DUSKO POPOV, SECRET AGENT FOR BRITAIN IN WORLD WAR II

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505150005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 24, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ON PAGE IS - 24 August 1981
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ARTICLE APPEALED
Dusko Popov, Secret Agent
46 0 tain in World War . 11 1
For Bri
69, a spy for Great Britain during would come in the extreme north of
World War 11 who was thought by - France, thus diverting several divi- i
many to have been the model for Ian sions away from the, eventual land-
Fleming's fictional secret agent.. ing spot in Normandy.
James Bond, died here Friday. The He 'published a . book in- 1974
cause of death was not reported.,- called "Spy, Counter Spy," in which
The Yi oelav-born , Mr. Popov; -" he recounted some of his experi-
d ambli 1
n
Th 1 d
~~ suade the German high command-i
OPIO France - Dusko Popov, that the expected Allied invasion
code-named "Tricycle" when he be-
came a British agent in _1940, was
recruited by German Army intelli-
gence the same year. He passed Nazi
secrets to Britain' and gave false in.
formation to Berlin.
In mid-1941, when he warned
that Japan had plans to attack the
U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, the
idea was rejected as improbable by
the United States: The attack took
place the following December.
In 1944 Mr. Popov helped per-
e
g
ences. , ese me u g
$50,000 in one night at a casino in ,
Estoril, Portugal, under the- gaze of
British naval intelligence officer
Fleming. Mr. Popov won, and-the
incident became part of Fleming's
first James Bond' novel, "Casino
Royale."
Mr. Popov became a British sub-
ject after the war. He was the son of
a wealthy Yugoslav family and was
considered a playboy when he be-
came a double agent on Britain's-
behalf.
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