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opinion of Betty, 216, 331, 449, 463
plans to send Betty to France with Brousse, 429–431, 436–437
recruited as intelligence asset, 212
Vichy embassy missions and, 357, 361, 367, 391, 407
visits Betty as “Mr. Williams,” 333–336, 338
see also Quiet Canadian, The (Hyde)
Sunday People, 459, 460
Taft, Robert, 295
Thompson, Iain, 23, 459–460
Thorpe, Cora (mother), 9, 257, 290–291, 298, 299, 342, 459
background, 44–45
Betty’s debut and, 65–66
Betty’s marriage to Pack and, 75–76, 272–273
Betty’s relationship with, 8–10
death of, 56, 455
Denise Pack goes to live with, 454, 455
marriage of, 46
social ambitions of, 43–44, 46–49, 275
Stephenson and, 334–335
Thorpe, George (brother), 46, 51
Thorpe, George Cyrus (father)
background, 44
Betty’s relationship with, 56–57, 71–72
death of, 136, 342
marriage of, 46
military service of, 44, 45, 46, 47–48, 53
resigns commission and moves family to Washington, 59
Thorpe, Jane (sister), 46, 257, 290, 428
Thyssen, Fritz, 212
Turing, Alan, 217
Ulysses (Joyce), 89–90, 90
United States
Betty’s first missions as “watcher,” 292–293
cooperation with British secret service in World War II, 261–269
Italian navy’s plans to scuttle ships in harbors, 321–328
Lend Lease and, 295–298
see also Federal Bureau of Investigation; State Department; Vichy French embassy entries; Washington DC entries
Valero, Dr. Luis, 144, 146, 149, 150, 151
Vandenberg, Arthur, 296, 297–298
Vichy France
Americans rounded up and interned in after North Africa invasion, 439–440
history of, 336–337
Vichy French embassy, Betty’s intelligence work and, 343
dangers of, 357–358
initial approach to Brousse and Henry-Hyde, 338–346
recruits Brousse as agent, 346–351, 354–357
Stephenson and Pepper contact about, 333–338, 351–352
Vichy plans in US and, 351–352
Vichy French embassy, Betty’s theft of naval ciphers from
Allies’ need for, 359–362, 366–368, 424–426
Allies’ use of, 424–426
attempts to recruit Benoit, 371–375
attempts to recruit Grandville, 375–389
code names during, 393
failed attempts, 400–412
planning for, 362–364, 369–370, 390–399
successful theft, 413–424, 424
US involvement in, 365–368
Washington, DC
Arthur visits Betty in, 353–354
Thorpe family in, 43, 46–49, 59–60
Washington, DC, Betty’s intelligence work in
asked to move to, 277–278, 284–291, 289
Italian naval codes and, 299–320
Italian plans to scuttle ships in US harbors and, 321–328
see also Vichy French embassy entries
Washington Evening Star, 443
Waterbury, Shaw, 432
Whitehouse, Norman, 271–273
Wilde, Oscar, 22, 42
Willingdon, Lord, 258, 276
Yeats, William Butler, 195, 195–196
About the Author
HOWARD BLUM is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dark Invasion and the Edgar Award–winning American Lightning, as well as Wanted!, The Gold Exodus, Gangland, and The Floor of Heaven. While at the New York Times, Blum was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He is the father of three children and lives in Connecticut.
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NONFICTION
Dark Invasion
The Floor of Heaven
American Lightning
The Eve of Destruction
The Brigade
The Gold of Exodus
Gangland
Out There
I Pledge Allegiance: The True Story of the Walkers, an American Spy Family
Wanted! The Search for Nazis in America
FICTION
Wishful Thinking
Credits
Cover design by Gregg Kulick
Cover photographs: Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge UK (Betty Pack); © Roberto A. Sanchez / Getty Images (background)
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