Public Servant, Secret Agent

by Paul Routledge

  Châteaudun 142, 150

  Cheshire, Group Captain Leonard 23, 35

  Chillington Hall 134, 191, 225

  Churchill, Lord Randolph 31

  Churchill, Sir Winston 27, 32, 35, 38, 39, 41, 44–5, 47, 159, 160, 168, 194, 197, 198, 200, 203, 204, 208, 211, 214, 280

  CIA 332, 334, 336, 337

  Civil Assistance 16, 269

  Clark, Alan 9, 349

  Clausewitz, Karl 35, 37, 43

  ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ 139, 179

  Cold War 198

  Colditz castle 14, 21, 129, 155, 167, 179, 183, 201

  described 69–71

  AN’s failed escape bids 76–84, 85

  AN escapes from 2, 12, 22, 31, 91–102, 141, 309

  AN sends postcards to 105

  Colditz town gaol 83, 85, in, 122

  Coldstream Guards 125

  Cole, Harold 129–32

  Comet line 133, 136, 137, 138, 143, 148, 151

  Compton, Sir Edmund 238

  Connolly, James 305, 315

  Conservative Backbenchers’ Science and Technology Committee 227

  Conservative Candidates’ Association (CCA) 199, 204

  Conservative Party

  Central Office 317

  election success in 1959 222

  housing promise 204

  opposition to state ownership 195

  Control Commission 167

  Cooke, Robin 260

  Cooper, Gunner 39

  Cork 4, 5

  Cosgrove, Patrick 6, 9, 135, 265, 300–301, 317, 349

  Costello, Seamus 305, 306, 307, 328, 343

  Coulogne, France 39–40

  Cousins, Frank 233

  Crace, John Foster 25

  Craggs, Brian 8

  Crescent Mansions, Fulham 221

  Cresswell, Michael (‘Monday’) 120–21, 133

  Criminal Jurisdiction Bill 277

  Cripps, Sir Stafford 196, 200

  Crockatt, Brigadier Norman 125, 127, 134, 138, 141, 150, 155

  Crosland, Anthony 233

  Crossman, Richard 231, 234, 238, 239

  Crozier, Brian 289–90

  Culham Laboratory 239–40

  Curthoys, J.E.G. 206

  D-Day 138, 141, 143, 144, 156

  Dachau concentration camp 187, 274

  Dagnam estate, Essex 20

  Dalton, Hugh 25

  Daly, Jim 340

  Daly, Miriam 309, 310, 340–44

  Dansey Colonel Claude 126, 127–8, 133

  Darling, Donald (‘Sunday’) 121–2, 124, 129, 137, 138, 143, 145, 150

  Day Sir Robin 192

  de Blommaert (Room 900 agent) 147–8

  de Freitas, Geoffrey 220

  de Greef, Madame Elvire (‘Tante Gro’) 133–4

  de Greef, Fernand 133

  de Jongh, Andrée (‘Dédée’) 127–8, 133, 136, 138

  de Jongh, Frédéric 133

  De L’Isle, Lord 279, 280

  de Wiart, General 11

  Deedes, William 260, 291

  Delargy Hugh 194, 197, 198

  Denning, Lord 230

  d’Harcourt, Pierre 51–2

  Dictionary of National Biography, The 10

  Didcot Conservative Club 205

  Dillon, Martin 311, 313

  Dix, Dr 181

  Doenitz, Admiral Karl 180, 181, 188

  Donkers, Lieutenant 89, 105

  Dorril, Stephen 12, 13, 229, 271, 279, 280

  Douglas-Home, Sir Alec (Lord Home) 230, 234, 235, 245, 252, 253, 255, 264, 268

  Dowling, Corporal 53

  Dowse, Sydney 237

  Driberg, Tom 288

  du Cann, Edward 199, 251–5, 257, 260

  Duffy Commander Peter 320–21, 322, 327

  Duncan, Sir Val 11

  Dunkirk 41, 45, 47, 48, 74, 112

  Dunlop, Billy 323

  Durham Light Infantry 73

  Dutch army 87

  Dutch Resistance 151, 153

  Ealing North constituency 100, 204

  Ealing South Conservative Political Centre 202

  Ebbens family 153

  Ebury House, Elizabeth Street, London 135

  Eden, Sir Anthony 37, 44, 46, 208, 213–16

  Eggers, Reinhold 71, 75, 80, 83, 86–7, 105

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. 194

  El Adem RAF station 220

  Elizabeth, Queen, the Queen

  Mother 202

  Elizabeth II, Queen 208, 211, 214, 295, 301, 316

  Elliott, Claude Aurelius 25

  Elliott, Michael 203

  Emergency Powers Act 310

  ‘Eoin’ (INLA contact) 4, 5

  Erlach, Dr von 107, 123

  Essen 162

  Eton College 2, 10, 22, 25–6, 29, 35, 88, 359

  Euratom project 228

  European Economic Community (EEC) 201, 245, 267, 270, 306

  Evans, Caradoc 242

  F18 308

  Fairburn, Nicholas 265

  Faringdon 206

  Farouk, King of Egypt 201–2

  Farquhar, Harold 119

  Farrar’s Building, Temple 37, 126

  Faulkner, Brian 274, 293

  Festival of Britain 202

  Fidelity, HMS (Le Rhin) 112

  Finucane, Pat 347

  First World War 51, 69, 163, 238

  Fisher, Nigel 255, 260

  Fitt, Gerry 274, 297

  FitzGerald, Garret 274, 276, 285–6

  Fogarty Professor Michael 248

  Foot, Michael 236, 288, 294

  Forbes, Flying Officer Norman 56– 67

  Ford, Father Vincent 328, 330, 331

  Foreign Affairs Research Institute 273

  Foreign Office 134, 208, 214, 237, 238, 243, 244

  Forêt de Fréteval camp 145, 146

  Forkhill bombing 277

  Fort de la Revère, La Turbie, Monte Carlo 112

  Fort Meauzac prison camp 131

  Franco, General Francisco 118, 119, 138

  Frank, Anne 177

  Frank, Hans 173, 188

  Fraser, Major Hugh 151, 153, 155, 258, 262, 263, 264, 266

  Freeman, John 212

  French High Command 39

  French Resistance 115, 143, 145, 146

  Fresnes prison 52, 139

  Freud, Clement 296

  Fribourg, Switzerland 107, 109

  Frick, Wilhelm 174, 188

  Friends of the Union 349

  Fritzsche, Hans 188

  Fryer, Major 107

  Funk, Walter 173–4, 188

  Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar 290

  Gaitskell, Hugh 229

  Gandhi, Mahatma 25

  Gardai 320

  Gardiner, George 9

  Garrow, Captain Ian 128, 131–2

  ‘Gaston’ (restaurant patron) 114–15

  GB 75 269

  General Staff (Germany) 169, 187, 188

  Geneva Convention 71, 179

  George V, King 36

  George VI, King 202, 203

  German High Command 39, 41, 69, 168, 169, 187–8

  German Labour Front 175

  Gestapo 63, 65, 66, 108, 109, 129, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 138, 153, 162, 163, 169, 170, 187, 188, 197, 218

  Gibraltar 112, 116, 120, 121–2, 124, 128, 129, 131, 137, 143

  Gibraltar, Bishop of 121

  Giffard, Thomas (Diana Neave’s father) 134, 225

  Gilmour, Raymond 338–9

  Dead Ground 338

  Glendinning, Victoria 182

  Glover, Michael 39, 42, 48

  Glyn, Sir Ralph (later Lord Glyn of Farnborough) 204–5, 207

  Goebbels, Joseph 196

  Goering, Hermann 28, 97, 170–71, 172, 181, 188–9

  Goldsmith, Sir James 254

  Good Friday Agreement (1998) 3

  Gosling, Mr (of J. & P. Coates) 130

  Goulding, Cathal 304, 305

  Gouriet, John 280

  Gourock 122, 123

  Gow, Ian, MP 255, 257, 349, 352, 360

  Gr
audenz aerodrome, Poland 57, 63–6, 106, 108

  Great Central Hotel, Marylebone, London 124

  Greenford Rotary Club 200–201

  Greindl, Albert 136

  Greindl, Jean (‘Nemo’) 136, 138

  Greville-Bell, Captain Anthony 145

  Groome, Tom 131, 132

  Groupe d’Intervention de la

  Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN) 328, 329

  Grunwick 280

  Guards Armoured Division 150

  Guderian, General Heinz 38–41, 46, 47, 48

  Guérisse, Albert Marie (‘Pat O’Leary’) 112, 116, 129, 132

  Gulbenkian, Calouste 128

  Gulbenkian, Nubar 128

  Hackett, Brigadier (later General Sir) John 155

  Hague, The 156

  Halcrow, Morrison 223, 254

  Hamilton, Duke of 73, 171

  Hamilton-Hill, Donald 11

  Harland and Wolff 276

  Harris, ‘Bomber’ 162

  Harris, Stanley 23, 24

  Harris, Walter Bruce (Dick) 24

  Hart, Mrs Judith 232

  Hasler, Major H.G. ‘Blondie’ 140

  Hastings, Sir Stephen 258

  Haydon, Sir Robin 310, 312

  Healey Denis 35, 262

  Healy David 7

  Heath, Sir Edward 16, 222–3, 234 235, 241, 242, 243, 246–9, 251–7, 259–68, 270, 273, 278, 283, 288, 298, 332, 333, 349, 356, 357, 360

  Heffer, Eric 288

  Hemingway, Ernest 148

  Henderson, Deric 320

  Herbison, Miss Peggy 234

  Heseltine, Michael 265

  Hess, Rudolf 14, 73, 163, 171–2, 181, 185, 188, 240–41, 243–4

  Mein Kampf (with Hitler) 171

  Highland Light Infantry 152

  Himmler, Heinrich 174

  Hindenburg, Paul von 27

  Hinton Waldrist cemetery 362

  Hiscocks, Charles 126

  Hitler, Adolf 27, 28, 29, 35, 38, 39, 41, 48, 60, 61, 70, 73, 97, 113, 139,149, 160–66, 168,170,172–80, 184,185,187, 201

  Hitler Youth 70, 101

  Hoare, Sir Samuel 119

  Hobbs, Colonel Juan 279

  Hogg, Douglas 319

  Holland, Jack 311, 313, 339

  Hollis, Roger 335

  Holohan, Renagh 273

  Home, Lord see Douglas-Home, Sir Alec

  House of Commons 202

  and AN’s death 1–2, 7, 312–14

  Select Committee on Science and Technology 14

  Howe, Derek 316

  Howe, Sir Geoffrey 263, 266

  Hudson, Jimmy 199–200, 203, 204

  Hulme, Hannah 226

  Hume, John 1, 278, 293, 343

  Hyde-Thomson, Lieutenant John 73, 87, 89, 105

  Imperial College of Science and Technology, London 14, 225

  Industrial Relations Act 246–9, 283

  Ingatestone 21, 120, 124, 126

  Inner Temple, London 191

  Inns of Court, London 2

  Inns of Court Conservative Association 246

  Institut Mozart escape line 125

  Instone, Gunner 51

  Intelligence School 9 (IS9) 13–14, 125, 127, 132, 137, 143–6, 149–53, 155, 156, 160, 271, 272

  International Military Tribunal 161, 166

  International Monetary Fund 160

  Iran 202

  Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) 315–16, 321, 323, 328, 329, 350, 360–61

  origin of 305

  meeting with the author 1, 4–5

  and murder of AN 1, 3, 4–5, 311–15, 319, 324–5, 333, 340, 353–5, 358

  political wing 2

  rivalry with the Officials 306

  starts to claim responsibility for its actions 307

  international contacts 307–8

  boast of 309–10

  Army Council 310, 340

  banned 318

  informer in London 339

  declared illegal 340

  revenge evidence 339–47

  Irish Republican Army (IRA) 258, 274, 295, 350

  AN’s policy 17–18

  ceasefires 274, 275, 277, 307

  AN on 277, 290–91

  McWhirter’s death 279

  discredited 286

  and the Soviet Union 289–90

  see also Official IRA; Provisional IRA

  Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) 275, 305–7, 325, 328, 329, 330

  AN becomes a hate figure 308–9

  and Mason 310

  and the hunt for the killers 323

  revenge evidence 339–47

  Irish Socialist Republican Party 305

  Irwin, Dr Robert 299

  Ivens, Michael 279

  J. & P. Coates 130

  Jackson, Robert 161, 175–6

  Jacques (gendarme in Marseilles) 114–15

  James, Gerald 337–8

  Jeanne, Mademoiselle 112–13

  Jenkins, Roy (later Lord Jenkins of Hillhead) 241, 258–9

  Jodl, General Alfred 178, 188

  John Thompson Group 225–6, 233

  Joint Committee on Security 317

  Joint Research Prisoner of War Intelligence Organisation (TA) 272

  Joint Reserve Reconnaissance Unit (TA) 272

  Jones, Michael 223

  José (mountain guide) 117, 118

  Joseph, Sir Keith 223, 234, 253–6, 261

  Junior Carlton Club 32, 159

  Junor, John 327

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst 174–5, 181, 184, 188

  Katyn massacre 245

  Keeler, Christine 217

  Keitel, Field Marshal Wilhelm 179–80, 181

  Kennedy, John F. 228

  Killick, Sir John 320

  Kinahan, Lady 357

  Kinahan, Louise 357

  Kinahan, Sir Robin 35

  King, Stephen 328–32

  Kingmills shooting 281

  King’s Bench Walk, London (No.5) 192

  Kinnear, Quartermaster-Sergeant 58

  Kirby Harry, 258

  Knight, Dame Jill 280, 334

  Korean War 201, 202, 203, 213, 272

  Kragt, Dignus ‘Dick’ (‘Frans Hals’) 151

  Krupp, Alfried 162, 165

  Krupp, Bertha 162, 164, 165

  Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav 162–5, 7

  Krupp Works, Essen 162–5

  Krushchev, Nikita 208, 227

  La Mon restaurant massacre 296–7, 298

  Labour Party

  Solley expelled 193–4

  and social services 194

  nationalisation programme 195

  and trade unions 196

  AN’s view of 199

  exhaustion of 211

  and German rearmament 215

  Lancashire Fusiliers 108

  Langley, Lieutenant-Colonel Jimmy 125, 126–7, 129, 132, 135, 137, 141, 143, 148–9, 152, 153, 156, 157

  Langley Peggy (née van Lier) 135

  Laval, Pierre 115

  Lawrence, Sir Geoffrey 166, 182, 184

  Lawton, Frederick (later Lord) 191–3

  Le Mans 145, 146

  le Neve, Robert 19

  le Neve, Sir William 19

  Leadership Corps of the Nazi Party 169, 188

  League of Nations 27, 160

  Leclerc, General 148, 149

  Leipzig 94, 95–7

  Lennox-Boyd, Alan 213

  Lester, Jim 303

  Lewis, Jonathan 292

  Ley, Dr Robert 175

  Lib-Lab coalition 294

  Liddell Hart, Sir Basil 48

  Lille 52, 53

  Lindell, Ghita Mary, Comtesse de Milleville 138–9, 140, 230

  Lindley Trevor 310

  Linklater, Eric 47–8

  Lipton, Lieutenant-Colonel Marcus 212

  Litterick, Tom 297

  Livingstone, Ken 271, 351–2

  Lockwood, Ken 75

  Lomax, David 324, 325, 327

  Londonderry Bloody Sunday (1972) 3

  Crown Buildings bombing 277


  Long Range Desert Group 146

  Longworth, Oxfordshire: St Mary’s parish church 147

  Luftwaffe 64, 73, 96

  Luteyn, Second Lieutenant Toni 87–106

  Lynch, Jack 295

  Lyttle, Noel 340, 344

  Lyttle, Pat 346

  Lyttle, Paul 3

  McAliskey Bernadette 306, 307, 342, 345, 346

  McAliskey, Michael 345

  McAnally Robert 312, 322, 327, 338

  McCartan, Desmond 7–8, 273

  McConnell, Eric 342

  McConnell, Robert 342–3

  McDonald, Henry 311

  MacDonald, Ramsay 25, 26

  McGuinness, Martin 304, 338

  Mackenzie, Gunner 146

  Maclean, Donald 202

  McManus, Jake 309

  McMichael, John 346

  Macmillan, Harold (later Earl of Stockton) 214, 217, 218, 221–2, 225, 228, 229, 230, 232, 240, 268

  Macmillan, Maurice 240, 258

  McWhirter, Ross 279, 280

  Madrid 120, 123

  Magdalen College, Oxford 22, 29

  Maguire, Frank 301

  Malta 123

  Manchester Regiment 163

  Manstein, Erich von 38

  Marathon camp 150

  Mares, Brian 226

  Marseilles 114–16, 128, 131

  Marx, Dr 173

  Mason, Roy 17, 220, 288, 292–6, 310, 311, 312, 324

  Mason-MacFarlane, Lieutenant General Sir Noël 138

  Matterson, Alan 236

  Maude, Angus 341

  Maudling, Reginald 230, 235, 285

  Mauthausen concentration camp 141, 174

  Mayhew, Sir Patrick 310

  Maze (previously Long Kesh internment centre) 273–4, 275, 299; 306; 307; 309; 340; 343

  Medical Research Council 231

  Merchant Shipping Bill 218

  Merritt, K.A. 31, 32, 33

  Merton College, Oxford 11, 23, 29–32, 201

  Merton Floats 32, 33

  MI5 17, 270, 335, 341, 351

  Interrogation Centre 130

  and Wilson’s downfall 269

  and Northern Ireland 289

  MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service) 13, 15, 16, 17, 112, 197, 270, 271, 335, 341

  MI9 as an offshoot of 12, 106, 127

  headquarters 126

  AN maintains contact 229, 356, 359

  appetite for information 183–4

  IS9 reports to 150

  Powell’s allegation 333, 336, 337

  MI9 124–57, 162, 271

  an offshoot of MI6 12, 106, 127

  escape and evasion role 12, 106, 127, 111–12

  recruits AN 12, 107, 108, 119, 124–6

  AN’s role in Paris and Brussels 12– 13

  Darling’s intelligence office 122

  in Great Central Hotel, Marylebone 124

  headquarters 127

  operating methods 128–9

  criticism of 132

  operative losses 136

  disbandment 161