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not in May 1916 SHAT, pièce 404, 21 May 1917.
“My 20,000 francs” Ibid.
“A certain time after” SHAT, pièce 175, 13 June 1917.
a scandalously low-cut white dress See photo, Mata Hari scrapbooks. 189, 190 “I beg to report” and “Although she was thoroughly” PRO MEPO 3/2444 9666, Port of Folkestone, 4 December 1915.
“Not above suspicion” and “most unsatisfactory” PRO MEPO 3/2444, W531.
“Summary and description” PRO MEPO 3/2444 61207 ALIENS no. 30727/2. Information received from Folkestone Secret 61207/ MO 5 E, 9 December 1915.
Chapter 11 In Time of War
“15,000 francs” PRO MI5 KV2/1, dossier 751 attached to memorandum MI5 no. 71637.
“One suspects her” Ibid.
“a liar and a first-class intriguer” Jeffrey T. Richelson, A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995), 12.
expressed concern that the story PRO MI5 KV2/1 no. 74194.
she was to be arrested PRO M6 3/2444, 22 February 1916.
“Well-known Dutch artist” Telegram, John Loudon to Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, 27 April 1916, Nederlandse Gezantshap in Groot-Brittanie (en Ierland), 1813–1932 (Dutch embassy in Great Britain [and Ireland], 1813–1932), 849, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.
“undesirable” Telegram, Reneke de Marees van Swinderen to John Loudon, 4 May 1916, ibid.
a bizarre occurrence SHAT, pièce 366, 21 February 1917.
“not even the intervention” Ambassade de la République Français en Espagne to van Royen, 17 June 1916, Dutch Legation in Spain, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.
He committed suicide Russell Warren Howe, Mata Hari: The True Story (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1986), 271.
the ferocious battle of Verdun Information taken from http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/verdun.htm, accessed April 2006.
she complained to the bellboy SHAT, pièce 9, 21 June 1916.
“très élégante” SHAT, pièce 8, 20 June 1916.
she was seen in the company SHAT, pièce 17, 11 July 1916.
why was she seeing these other men? SHAT, pièce 18, 12 July 1916.
“Suffering from pains” SHAT, pièce 24, 18 July 1916.
“We do not know” SHAT, pièce 26, 20 July 1916.
They were observed together SHAT, pièce 27, 21 July 1916; pièce 28, 22 July 1916; pièce 31, 25 July 1916.
“Around this time” SHAT, pièce 149, 9 May 1917.
Mata Hari could not have known SHAT, pièce 37, 31 July 1916.
“Abruptly, without my observing” and “In the days which preceded” SHAT, pièce 149, 9 May 1917.
He saw her on July 21, 22, 25, and 27 and “very animated” SHAT, pièce 27, 21 July 1916; pièce 28, 22 July 1916; pièce 31, 23 July 1916; pièce 33, 24 July 1916; pièce 39, 1 August 1916; pièce 40, 2 August 1916; pièce 41, 3 August 1916; pièce 48, 9 August 1916; pièce 56, 17 August 1916; pièce 57, 18 August 1916; pièce 58, 19 August 1916; pièce 69, 30 August 1916; pièce 70, 31 August 1916.
“too bleached blond” SHAT, pièce 149, 9 May 1917.
she was with another officer SHAT, pièce 69, 30 August 1916; pièce 70, 31 August 1916.
Vladimir de Massloff SHAT, pièce 35, 19 July 1916.
in the Special Imperial Russian Regiment SHAT, pièce 36, 30 July 1916.
they returned to the Grand Hotel SHAT, pièce 37, 31 July 1916.
her permit was refused because Ibid.
She also sent a note to Hallaure SHAT, pièce 38, 31 July 1916.
Chapter 12 The Tangled Web
Joffre had appointed Ladoux Georges Ladoux, Les chasseursd’espions: Comment j’ai fait arrêter Mata Hari (The Spy-Hunters: How I Arrested Mata Hari) (Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1932), 7–8.
“Counterespionage is not today” Georges Ladoux to Minister of War Alexandre Millerand and Minister of the Interior Louis Malvy, 10 September 1915, no. 3036—SCR 2/11, reprinted ibid., 188–89.
“It was in August 1916” Ibid., 231.
“a fat man with very black beard” PRO MEPO 3/2444 9666, 16 November 1916, 11.
“When I was slow to ask her” Ladoux, Chasseurs, 231–32.
Although she was thoroughly PRO MEPO 3/2444 9666, Port of Folkestone, 4 December 1915.
The second circular PRO M6 3/2444, 22 February 1916.
“We have often spoken” and “With fliers” Ladoux, Chasseurs, 233–35.
“And the strange creature” Ibid.
“There, I was received” SHAT, pièce 366, 21 February 1917.
reports from Monier and Tarlet show that SHAT, pièce 39, 1 August 1916; pièce 48, 9 August 1916.
asked the hotel to tell Hallaure SHAT, pièce 40, 2 August 1916.
On August 3 SHAT, pièce 41, 3 August 1916.
Later that day Ibid.
Mata Hari accompanied Vadime SHAT, pièce 336, 19 May 1917; pièce 43, 4 August 1916.
she asked anxiously SHAT, pièce 48, 9 August 1916.
“a gift of silver” SHAT, pièce 170, 25 May 1917.
The couple had not returned by 11 SHAT, pièce 57, 18 August 1916.
August 19, she told the hotel SHAT, pièce 58, 19 August 1916.
The implication that de Marguérie SHAT, pièce 175, 13 June 1917.
“Captain, in principle, I accept” SHAT, pièce 367, 23 February 1917.
“an expedited telegram to the front” SHAT, pièce 60, 21 August 1916.
she stopped at both the Russian embassy SHAT, pièce 63, 24 August 1916.
On the twenty-ninth, she picked SHAT, pièce 68, 29 August 1916.
On the thirty-first, Hallaure called SHAT, pièce 69, 30 August 1916.
She left by train for Vittel SHAT, pièce 70, 31 August 1916; pièce 71, 2 September 1916.
wore a bandage covering his left eye SHAT, pièce 72, 3 September 1916.
“[Vadime] had been gravely injured” SHAT, pièce 367, 23 February 1917.
“Vittel, 1916—In memory” and “To my dear little Marina” Sam Waagenaar, Mata Hari (New York: Appleton-Century, 1965), 140.
Mata Hari asked the brigadier general and social snubs SHAT, pièce 77, 8 September 1916.
“I was at Vittel” SHAT, pièce 173, 29 May 1917.
“My doctor, Dr. Boulommier” SHAT, pièce 174, 30 May 1917.
“a costume all of lace” SHAT, pièce 352, 2 June 1917.
“a jewel of some value” SHAT, pièce 76, 7 September 1916.
Chapter 13 Maelstrom
For mysterious reasons…Ladoux suspended the surveillance There is a gap in the surveillance reports; pièce 82 is dated 13 September 1916, and pièce 83 is dated 13 October 1916.
“She had been the most docile” Georges Ladoux, Les chasseurs d’espions: Comment j’ai fait arrêter Mata Hari (The Spy-Hunters: How I Arrested Mata Hari) (Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1932), 237–40.
“I have already been the mistress” Ibid.
there were cabarets in Berlin Phillip Hoare, Oscar Wilde’s Last Stand (New York: Arcade, 1998), 32, citing Magnus Hirschfeld, ed., The Sexual History of the World War (New York: Panurge Press, 1934), 203.
Hotel Meurice, where she had stayed SHAT, pièce 84, 14 October 1916.
“From the beginning” SHAT, pièce 233, 2 April 1916.
“Be serious” Ladoux, Chasseurs, 241.
“Listen well, I am certain” Ibid., 243.
“Do I go to Germany” SHAT, pièce 367, 23 February 1917.
“Here is my plan” Ibid.
she must have an advance SHAT, pièce 368, 24 February 1917.
She asked if he had received SHAT, pièce 367, 23 February 1917.
“No. That sort of trickery” Ibid.
“Captain, I beg you” Ibid.
Eventually she paid another SHAT, pièce 84, 14 October 1916.
She also wrote to the Dutch consul Mata Hari to unnamed consul, 13 October 1916, bMS 1553, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
She visited Ladoux SHAT, pièce
87, 17 October 1916. 233 this pattern of visit and pneumatique SHAT, pièce 89, 19 October 1916.
She moved into cheaper rooms SHAT, pièce 88, 18 October 1916.
He had a brief leave SHAT, pièce 96, 26 October 1916.
Mata Hari sent Vadime three letters SHAT, pièce 98, 28 October 1916.
sent Vadime a money order SHAT, pièce 105, 4 November 1916.
Mata Hari left Paris SHAT, pièce 106, 5 November 1916.
Chapter 14 Stepping into the Trap
Upon our arrival SHAT, pièce 368, 24 February 1917.
“She was one of the most charming” Sam Waagenaar, Mata Hari (New York: Appleton-Century, 1965), 154.
“We found absolutely nothing” Ibid., 155.
“MARGARETHA ZELLE MacLEOD” PRO MEPO 3/2444 9666, 14 November 1916, report from Falmouth, 22.
“As Madame MacLeod’s story” Ibid.
“What do you want from me?” Waagenaar, Mata Hari, 156.
The Grants had also permitted Ibid.
“May I beg Your Excellency” Mata Hari to Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, 13 November 1916, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.
Thomson held on to her letter Waagenaar, Mata Hari, 157.
“For four days” SHAT, pièce 368, 24 February 1917.
Captain Reginald Hall and his assistant Julie Wheelwright, The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari and the Myth of Women in Espionage (London: Collins & Brown, 1992), 56.
“ACC: Did you ever” PRO MEPO 3/2444 9666 39, 15 November 1916, 38.
“ACC: Just before you went” Ibid., 16 November 1916, 10.
Mata Hari steadfastly denied Ibid., 8.
“MZM: Now I have” Ibid.
“He said, ‘Go to Holland’” Ibid., 10–11.
“You love a Russian officer” Ibid., 12.
“It would be awkward” Ibid., 13.
“I have the honor” Basil Thomson to Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, 16 November 1916a, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.
“We have the honor” Basil Thomson to Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, 16 November 1916b, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.
He sent a telegram in cipher Basil Thomson to Georges Ladoux, no. MA 22939, 16 November 1916, PRO MEPO 3/2444.
“tall and sinuous” Basil Thomson, My Experiences at Scotland Yard (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1923), 201–2.
“We were convinced” Ibid.
“to give up what you are doing” Ibid., 183.
“very large professional wardrobe” PRO MEPO 3/2444, 18 November 1916, 7.
“Box with gilt clock” Ibid.
“Understand nothing” Georges Ladoux, Les chasseurs d’espions: Comment j’ai fait arrêter Mata Hari (The Spy-Hunters: How I Arrested Mata Hari) (Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1932), 246.
“Ref. our telegram” and “I’ll BET he would!” PRO MEPO 3/2444, marked B.C.I.—18-11-1916—marked “16/11/16 sent telegram asking if Ladoux employed her, sent in cipher.”
“to marry Captain Vadime de Massloff” Wheelwright, Fatal, 61.
“The compatriot had originally” Reneke de Marees van Swinderen to Dutch legation Madrid, 1 December 1916, Algemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague.
Arriving back in Spain The date 11 December 1916 was stamped in her passport at the Dutch consulate.
“What, they took you for” SHAT, pièce 368, 24 February 1917.
Cazeaux’s response Waagenaar, Mata Hari, 201–2.
Chapter 15 Secrets and Betrayal
He ordered that all messages intercepted Georges Ladoux, Les chasseurs d’espions: Comment j’ai fait arrêter Mata Hari (The Spy-Hunters: How I Arrested Mata Hari) (Paris: Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1932), 146.
She slipped into the envelope The account of this meeting is taken from SHAT, pièce 369, 28 February 1917.
“Him (in German)” Ibid.
“I can do what I wish” Ibid.
“Madam…I have never seen” Ibid.
“My colonel, calm down” Ibid.
“[Me:] Well, always tired” SHAT, pièce 369, 28 February 1917.
“Tell them…what sort of woman” Ibid.
“Him: Come here into the light” Ibid.
Kalle had given her 3,500 francs SHAT, pièce 404, 21 May 1917.
coy and sexual content SHAT, pièce 181, 1 March 1917.
“a person known to be hostile” SHAT, pièce 370, 1 March 1917.
She addressed a letter to him SHAT, pièce 107, 3 January 1917.
“Ah, yes, the military” and “Wishing desperately to see” SHAT, pièce 370, 1 March 1917.
Chapter 16 Caught in a Trap
“4 January. My dear” SHAT, piéce 108, 4 January 1917.
they did not record her second Ibid.
was acting “bizarrely” and “In any case, you must” SHAT, piéce 370, 1 March 1917.
Dr. Edmond Locard Julie Wheelwright, The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari and the Myth of Women in Espionage (London: Collins & Brown, 1992), 69; Russell Warren Howe, Mata Hari: The True Story (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1986), 138–39; and Edmond Locard, Mata-Hari (Paris: Flammé d’Or, 1954).
“The first message” SHAT, pièce 237, 13 December 1916.
More messages about H21 SHAT, pièce 240, 20 December 1916; pièce 41, 22 December 1916; pièce 242, 25 December 1916; pièce 243, 26 December 1916; pièce 244, 28 December 1916; pièce 245, 28 December 1916; pièce 246, 29 December 1916; pièce 247, 5 January 1917; pièce 248, 6 March 1917; pièce 249, 8 March 1917. Note that pièces 238 and 239 are missing from the archives.
“Tomorrow evening” SHAT, pièce 111, 7 January 1917.
She visited a fortune-teller SHAT, pièce 110, 6 January 1917.
She was seen weeping SHAT, pièce 112, 8 January 1917.
She wrote Vadime loving cards SHAT, pièce 110, 6 January 1917; pièce 111, 7 January 1917; pièce 112, 8 January 1917.
very worried about being tailed SHAT, pièce 116, 12 January 1917.
she was taking many precautions SHAT, pièce 117, 13 January 1917.
an incoming letter from Vadime SHAT, pièce 118, 14 January 1917.
She complained to the concierge SHAT, pièce 119, 15 January 1917.
on or about January 15 Locard, Mata-Hari, 142–44.
“What do you want of me?” SHAT, pièce 370, 1 March 1917.
“If I am not ashamed” Ibid.
to the Hotel Castiglione SHAT, pièce 231, 25–31 January 1917.
she was spending 500 francs a week SHAT, pièce 218, 10 April 1917. In this document, Inspector Curnier reports that Mata Hari has spent 13,000 in Paris in various hotels since May of 1916. At first glance, this seems to indicate she spent 13,000 francs over almost 12 months, but Mata Hari was not in Paris for much of that time and, from February 13 until the date of the report, she was in prison and obviously not spending in hotels. According to the documents, Mata Hari spent roughly 26 weeks in Paris between May 1916 and February 13, 1917. This works out to about 500 francs per week, the equivalent today of $1,610 per week or a total of $41,860 in modern currency.
Priolet…and Henri Maunoury…she was tailed León Schirmann, Mata-Hari: Autopsie d’une machination (Mata Hari: Autopsy of a Fix) (Paris: Éditions Italiques, 2001), 135–36.
“The 6th or 7th of February” SHAT, pièce 329, 9 April 1917.
“She showed me various photos” SHAT, pièce 148, 7 May 1917.
a “dangerous adventuress” SHAT, pièce 306, 24 May 1917.
the strongly worded caution SHAT, pièce 336, 19 May 1917.
Denvignes had turned against her SHAT, pièce 306, 24 May 1917.
“I wish to make known” SHAT, pièce 1, 10 February 1917.
The warrant was stamped for execution SHAT, pièce 478, 10 February 1917.
intercept her ongoing correspondence SHAT, pièce 176, 12 February 1917.
Mata Hari did not appear naked Albert Morain, The Underworld of Paris: Secrets of the Sûreté (London: Jarrold, 1930), 217.
“Seal Number One” SHAT, piéce 177, 13 February 1917.
Chapter 17 Grind
ing Her to Dust
Ladoux had not yet confided Julie Wheelwright, The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari and the Myth of Women in Espionage (London: Collins & Brown, 1992), 71; and Philippe Collas, Mata Hari: Sa véritable histoire (Mata Hari: Her True Story) (Paris: Plon, 2003), 279–81.
a list of addresses for couturiers Collas, Véritable, 279.
“Justice must know” Ibid., 284.
“the Grand Inquisitor” Ibid.
his name…was apt Ibid., 283, quoting Annales politiques et littéraires (Political and Literary Annual), 25 November 1917.
she did not need one SHAT, pièce 362, 13 February 1917.
“I am innocent” Ibid.
“I saw a tall woman” Pierre Bouchardon, Souvenirs (Memoirs) (Paris: Albin Michel, 1954), 305–6.
Bouchardon had recently Collas, Véritable, 302, 350; Adam Sage, “Misogyny and French Lies Killed Mata Hari,” Times (London), 10 November 2003.
“From the first interview” SHAT, pièce 422, 24 June 1917.
Saint-Lazare was dark, damp Sam Waagenaar, Mata Hari (New York: Appleton-Century, 1965), 179; and Wheelwright, Fatal, 72.
“Yes! A telephone” León Bizard, Souvenirs d’un médecin de Saint-Lazare (Memoirs of a doctor at Saint-Lazare) (Paris: Albin Michel, 1923), 45.
“Was she, had she been pretty?” SHAT, pièce 422, 24 June 1917.
“I expressly renounce” and “abandoned the conjugal home” SHAT, pièce 363, 15 February 1917.
“I wish, for the rest of the questioning” Ibid.
“she had taken hold of herself” Bouchardon, Souvenirs, 306.
Mata Hari was examined by…Jules Socquet SHAT, pièce 124, 15 and 17 February 1917.
“aged 40 years, tall” SHAT, pièce 125, 16 February 1917.
moved from her first cell SHAT, pièce 126, 18 and 19 February 1917.
Maître Clunet was present SHAT, pièce 366, 21 February 1917.
“an old and somewhat” SHAT, pièce SDR 14, 5 May 1917.
“it was a grand love” SHAT, pièce 366, 21 February 1917.
“Already the official mistress” SHAT, pièce 422, 24 June 1917.
“I again ask for my” SHAT, R 8, n.d.
Astonishingly, Bouchardon ordered SHAT, R 3, 25 February 1917; R 7, 1 March 1917.
Curnier even put in SHAT, R 6, 28 February 1917.