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I set out below a brief outline from August 1944- to ]larch 1945 inclusive the third instalment of your swrmary .

of the activities i n the GARBOcas e which you may wish to incorporate in

1. It is not surprising that same of the incredible adventures of GARBO of whispers amongst the members of the German should have become the subject decret Jer vice . GARBO's spy master in Madrid had achieved no smal l degree of fame throueh the succesful enterprises of his protege . The tricks by which he had contrived to evade detection were being talked about; rtnnours were spreading that he had comtri ved through negotiating in the financial black market to transfer funds to the U. K. , a problem which had proved insurmountable to many a spy master . That he had concealed a lar g e and important document i n a home ma.de cake and sent it with this camoufla,ee by an innocent seaman to the Peninsula , had become the subject of an Abwehr j ok e . "Our agent in Eneland is also a cook . He maYes cakes which are unp leasant to eat in spite of the fact that their contents are excellent ." Stor ies of this sort were filtering back to us through our counter espionage a.gents abroad. Peop le who had associated themselves with the Gennan Secret Service were begi nn i ng to show increasing si~s of making preparat ions to change sides and betray their masters . What better bait could they offer us in exchange for pardon than information about a spy rine; in Enl!land? Sooner or later we would be botmd to accept information on which we would be expected to effect GARBO's arrest . Failure to do so would compranise the cover plan and disclose the techn ique which we had used to deceive the enemy . GARBO's notional arrest would disrupt the case , at least for a long time . There was one possibility of averting the risk of having to put this unfittini::r end to his work and it is with this problem in hand that we embarked on this new phase of GARBO's career .

that if we could contrive to put GARBOinto 2. It wo.s decided therefore hi.dine, far removed from the re ach of the British l olice, we would be in a position to accept any information about Gi\R ,0 which might be offered to us by ex-Gennan a,~ents without compromise to the case, as, in the absence of a clue as to ~JIR_70's whereabouts we would be unable to take action against him . We knew that no one could lead us to the detection of the rest of the organization since the identity bf all the notional agents had always been withheld from the Germans as GARBOhad a lways expressed his view that it would be imprudent to disclose this information even in secret writing .

Having thus prepar ed the ground we invited a certain Roberto BUEHAGA , who had been offerin g to sell us information about a German spy rin g operating in the U. K., to cane forward with his inf'ortnl!tion . Whilst making our plans to interview BUEl~AGAGA.."RBO ' s notional courier, who is supposed to have influential contacts in Lisbon, learnt that the Brit ish Se cret Service there had made contact with an ex-member of the German Secr et Service v,ho had so far disc l osed the address to which secret information was being sent from the U. K. to the Germans in Lisbon . 1:e quickly realized that he too would be implicated if further information were disclosed and so it was f ar efully timed that he sent a warning The courier ' s warning re ached GARBOjust to GARBOof what was taking p lace . before BUENAGA ' s infcrmation filtered t hr ough to London . GARBO , very much ai'raid that further d.isclosures would be farthcoming , immediately went into hiding after vrarninrr the Germans by wireless that their agent BUENAGAwas attempting to betra,y him. GARBOleft the service in the hands of his Deputy , Agent No. 3, with whcm he continued to maintain contact frah nis hideout through another member of the or gan i za tion .

In f act BUENA.GA gave us not only information about GARBO's activities but also his full name and that of his wife . Thus GARBOwould have had to have been arrested had it not been far the i.mnediate measures he adopted on receipt of the first warning fran the courier . Through the courier GARBOwas kept infor~d of all the negotiations which took place in Lisbon between the British 3ecret Service and BUENAGA . He , in turn , passed all the information to the Germans by Yf/T through his Agent No. 3 and by secret letters carr i ed by th e

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courier . The fact that GiJThO continued t6 write was, in Ger man eyes , conclusive proof that his ingenuity had beaten the British Po li c e, and eventually the Ger ans wnrned BUENAGAto cease c ontact with the Br it ish if he valued his life .

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BUEJTAGA , o..fter receiving peymeu t f'rom the British far the information he ~a ve , heeded the Germans ' warning . To round off the incident a protest i7M 1aa.de by the British :Embassy in J.fadrid to t he :;,'panish I.:inistry of Foreign Affairs demanding the expulsion of GARBO 's spy master in Madrid frcm Spanish territory . His name had been given to us by BUEl!AGAand it waa made clear in the protest that the British Security authorities were unable to put a stop to certain espionage activities in this country and were therefore desirous of remo vi n~ the source of these activities , the spy master in Spain . The Spanish Uinis try of li'oreign Affairs replied to say that they ,vould talce the action requested but so far no action has been taken .

In spite of the fact that GARBOhimself was tnus removed f'rom active service the rest of the or gani zation continued to operate as hitherto . Since l' ARBO maintained contact with his Deputy Chief the Germans continued to write _personal letters to him which were mainly intended to bolster up his morole and lessen the hardship of his isolation . Instructions to the rest of the organization were also contained in these letters to GARBO . In addition a regular wireless service continued to operate direct between Agent r.o . 3 and the Germans in Madrid .

7. Lengthy correspondence was exchanged betvreen GARBOand the Germans as to how he was t o escape . GARBOgrew· a beard and made all preparations to take over a new identity m.th doC\.Ullentation which should be furnished by the Gernians and brm..ieht from the Pe ninsula here by the courier; alternatively he proposed obtainin g documentation by various complicated r ~uses which he set out in detail . The present state of these ne.n-otiations is th at the Germans have promised to furnish GARBO with the documents of a Spanish national who had been in France until r ecently . They have promised to supply the full story of the man ' s history so that G.ARBOcan better adopt his persona l ity . They ha v e undertal:en to supply him with clothing of continental make and in exchange GARBOhas su11.ilied them with the necessary photographs of hims elf with 11beard fo?" the documentation . ·/hen these promises have been fulfilled , the means of escape f'ram the u. K. having meanwhile been prepared, a meetin oetwe en GA."ll :,O and the Germans in the Peninsula wil l be arran g ed. 8. During this period there has been little call on the organization to assist the activities on the Front by means of deception . At SUAEF "s request every effort has been made to keep the GARBOorganization in position to be able to implement deception in France . It will be recalled that to implenent the OVERLORDdeception it had been necessary to create t wo notional .Armies in order to maintain the threat aeainst the Pas de Calais area . Thes~ Armies and the formations under them had appeared in captured German documents and there was no doubt that their existen c e was believed in by the German J-Ii.~h C011Dnand. With an active or g anization here these \rm ies could not be lost sight of and it was essential to dispose of them in a reasonably plausible vro:y. Under SHAEF' s direction the 14th U. S. Arrey was disbanded and the troops · under its Canmand were gradually absorbed into other fonnations overseas . The 4-th .Arrl\Ywas split up, one Corps coming under the command of the War Office , the other was absorbed into Northern Cormnand. Thus, over a period of several months these .Armies were vt.ritten off to the entire satisfaction of the German Intelligence Service . From the persis t ent questionnaires which continued to reach us there is no doubt that the German Intelligence Service had considerably ov erestimated our strength and had been onticipating a new amphibious ope r ation based on our east coast and it has not been without some diff i culty that we at first tried to convince them that this is n6t in fact the case , Prior to the offensi v e 1

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increa.sin 3 fre quency in order th at a reserve fund of up t o £1 0, 00 0 may be built up for the use of GARBO's organization after he escapes f r om The Germans have novr parted wi th app r oximat ely .£3"Q,OOO for t he U. IC. the maintenance of the G-ARBOor g anizati on and a further sum of £5 , 000 or i£ , 000 is promised in the n e ar future .

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Even since GARBOwas premised the Iron Cross in recognit ion of his activities -we have tried to g et the Germans to send on th e medal . They have naturally objected on the grounds that it would be a most canprcmising object for GARBOto have in his possession . I t now appears that complications have arisen in Berlin with regard to the grant i ng of a German military decoration to a Spanish civilian . The following MSS messa~e from J.Iadrid to Berlin i s an int er esting insight into the attitude of GARBO ' s masters in their feelings tmvards him :-

29 . 1 2. l.,li.. In re award of Iron Cross II to GARBOand the discussions in Berlin. In our,message of the 17. 6. we app l ied for award of Iro11 Cross II to GARBOemphasising that he was a Spanish National , but g ivin g as justific at ion the fact that activity of C:.A RBO in England constantly at the price of hi s l;i.f'e was just as important as the ser v ice at the front of the Spanish members of the Blue Division . We were informed in yo ur message of the 24. 6 that award ,vas agreed to and that the submission of the prescribed proposal had been p u t fo r war d . On the basis of this information we at this end were 1.mder the impression that no difficulties were to be expected in ( obtaining) the eventual award , and this was rep ar ted to GARBO, who was at that time , as a result of v ery great difficulties, in a st ate of mental depression for psychological reasons . The communication of this news about the award had the expected result and evoked f r om GARBOa written expression of his special pride at the distinction . Difficulties in maintaining and extending the GARBOnetwork have been const.antly increas i ng recently , but were mastered by G,\RBOwith an utter disregard f ar all per3onal interests and by g ivin g all he was capable of . GARBOhas himself been in hiding for weeks, separated from wife and children . The extraordinary successes of GARBO have been made possible by his constant , compl et e and express confidence in the Fuehrer and our cause . He re g ards the award of the Iron Cross II , as reported to him , as final and as coming from the Fuehrer . rt seems psycho l ogical l y impossible now to inform him that the award "IVill not be made without exercising the most adverse effect on him and his or gan ization . For the reasons stated please support the award from yo ur end with all possible means . Would it not be possible to classify GARBOretrospective l y as a member of of the Blue Division? Please report to us by 17/T results your efforts , as GARBOhas already asked for the decoration in ques tion to be sent to his next of kin to be kept for / him.

J.4.. A sidelirte in GARBO ' s activities has been an attempt to discredit a powerful 1.mcontrolled age nt ope r at in g in the Pe ninsula, who has for a long while been feeding the German Sec ret S ervi ce with information mostzy invented by himself, some of which, not unnaturally, was qamaging , not only to our orm work but also to the interests of security . It would :i.ppeor from the latest appreciation received by Madrid from Berlin that we have to some degree succeeded in this . The message ran :1,iilitar y reconnaissance by the GARBOnetwork produced clear picture in the most :important areas (10 missing)

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" WEEKLYSID!MARYOF THE DIMORTALCASE 10.5.45

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PLANSFOR IMMORTAL ' S POST'WARPENETRAT ION OF G-ERMAN UNDERGROUND MOVEMENTS.

1. Since the Germans first indicated on the 1.5.45 that their ar-ganizatian was in a state of chaos we have made every efi'ort to engineer IMMORTALinto a position to be able to penetrate whatever German stey behind post war organizatia is built up in Spain. The G-erman.s, in the long messages which they have been sending, have made it clear that there exist plans for forming a new or gan ization which will be directed to work against the Russians. It appears that these plans are still in their early stages and the G-ennans thansel ves do not y et know how and when they ' will materialize. We have shown a mutual desire t9 main t ain contact so as to be able to collaborate, if necessary, in .Arrangements have been made to be able to contact lDCl'IBEAM's the post war. orga ni zat ion in Canada through Agent No. 3 who will be supplied vri th a cover In f'act Cyril :M ills ·has arranged to let us have a address for this purpose. cover address in Canada which coul d , if' necessary, be p:1Ssed to the Germans should they, at a later stage, which to make contact direct. Meanwhile MOONBEAM 's organization will close down. 2.

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PLAN FOE IMMO ... RTAt.Is RETURNTO SPAIN.

1• Until G-erman planning has become further advanced the chances that IMM:)RTALcould obtain interesting inf'ormation by reachin g Madrid quic kly seem ORTALcould remote. We have endeavoured to get an address in Spain where I MM make contact immediately an his arrival in Spain but this has not been forth• . coming. :?robably the G-ermans do not wish to take any risk of compromising their post war or gan izationLinto the hands of a man who is alrea dy knovm to . the British.an adgress which could lead t o its discovery. They have put forward a plan fm · contacting IMMORTALthrough ' a ' cut-out at a Ca:fe in Madrid where Il.1MORTAL is instructed to put i n an appearance once a week until contact . is made. Thi~ plan presupposes that Il-lMORT.AL will have reached Spain by By this plan they would be able t o wat ch I MM:ClRTAL 's movenent s and June 4t'tl. be sure that hel was not being follm7ed before they risked making contact. It is therefore a plan which is not acceptable to us and in the event of their them we will have to work failin g to g ive us an address where we can contact on the basi;; that Agent No. 3 will be kept informed of the whereabouts of Ili!MOR T.AL and that _ if they wish to g et hold of him they mu.'3t get the address from Agent No. 3 whose cover address in the U.K. they ha~e been given.

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2. It will be recalled that IMMORTAL was smuggled out of Portugal when he came here in 1942. Enquiries have been made of P .c. o., Lisbon as to the ris k which IM?JQ.'R. TAL would ruri if lie now returns to Spain by ail:- via Portugal He is of the opinion that the P ortuguese Police would tmder his own name. almdst certainly have records agai nst him far- havin g le.ft th e country clandestinely. !:!e therefore s ugge sts that IMMORTALshould be smuggled back into Por tugal clandestinely and passed through P ortugal into Spain tmder t heir care. This plan is not acceptable because Il'lMORTAL,.,ould · then be involved in complic ations with the Spanish police whose records show that he left Spain in 194,1. Were he therefore to reappear without havin g entered regularly his security in Spain would be endangered.

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The plan for sending him to Spain direct from the U. K. has been considered. It has the disadvantage that he would be entered in Spain Exit Fermi t. This conflicts as having come fran the u. K. with a British m.th his notional position here.

4. If be were to enter Portugal clandestinely to reappear as if be had never left that country he would have to accot.mt to Portugu ese P olice for not having made peyment of the requisite re fees as a fareigner and explain how and where he had been livin g in Pcn.·tugal. period of his silence

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5. t His position has been further complicated by information which has been brought to light through the War Room Monthly Sununary Noo l of the 15.4.45 reference S.F. 52/10/29 para. J4 f'ran which is learnt that at least one section workin g with the KdM Spain has · handed over part of its reserve funds and details t of its stay behind network to the Spanish General Staff.

6. If we are to prepare Dll!OORTAL for work in Spain a long basis we must ensure tba.t he is able to g ive the Spaniards a cover to the story which he will tell which should not be in contradiction Germans. At too same time his entry into Spain must be legal and not proceed there direct f'rom the U.K. where he is believed by the to be black listed. · ·

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7. It s eems that these conditions can be fulfilled providing we are prepared to allow him to delay for some three months his appearance in Spain. During this period he would notionally be smuggled out of the U.K. There he would be by his seaman Agent No. 7 who would get him to Canada . , who would facilitate his journey helpe d by his Venezuelan agent, ll!DONBEAM I MMOR TAL would become to Venezuela or sane other Latin .American COllll.try. In a resident of that country and there obtain a new Spanish passport. :eosses sion of this he i'Tould anbark in an .American part on a Spanish ship and sail direct to a Spanish part where he would make a legal entry into Spain on his new pasi;;part. His journey from .America to Spain would not, we envisage, take place until about September by when it would be reasonable to suppooe that the British m>uld not b,e watching out fer him on the .American/ Spanish sea routes, particularly as we are supposed to believe that DvliviORTAL. escaped f'rom t~e u.K. to Spain several ·months ago. · 8. To implanmt this plan it would be necessary far Dl!MORTALto g o t ~ the u,s .A. and thence to some Latin .American country, to be - selected. His in August . He would present Spanish passport issued in London expires therefore, on application to a Spanish Consul abroad, be issued with a new if he ensured that his present passport was :filled passport , particularly up by the numerous Immigration stamps and visas which w~d be required to transit through the numerous Central American Republics. In possession of his new passport he would proceed to Spain by sea, where he should arrive during September by ' when it mey be assumed that the Germans will have started to get themselves organized if ever they are to do so. III.

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TO DISCUSS D1MORTAL'SFUTUREPLANS.

1. At a meeting held between Stuart, Bristow, _ and ieyself the above plans were discussedo Stuart was asked his opinion as to the likelihood of the Germans having access to ·spanish Security records. He replied that it was his opinion that KUHLENTHAL would be able, and discover the should he so desire, to check up through the Spaniards method by wh;ich I1lli!DRTALhad entered Spaino He expressed the vie., that since the Spaniards alreacy knew so much about the activities of the in German r.s. the tendency on the part of the Germans would be to confide the Spaniards more than they have already done. The plan for smding D1MORTALto Spain via Lisbon, where, on his arrival, he would tell the Germans the cover story that he had passed through France and entered Spain clandestinely over the Pyrenees, was outlined to the meeting and it - 2 -

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to put this plan into practice. a"1>«-J 2. Para. II sub. paras. 6, 7 and 8/vrere read to the meeting and it was a.greed that this course should be adopted. Mastennan raised the point that D&roRTAL's quick arrival in Madrid was of considerable impat"tance and should not be overlooked. He expressed the view that the longer his deley the greater the risk of losing contact with whatever sectiet organization might be established. He agreed, however, that DJMORTAL 's security was the first consideration and s~ges ted that his arrival in Madrid via Central .America might be hastened. I said that th.at this would depend on the spped with which he could get the necessary visas and travel facilities. The first consideration would be to get him a visa for his place of destination as once this was obtained the transit visas were likely to be relatively easy.

I proposed that in the first place I should endeavour to assist D,1t.[)RrALin obtaining a visa for Bolivia. I am on fairly close terms of friendship with the Bolivian Consul and I could introduce nt40RTAL to him as a Spanish resident in this country who has fUI1ds here which he wishes to invest in a South American cotmtry and sey that I had reccmnended that he should try his future in Bolivia.

If the Bolivian visa were granted in this wa:y D.1MORTAL would then with our assistance apply for a U.S. transit visa and transit visas for Mexico , Guatemala , San Salvador , Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. He would travel by fast boat to the U.S.A. and possibly fly on to Mexico . He could stop off at acme of the Central .American Republics en route, and endeavour to get a new passpcrt issued to him. A:3 soon as he succeeds, he would then proceed to the nearest fran which sailin gs to Spain ·were being made. It port in Latin-America is hoped that he would not have to travel as fa:b as Boll via befcre he is able to get a new passport. To assist him in this objective it would which couid bi,. be arranged for a telegram to reach him on his travels despatched by s. I.S. in Spain£to urge his immediate return for family reasons. .Armed with this he should be able to induce some Spanish Consul on the grol.mds that his old one, already nearly to eive him a new passport full and approaching "its expiry date, would not serve him f'or his journey on to Spain.

5. The meeting agreed that subject to the approval of D.B., this plan should be put into motion and that every effort should be made to ensure DJ1DRTAL's arrival in Madrid at the earliest possible date having regard ~o the complications and deleys which mey be anticipated :in undertaltirtg a journey of this length.

6. The plan outlined above was submitted to D.B. on·the 11.5.45 for to Spain via his approval. He has authorized us to proceed , to get IMMORTAL the .Americas in accordance with t the plan . "IV.

IHt ORTAL' S CONTACT r'TITHTHE BOLIVIAN CONSUL-GENERAL.

On the 14.5.45 I telephoned Senor Luis ROMERO,the Bolivian ConsulGeneral to warn him that a f'riend of mine, a Spaniard, would be getting in touch with him in connection with his proposed visit to Bolivia. He said of mine his personal that I could rest assured that he would give any friend help. :lliMORT.AL called at the Legation and was well received by ROME:EW who said that befcre he could grant the visa he would have to write out to his Foreign Office for pennissicn . At IMMORTAL' s suggestion he undertook to cable out and to ask for a reply by the same method. At II\Y suggesticn Il!WRT.AL represented himself to ROMEROas a personal friend of mine of rna.n,t years standing and as a collector of' works of art who has ma.de several acquisitions f'rom II\Y Galleries.

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~ted I have put on paper the plan which I discussed with you yesterday . For purposes of reference I have called it PLAN PREMIUM.

Should you, ai'ter considering it, decide that it has possibilities, I would have to discuss it with GARBOwith whom I had a preliminary talk many- months a.go when the idea first crone to rzy mind and from ,vhom I did not get a very good response at the time. would exist as difficult contemplated

which GARBOis 1'ully aware of the dangers and difficulties in an under-taking to penetrate the Russians and a plan this, were it to reach its final stages , could not be except with an a.gent of his calibre .

GARBOhas , at the back of his mind , the belief that he will eventually conto.ct the Russians through the Germans . He believes that elements of the present Nazi p arty will go over to, and be accepted by, the Russians, and that the latter will eventually control an Intellieence Service rtm by Germans abroad , who they ·will use as cover for their own activities . He therefore is inclined to prefer to await developments rather than to force the pace. On v arious occasions GARBOhas expressed his belief that it will be of the utmost importance to penetrate Russian activities ebroad and I have no doubt that he would co - operate to the best of his ability in caITying out any plan which you recommend .

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OBJECT. To make long - tenn I. S.

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FIRST PHASE.

GAR..;.""3O should ma.k-e his existence knO\m to the Russians , he should not , however, disclose his identity or endeavour to get himself' recruited at this stage . To achieve this he should , prior to his departure horn the U. K., write en anonymous letter to the Military Attache at the :3oviet :E)nbassy, London , in which he will outline the history of his work as a British Spec ial Agent . He will state that he had worked f or t he British against the Germans because he had believed that a British victory would bring about the downfall of the Franco rerTime in Spain nnd re - establish the Reuublic . He will say that having ful filled his part of the bargain with the British it was novr apparent that the latter wer e not only avoiding steps which mi~h t bring about Franco ' s overthrow was due but ;,ere apparently maintaining him in Spain . This he now suspected to "'>{ritish fear of the spread of Connnunist influence to the Weste rn Hedi terraneen . He will say that he is about to be sent on a mission by the British to Spain and that before his departure he had decided to bring his activities to the notice of the Russians as he was determined to see the overthrow of the present Spanish regime brought about and as he now antic i pated that this would only be possible when Russiru1 influence was brought to bear he had decided to int r oduce himself to them in this irregulaxmanner so that they should at least know of his existence , antic ip ating that his interests would becane identical with those of the Russians at a later date when they might be able to be of mutual service As a proof of his bona fides he would gi ve them his cypher and to one mother . transmittine plan so that they could monitor the British controlled traffic of his notional a.gents durinr.r his absence .

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RUSSB.N REACTIONS .

1. On recei pt of GARBO ' s information the Russians may suspect a provocation in which case we would have to be prepar ed for an app roach by the Russians who would lay the information they had r ecei ved before us . In these circumstances we would presumably claim the agent as ours . Ve would pr aise his work for us in the hi ghest terms and show great concern abou t this incident . Ve would auarantee that his sympathies are anti-German and anti - Fascist but admit that like all Spaniards his primary in terest is in what he believes to be the uelfare of his m•m country . ie would suggest that since we have so much at stake in the fulfilment of GARBO ' s present mis s ion in Spain we consider that we would have more to lose by brealdng with him on account of the incident then if we continued to use him . To break with GARBOwould , furthermore, suggest to him that the Russians must ha v e disclosed the incident to us . Vie would ask the Russians to keep us infonned should there be any further developments . In fact there would be none as several years would be all°'red to elapse before GARBOwould again make contact with the Russians .

2. They may take no action at all on the information . In this event vre have sewn the seed so that if at a far distant date GARBOshould make contact with the Russians , probo.bly somewhere abroad , he would be able to identify written in London which would no doubt be himself a.s the author of the letter available fer reference . Thus it is envisaged he would have a greater chance of r,etting himself quickly and firmly recruited then mir•ht otherwise be possible .

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They mi~ht endeavotn:' to invest:i..rrate without our lmowledge throU[·h channels available to them in bpain nnd elsewhere in order to it would :i..dentify the writer . .Jhould they succeed in ident ifyinri: h:i..111 not be detrcl!len tal to our plans . ::;hould they then make a direct a.:_)proach to rec:nui t him , our objective would be achieved and the initiative would pass to them . IV .

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PHASE.

1. Hating brou~ht nis activities to the notice of the Russi.ans a suitable opportunity would be o.wa:i.. ted for him to endeavour to make contact and to 7 et himself recruited to work for them. We should be prepared to wait a number of years if necessary . Such an opportunity were to be in opain at the time of the fall might present itself if C.\R."130 of the ~anco rec:i..me. · Assumini;,: that G\RBO is obliged, in the :i..ntere::;ts himself to some extent with the supporters of of our work, to associate Franco his personal security might be endan.rered if the overthrow of Fr u co's re,:rime were brollf'ht about by violence. rt mi~ht be necessary r',.~t=\O to escape f'rom Spanish terr:i.. tary \ll1less we were for us to assist pre1 ared to confide (",\RBO' s activities in the Government which succeeds Franco, and this is unlikely . To maintain the security of the case he to would not be able to come to En~land ana the most lik-ely countries which he mi~ht escape would be France or Canada . Such circt.UJ1Stances would present him with an ideal opportunity far makinrr an approach to the Russians . His story would be that the British were unwillin g to protect him in Spain by disclosing to the new Span ish authorities the true nature of the ,vork which he had been doing because it did not suit th eir interests to do so . G.uIBO ,,ould realize that to attempt to convince the Spanish authorities without British su1part would be a waste of ti.me . His approach would be with intent to ask the Russians for their assistance to reinstate him in Left 1{ing circles in his own count r y .

2. In pu ttina forth this suggestion it is impossible to envisage ' s approach to the the circtnnstances which may exist at the time of GARBO Russians in the second phase of this plan , but in considering the advisability of implementing the first phase of the plan it might be argued that we would have nothing to lose by so doing with the exception tho.t '7e -rrould be making a gift to the Russians of the methods which .-,e have anployed in running a special agent net.vork and the part which special a7ents have played in deception . l'resumably the deception plan vras disclosed to the Russi.ans at the time of tbe Controller ' s vi sit to Moscow.

If the inf'ormation which we would as envisaged in the first phase of this plan a high grade Russian double a.gent who at the · operate as a German double ~ent the possibil achieved would be considerable . It has the would be able to maintain contact with both rec:rui tnent by the Russians .

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Ahora bien si el plan que tienen los de aqui para dejar salir a mi esposa es el que menciono al principio , habra por nuestra parte de tomarse ciertas medidas de preoteocion que en oa..so oontrario pueden perjudioar a mi esposa o a la teroera persona que pudiera verse oomplioada en el asunto . He refiero a que mi esposa debe llegar en Espana oompletamente desconooida por ustedes . Esto es de esencial importanoia porque si mi esposa esta estreohamente vi gil ida por los agentes in gleses que estan morodeando por Espana es natural que todos sus po.sos y todas sus amistades estaran controlada.s . E este respecto tengo dadas ordenes extrictas a mi esposa de lo que debe decir o representar en Espana a las amistades que pregunten que hacia yo en Inglaterra y como ha re~esado ella sola a Espana y en fin toda una serie de pequenas consideraciones que hay que tener en cuenta para su prop ia seguridad . Yo estoy seguro que mi esposa no intentara por ningun medio pone rse en contacto con nadie de ustedes aunque una vez me dijo que queria deoir cuatro "verdades" a Federico porque la habia enganado cuando se entrevisto con el en Madrid, pues dice que le dijo que yo no corria peligro al3uno porque estaba respaldn.do diplcmaticamente pero que los hechos hrul sido muy distintos . Esto naturalmente lo dijo en un memento de y dolorida por el terrible trance de tenerse que ver en un pais ofuscacion e>..'iirano separada de mi pero ahora con mas calma y basada en las instrucoiones ni les comprcmetera en lo que le dare estoy segurisimo que no les molestara mas minimo ; mas aun , si se tropezara en las calles de l.!adrid con Federico le dire que haga el papel como si no lo hubiera conooido en toda su vida . 'l a.::;unto financiero en Espana no me preocupa por el memento pues del dinero que posee mi cunado de las remesas mandadas por ustedes a el .Asi pues por esta parte tampoco puede mi esposa ir sacando lo que necesite . es necesario que ustedes tanpan que tener la molestia de cuidarse en remitir fondos qu een ca.so de investigaciones seria mey peligroso ahora que los ingleses estaran buscando p or todos los Jiiedios una trama para hundirme .

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For your family

and friends

You should explain that _you decided to return to Spain to be reunited with your family . You may say that you had decided to return now rather than to wait until the end of the war as you anticipated that at a later date vmen there would be greater f'reedcm of travel the deleys in getting travel acconrnoda tion would be considerable. II.

REFERENCETO YOURHUSBANDAND YOURABSEHCEFROMSPAIN. (a)

For the Spanish

authorities

If you are asked about your husband's occupation and activities you should say that he is a ,n·iter and that he left Portugal with the intention of going to Canada and then on to South .America but that on his arrival in to get the necessary permit to enter England he fotmd that it was impossible this . If you are asked Canada but that he is now more hopeful of obtaining what he has been doing since he has been in England you should say that he has been translating English novels into Spanish for a South Ameri can publisher , and that this occupation had provided a means of livelihood during the period of his stay in tnis cotmtry. Should you be asked whether you or your husband have had contact with Spanish Republicans here you should reply that your husband is not politically minded and that his only interest is to care far his family and build up for his future . Should you be asked what means of livelihood you will have in Spain when separated from your husband you should reply that you will be livin g with your family who will support you . (b)

For your

family

and :friends .

You should say that whilst you were in Portugal your husband made m.th a South .American exporter of minerals ~ and that after having friends Frcm 1mtered into business negotiations with him you went to Venezuela. there you negotiated certain transactions with England and that after a while your husband obtained visas to come to this countr y in order to be able to deal direct with the English buyers on behalf of the South A1!lerican firm. You should say that your husband is still working in England in this connection III.

YOUR IllPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND.

You should always bear in mind that amongst the contacts you make in Spain there may be a person who is in contact with the Germans. Your as much as possible and references to England should therefore be restricted confined to gene ralizations . You should avoid any tendency to show either any pro-English or pro -German sympathies . There is no harm in your stating true dcmestic facts about England, such as the rationing system, the shortage of danestic staff, the cost of living etc .,

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MADRID.

On your arrival in Madrid you should inmediately proceed to the hotel at which your brother is sta;ying where you should limit your stay to 24 hours . You should then proceed to Lugo where, af'ter a stay of three or four weeks it would be advisable that you should travel in order to avoid the possibility of the Germans in any way controlling your activities . Dlring your absences :f'rom Lugo whilst travelling it is most advisable to that you should avoid passing through Madr:td whenever it is possible do so, should it be necessary for reasons of cammm.ication to pass through Hadrid you should limit your stay there to the minimum time required for transiting.

EXPENSES Di SPAIN.

To avoid the ccmplications and dangers which would exist in sending money from this cO\mtry to you in Spain it is understood that your husband will make arrangements through your brother to make available funds which you will require in Spain. VI.

CONTACTWI'IH '!HE GERMANS.

that In the interests of your personal security it is most advisable you should avoid all contact with the Germans . steps have been taken to advise the Germans that they should make no attempt to contact you and they have been told that arrangements have been made through your brother to provide you with funds for your maintenance and we are satisfied that they will make no attempts to contact you. Should you by chance during the 24 hours that you are to stey in Hadrid ih transit to Lugo cane across FEDERICO in the streets or elsewhere you should ignore him. This they would expect you to do since they have been informed that your feelings towards them are hostile since you hold them responsible for having brought about all your misfortunes and those of your husband . VII.

CONTACTTIITH THE BRITISH.

Before your departure you will be given an address and a telephone number in Madrid where you can make contact with a responsible representative who will be infonood about you in advance. It is essential , both for your own security and that of the work, that you should avoid making use of this facility unless you had reason to believe that your personal safety was in danger, or some serious situation arose which made it essential for you to seek assistance. VIII.

Addresses

in England.

Should you be called upon by the Spanish authorities to furnish the addresses of your residences in :E}lgland you should sey that your first address was 55, Elliot Road,London . That you then moved to .Amerden Priory , Taplow , and lastly your address was Chatley Court Hotel, Belsize Gl'ove, London (the address of Miss PHILLIPS). You may al.so give the address where you stayed in Bournemouth but you must on NO account disclose the address of 35, Crespigny Road, Hendon. IX.

CORRESPONilZNCE.

You should avoid correspondence to any of your friends in England. in Spanish Censorship , It is known that the Germans: have influential contacts and therefore when writing to your husband your letters should be typed and addressed to · s.. ·]Jjps, Chatley Cout:t Hot~l , Belsize Grove, London , N.W.3o and signed with a false name and address and. mailed from a postal area outside Lugo . Care should be taken that your identity or that of your husband can not be discovered :f'rom the contents of the text •

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