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by Max Hastings


  Japanese Navy: pre-Pearl Harbor contradictions, 150; intelligence department, 519; monitors US traffic, 521

  Jebb, Gladwyn: defends MI6, 15; requests Grand’s dismissal, 263

  Jeffreys, John, 73

  Jenke, Albert, 461

  Jenkins, Roy, 413

  Jensen, Willi, 452

  Jews: Nazi persecution of, 300, 310; join Soviet partisans, 324; Schellenberg exchanges for trucks, 481

  ‘Jim’ (German agent), 63

  Jodl, Gen. Alfred, 401

  John, Otto, 365

  Johnson, Celia, 512

  Johnston Island (Pacific), 169

  Joint intelligence Committee (JIC): on German invasion threat, 53; on German invasion of Russia, 125, 132, 203–4, 206; composition, 201–2; honest reporting, 201; efficacy and judgements, 203–6; reports on enemy strengths and dispositions, 205; research staff, 299; scepticism over German V-weapons, 425; misinterprets Ardennes offensive, 498–9, 501; underestimates enemy’s military capabilities, 554

  Joint Intelligence Staff, 202–3

  Jones, Eric, 88

  Jones, Reginald V.: on importance of radio, xix; and jamming of Luftwaffe navigational beams, xxii; Bohr confides in, 9; background and career, 42–3; reads and believes ‘Oslo Report’, 42–4; and Dunderdale’s information on Ju-88, 47; passes Ultra decrypt to Nutting, 75; on using mixed information, 203; on presentation of successful results, 209; identifies German radar system, 256; and Bruneval raid, 258–9; shown list of suspect scientists, 350; knowledge of Luftwaffe bomber-plotting table, 418; on German V-weapons, 422–4, 426–8, 430; deceives Germans over V-1 targeting, 427; post-war career and death, 544

  Jordan, Harold, 419–20

  Josendale (OSS officer), 493

  Joseph, Bella, 377–8

  Joseph, Julius, 377–8

  Joyce, William (‘Lord Haw Haw’), 444

  Juricka, Stephen, 162

  Justice, Cecilia Chapman, 289

  Kahn, David, xxv

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 6, 61, 472, 474, 480, 482, 523

  Kamenz, Lt. Paul, 138

  ‘Kammhuber Line’ (German radar system), 256, 259

  Karens (Burma), 516

  Kartashev, Mikhailov, 318–19

  Kasparov, Grigori, 381

  Kasserine Pass, Battle of (1943), 50, 410

  Katyn: massacre of Polish officers, 119, 363, 368, 371

  Katz, Barry, 303

  Katz, Joseph, 378

  Katz, Otto, 376

  Kavinsky, Ivan, 175

  Kawai, Taikichi, 37

  Keitel, Field-Marshal Wilhelm, xxi, 128, 399, 472

  Keller, Professor (Swiss), 347

  Kempe, Henne, 539

  Kempeitai (Japan), 148–9

  Kennan, George, 292

  Kennedy, Maj. Gen. John, 98

  Kennedy, Paul, 547–8

  Kenney, Maj. Gen. George, 509

  Kenny, John, 337

  Kershaw, Martha Belle, 289

  Kersten, Felix, 478

  Kesselring, Gen. Albert, 21, 311, 410–11, 418

  Ketel, Helmut, 35

  KGr100 (German pathfinder unit), 81

  Kharkov, 228

  Kheifetz, Gregory, 525–6, 532

  Khrushchev, Nikita S., 318–19

  Kiev, 223

  Kikoin, I.K., 528

  Killer, Ilse, 496

  Kimmel, Admiral Husband, 160

  King, Captain John, 5, 350

  Kipling, Rudyard: Kim, 9

  Kirinovic, Captain Jan, 45

  Kistiakowsky, George, 527

  Kitabayashi, Tomo, 181

  Kitze, Hans-Christian von, 465

  Kliemann, Major Emile, 439

  Kluge, Field-Marshal Günther von, 193, 310

  Klugmann, James, 353–4

  Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Hughe, 460–3

  Knockholt, Kent, 406, 416

  Knowles, Cmdr Kenneth, 508

  Knox, Dillwyn: in Great War, 9; meets Polish codebreakers, 12; breaks into Abwehr cipher machine, 60; employed at Bletchley Park, 73, 87; death from cancer, 76–7; difficult relations with Welchman, 76–7; on operator error, 79–80; supports talented women, 83–4

  Knox, Frank, 380

  Kobulov, Amayak (‘Zakhar’), 116–17, 118, 120–1

  Kobulov, Bogdan, 117

  Kocher, Otto, 475

  Koga, Admiral Mineichi, 406

  Kohima, 510

  Kokoda Trail battles (Papua-New Guinea), 509

  Kolbe, Fritz, 308–9, 311, 462

  Kondo, Vice Admiral Nobutake, 138–9

  Konoye, Prince Fumimaro, 179, 181

  Kopkow, Hauptsturmführer Horst, 242

  Koppi, Hans, 121

  Korotkov, Alexander, 115–17, 119–21, 241

  Kotschesche, Mihail, 495–7

  Koutrik, Folkert van, 11, 45–6

  Kozo, Izumi, 184–7, 367, 550

  Kra isthmus, Thailand, 515

  Kramer, Cmdr Alwin, 164

  Kramer, Charles, 381, 531

  Kramer, Karl-Heinz, 467–8, 481

  Kranzbühler, Major, 190–1

  Krebs (German trawler), 82

  Kreiger, Leonard, 300

  Kreipe, Gen. Heinrich, 268

  ‘Kremlin, The’ (German deception plan), 193

  Kriegsmarine (German navy): Enigma machines, 82; signals intelligence, 219

  Krivitsky, Walter, 360

  Kroner, Brigadier-Gen. Hayer, 162

  Krug, Peter, 285

  Kruger, Karl, 10–11

  Krupskaya, Nadezhda, 526

  Kuckchoff, Adam (‘Old Man’), 120

  Kuczynski, Jurgen, 525

  Kudo, Captain Katsuhiko, 141

  Kuebart, Wilhelm, 473

  Kulikov, Ivan, 237

  Kunze, Werner, 448

  Kur, Ernst, 26

  Kurmin, Col. (of Russian 12th Army), 224

  Kurnakov, Sergei, 533

  Kursk, 188, 227, 400, 547

  Kuznetsov, Col. Gen. Fedor, 232

  Kuznetsov, Lt., 320

  ‘Kvant’ (or ‘Hustler’), 531

  Kvasnikov, Leonid, 525

  Kwajalein atoll, 506

  Lahousen, Col. Erwin, 62

  Lai Tek, 515

  Lamplaugh, Maj. Gen., 510

  Langbehn, Carl, 478

  Langer, Col. Gwido, 12

  Langley, Lt. Col. James, 277, 440

  Lanz, Lt. Gen. Hubert, 390

  Larsen, Svend, 301

  Lasswell, Red, 170

  Latvia: welcomes German invaders, 317

  Lauenberg (German ship), 82

  Lauwers, Hubertus, 269–70

  Lawrence, Costa, 269

  Layton, Edwin, 159, 162, 165–6, 168–9

  Leclerc, Gen. Jacques-Philippe, 487

  Lee, Duncan, 378

  Leese, Gen. Sir Oliver, 511

  Lehmann, Willy (‘Breitenbach’), 27–9, 114–15, 122, 189, 241, 243

  Leibbrandt, Sydney Robey, 346

  Lemichik, Captain, 321

  Lemoine, Rodolophe (born Rudolf Stallman), 8

  Lempe, Julius, 83

  Lend-Lease, 380, 383

  Lenin, Vladimir I., 24

  Leningrad, 225–6

  Lestraint, Gen. Charles de, 276

  Lever, Mavis, 83, 87

  Lexington (US carrier), 522

  Leyte Gulf, 518, 522–3

  Liberator aircraft, 221

  Lichtenstein airborne radar (German), 419

  Liddell, Guy: on Canaris, 6; on Best, 46; on Polish cryptanalysts seeking asylum in Britain, 47; sceptical of downed German plane in Belgium, 49; deplores torture methods, 53; on unsuitable agents in New York, 97; on visiting FBI agents, 100; denounces Japanese request for details of national grid, 144; qualities, 207; Trevor-Roper respects, 208; on agent ‘Max’, 235; on lack of cooperation with SOE, 268; on Duke of Alba, 348; on communist penetration of services, 349, 352; on Russian superiority in espionage, 351–2; on Ronald Seth, 444; authorises passing British railway timetables to Germans, 468; and German knowledge of Allie
d invasion plans, 485; on communist penetration of Manhattan Project, 534; denounced as possible traitor, 543; on pre-war espionage, 550

  Lidice, Czechoslovakia, 250

  Lier-Hansen, Knut, 280

  Ligne, Prince Charles de, 464

  Lindquist, Martin, 474

  Linlithgow, Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of, 514

  Lintz, Leonard, 377

  Lippmann, Walter, 378

  Lisbon: Japanese consulate raided, 296; as wartime intelligence centre, 338, 341

  Liss, Lt. Col. Ulrich, 50

  Lithuania: welcomes German invaders, 317

  Litvinov, Maxim, 384

  Liveley, HMS, 196

  Liverskaya, Florentina, 27

  Lloyd Committee on German oil resources, 210

  Lloyd George, David, 363

  Locarde, Professor (of Lyons), 7

  Lockhart, John Bruce, 391

  Lockhart, Robert Bruce, 207, 262–3, 268, 288, 547

  Lofoten islands, 82

  Long, Breckinridge, 297

  Long, Leo, 359

  Lorenz Schlusselzusatz SZ40/42 (teleprinter; ‘Tunny’), xxi–xxii, 411–13, 415

  Lourenço, Agothino, 338–9

  Lourenço Marques, 54, 338, 345–6

  Low Countries: German plans to attack through, 49

  Lowry, Helen (Mrs Akhmerova), 371, 385

  Loxley, Peter, 468

  Lubyanka, 133

  ‘Lucy’ Ring: established in Switzerland, 24, 26, 31; origin of name, 109; Kremlin believes an instrument of Churchill, 110; increases activities, 187, 194; Russians undervalue, 189; and Gourevitch, 190, 239; informants, 239, 244; as Russians’ main access to German high places, 250; Foote and, 251, 542; winds down, 252; harassed, 309; Germans decrypt messages, 476; German traitors inform, 477–8; importance, 548

  Luftwaffe: pre-war capabilities, 14; uses Wotan navigational beam, 43; personnel engaged on signals duties, 76; Bletchley deciphers messages, 81, 84; air campaign against Britain, 100; technical secrets uncovered, 255–6; Enigma traffic intercepted and read, 411; electronic defences uncovered, 418–20; intelligence successes, 447; introduces new reflector on Enigma, 503

  Lund, Col. Rosher, 344

  Lusey, Alghan, 297

  Lyon-Smith, Tonia, 249–50, 541

  Lyon-Smith, Brigadier Tristram, 541

  Lyushov, Gen. Genrikh, 142

  Lywood, Wing-Cmdr O.C., 71n

  M-109 field-ciphering machine (US), 72

  Maasing, Richard, 364

  ‘Mac’ (agent), 44

  MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 172, 206, 300, 508–9

  McCarthy, Joseph, xvi, 369, 543

  McCormack, Col. Alfred, 100, 403–4, 454

  McCormick, Captain Lynde, 168

  Machivariani, Georgi, 179

  Mackenzie, Colin, 514

  Maclean, Donald, 314, 351, 354, 356–9, 359, 361, 363, 367, 525, 527, 543

  Maclean, Fitzroy, 278

  Maclean, Melinda (née Marling), 357

  MacNeill, Gen. Hugo, 336

  Madrid: as wartime intelligence centre, 338; German ship-watching service closed, 469

  Maffey, Sir John, 334

  Magdoff, Harry, 381

  ‘Magic’ (US decrypt material), xxii

  Maisky, Ivan, 105, 125–6, 127, 129

  Makarov, Mikhail (‘Carlos Alamo’; ‘Chemnitz’), 54, 239, 242, 248

  Malaya: British weakness in, 139, 555; in Japanese strategy, 154; British unpopularity in, 513–14; Japanese execute British stay-behind agents, 515; local uncooperativeness, 516

  Mallet, Sir Victor, 125, 314–15, 341

  Maly, Theodore, 21, 362, 375

  Manchuria, 518, 522, 537

  Manhattan Project, 385, 524–5, 527–30, 532, 534

  Manstein, Gen. Fritz Erich von, 310

  Mao Zhedong, 141, 317, 517

  ‘Mar’ (US scientist), 530–1

  March-Phillips, Gus, 266–7

  Marcuse, Herbert, 299

  Marianas, 521

  Maritza (German freighter), 196

  ‘Market Garden’, Operation, 498, 501, 547

  Marogna-Redwitz, Graf, 473

  Marovic, Andrea, 460

  ‘Mars’, Operation, 227, 232–3, 236

  Marsden-Smedley, Harriet, 359

  Marshall, Gen. George C., 160, 164–5, 396, 401, 404, 537

  Marshall islands, 506, 521

  Marwitz, Admiral von der, 470

  Marzani, Karl, 377

  Maskirovka, 238

  Mason, Paul, 504

  Mason-MacFarlane, Col. Noel, 3–4, 351

  Masson, Lt. Col. Roger, 307, 309, 347–8, 475–7

  Masterman, J.C., 58, 180

  Masur, Norbert, 482

  Matapan, Cape, 84

  Mathe, André, 418–19

  Matsuoka, Yosuke, 126, 151, 386, 396

  ‘Max’ (Soviet agent) see Demyanov, Alexander

  Maximova, Yekaterina (‘Katcha’), 33, 35

  May, Sergeant (German cipher expert), 269

  Mayer, Hans Ferdinand, 43–4

  Mayers, Lt. Cmdr Collin, 143

  McKittrick (friend of Malcolm Moss), 211

  McLachlan, Donald: on intelligence, xx, 300; advocates using civilians in uniform for intelligence, 69; on Godfrey, 213; on navy’s lapses and mistakes, 221; praises Norwegian agents, 391; on range of intelligence sources, 549

  McNeela, Jack, 336

  Meckel, Kapitän zur See Hans, 218

  Medhurst, Air-Chief Marshal Charles, 91

  Meisinger, Joseph, 112, 182

  Meitner, Lise, 527

  Melland, Major Brian, 208, 235

  Mellon, Paul, 27

  Menzies, Stewart (‘C’): and Polish mimicked Enigma machine, 12; succeeds Sinclair, 17; Trevor-Roper disparages, 17, 67, 208; expects German attack (January 1940), 49; sedentary activities, 63; promises success in breaking codes, 68; prestige from codebreaking successes, 75; dissuades Churchill from sending Ultra material direct to field commanders, 85; criticised for remoteness, 86; and dissent at Bletchley, 86; dislikes Denniston, 88; seeks link to FBI, 96; appoints Stephenson Passport Control Officer in New York, 97; and liaison with USA, 101; and Cavendish-Bentinck, 202; maintains position, 208–9; reprimands Trevor-Roper, 208; criticises SOE, 268; told of MI6 and SOE losses on continent, 273; and death of Claire, 343; caution over informing Russia of Ultra, 351; appoints Philby head of anti-communist espionage section, 365; assistants, 393–4; qualities, 395; and Ronald Seth (‘Blunderhead’), 440; on ‘Cicero’ affair, 463; remains as MI6 head until 1952, 537; attitude to Turing, 546; on defeat of Germany in 1918, 554

  Mercador, Ramón, 381

  Merkulov, Vsevolod, 105, 119, 123, 131–3, 175, 178, 383, 455, 538–9

  Meyer, Herbert, xx

  Meyer-Schertenberg, Wolfsberg, 475

  Meyer-Schwertenbach, Paul, 340

  MI5: interrogates captured agents, 53; out-station in New York, 97; directors, 207; and Soviet penetration, 360; feuds with SOE, 395; rivalry with other services, 395

  MI6: pre-war intelligence on Luftwaffe, 3; overvalues secret information, 4; codebreaking, 8, 75; reputation, 8–9, 15; staffing, 9–10, 392–3; Z Section, 10; and Nazi threat, 13–14; and Venlo incident, 45–6, 68; exaggerates information, 47; and fall of France, 52; unreliability, 54; employs exile governments in London, 55–6; Radio Security Service (RSS; earlier MI5), 58–9, 395; Radio Analysis Bureau, 60, 395; criticised by officials, 68, 70; relations with FBI, 96, 285; Special Liaison Units, 210; Section D, 263; on relations with Free French, 275; dislikes Dulles, 309; report on Ireland, 331; Section IX, 364; Section V, 392; empire-building, 395; on Ardennes offensive (1944), 500; in Asia, 509–10; differences with SOE, 509; continues after war, 537; declines to open archives, 546

  MI9, 393

  Michael, King of Romania, 296

  Michie, Donald, 413

  Midway, 167–70; Battle of (1942), 157, 171–2, 504, 551

  Mihailović, Dragoljub Draa, 178, 268, 295, 364

  Mikhoels, Sol
omon, 526

  Miklashevsky, Igor, 176–7

  Mikler, Adam, 23

  Miller, Robert, 381

  Mills, Cyril, 466

  Millward, William, 79

  Milne, Ray, 349

  Milner-Barry, Stuart, 73, 84, 90, 404, 407, 490

  Milshtein, Gen. Solomon, 106

  Milton, Captain E., 445

  ‘Mincemeat’ deception, 470

  Mironov, Vasilii, 382

  Mitchell, Charles, 213

  Miyaki, Yotoku, 34, 181

  Mockler-Ferryman, Brigadier Eric, 410

  Model, Field-Marshal Walter, 498

  Modin, Yuri, 362, 364

  Modrzhinskaya, Elena, 362, 366

  Moeller, Alvar, 474

  Mohr, Anita, 37

  Mohr, Lt. Ulrich, 136–7

  Molodstov, Captain Vladimir, 320

  Moloney, Adele, 92

  Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovitch: visit to Berlin, 104; on mistrusting intelligence, 113; on posting spies to USA, 371

  Moltke, Helmuth von, 204, 395

  ‘Monastery’, Operation, 228–32, 235, 455, 456–7, 553

  Monk, Ray, 526

  Montagu, Ewen, 208

  Montagu, Ivor, 350

  Montgomery, Gen. Sir Bernard Law: open to others’ views, xxi; and increased Ultra information, 408; achieves first victory, 409; slow advance, 409; in north-west Europe, 497–8

  Moran, Spike, 269

  Moravec, Col. František: pays for known information, xviii; as chief of Czech Intelligence Service, 1–2; on French intelligence, 7; Soviets request espionage training, 19; moves to Britain, 40–1; Czech agents in London, 49, 55–6; on brutishness of Berlin NKVD agents, 116; respect for Masson, 347

 

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