, 244

  Quintanilla, Count of, see Figueroa y Perez de Guzman, Luis de

  R

  Reagan, Ronald, 252

  Reichswehr, 87 see also Wehrmacht

  Resistance, 18, 104, 107, 108, 111, 136

  Rinehart, Patricia, 263

  Ritz Hotel, 46, 78, 79

  Rockefeller, John D., 12

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 12, 275n

  Röhm, Ernst, 87–88

  Romans, 112

  Rome, 230, 231, 232–34

  Rommel, Erwin, 91, 92n, 154n

  Roosevelt, Archibald, 248

  Roosevelt, Kermit, 173n

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 18n, 150n, 154, 173, 181, 275n

  Rothschild, Guy de, 249

  Rothschild, Marie-Hélène de, 249

  Ruiz, Gonzalo, 74n

  Rundstedt, Gerd von, 88, 89, 92

  Russia, 25, 237, 243

  Ryan, Frank T., xi, xv, 3–4, 4, 13–15, 23–27, 29, 31–32, 35, 36, 64, 72, 169, 185–89, 190, 192–94, 197, 199–202, 203–5, 208, 213, 220, 221–22, 231, 240, 241, 242–43, 248, 251, 254, 264–67, 271n, 274n, 276n, 281n, 282n, 286n, 322n, 324n Aline’s meeting of, 7–9

  death of, 267

  New York Times announcement of trip of, 194, 195

  Ryan, John, 188

  Ryan & Sons, 188, 190, 194, 197, 198, 324n

  S

  Safehaven, 154, 155, 156–59, 167–70, 174, 175, 178–80, 183–85, 205


  Salmini, John, 39

  Saludos Amigos, 12n

  San Fermín de los Navarros, 225, 228–29

  Sangroniz, Señor, 233

  Santo Domingo, Paquito, 176

  Scheib, Hans, 170

  Schellenberg, Walter, 26n, 58, 60, 83, 86, 91, 92, 121, 123, 129, 147, 149

  Scholtens, Frank, 60, 164

  Schoonmaker, Frank, 65–66

  Schubach, Herr, 171

  Schulenburg, Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der, 89

  Schutzstaffel (SS), 80, 87–89, 91n

  Schweitzer, Albert, 263

  Schweitzer Hospital, 264

  Sciolitti, Max, 147

  Second Punic War, 112

  Selborne, Lord, 243

  Serpa Pinto, SS, 70n

  sereno, 78–79, 84

  Serrano-Suñer, Ramón, 58, 61

  Seville Festival, 249

  Shanghai Municipal Police, 20

  Shepardson, Whitney, xi, 32–33, 266, 287n MacMillan’s letter of recommendation of Aline to, 192, 193, 326n

  Sicherheitsdienst (SD), 26n, 45, 67, 88, 177

  Sinatra, Frank, 245

  Smith, Walter, 55–56, 296n

  SOE (Special Operations Executive), 17, 79, 189, 193, 242, 243

  South America, 175, 177, 192, 205

  Spain, 23–26, 29, 31–33, 39, 44–48, 49–61, 64–67, 70, 79, 92, 206, 219, 249, 265–66 Aline’s transport to, 35–44, 36, 70n

  Allied Mission in, 185

  American Oil Control Commission in, 33, 35, 44, 45, 51, 55–57, 72, 162, 226

  Barcelona, 72, 79–80, 110, 154, 174

  Britain and, 44, 45

  Civil War in, 24, 25, 60, 73, 113, 235–37, 240, 245

  Cordoba, 227

  exchange rate and, 169–70

  Falange in, 24, 58, 61, 174

  Germany and, 24, 25, 44–45, 55, 67, 206

  Madrid, see Madrid

  Málaga, 132–34, 135–37, 139–40, 143

  Renaissance in, 73

 

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