Secret Agent
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1958.***
A FIRST-HAND REPORT ON THE FLEET IN THE NEWS
GERMAN SPY I FED WITH INFORMATION Yes, They're
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NE day towards the end of 1916 a British Intelligence in Cairo wrote a minute of two words and put it in a file marked "Scheubner-Richter Expedition." The minute was "File closed."
The file recorded the activities of a German Army expedition sent into North Persia to spy out a route into the Middle East, to be used when the Russians were defeated. Among the names of the members of the expedition was that of Paul Leverkuchn.
Lile In February 1944 the "secret-ine serambler" telephone rut in my office at G.I.Q. m. Cairo. A voice 1 knew well said. "You can call off Operation Paul, Cauris has been sacked, Lever- kuchn has been recalled, and the Istanbul War Station closed clown."
As I wrote the word "closed"
By
Lt.-Colonel John Baker White
But soon he was joined by one money at his disposal--and the
on the file of Operation Paul, I of the most formidable secret invaluable Paula Koch.
My
fell almost Lin! I was saying goodaye le an old friend. Job had been to misted and feed false Information to one of the a must polished and most benour
ble sples in the service of Admiral Canaris. I had come to ik him and admire his abilly.
When the second world war brake out, Paul Leverkuehn had The prospering pruellee al Hamburg Bar. He was admes to friend of Cunuris, head of the Gem Intelligence. miral had looked at the Ale on his friend kept by Colonel Nicolal, famous Germ spy chief of the Best world war, and realised that Leverkuchu was the only surviving member of the North Persian expedition. the task in 1939 was the same as iz! 191510 chart Wehrmacht's road to the Mide Est,
Colonel Wartimant,
of
a remarkable "Canvas" planes
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Tough These Leathernecks!
By GORDON HOLMAN
WAS at sea with Vice-Admiral "Cat" Brown's Sixth Fleet when the Near East crisis began to develop. I found a hard, almost ruthless efficiency, with men right on their toes in all departments of the ships.
They have been equipped for roar on and off, it is different, Dheir task without regard for The Mediterranean sun blazes cost. Some of their aircraft they down on to the metal "alefeld," My day and night, are worth where the deck, crews, sweat in riore than £1,000,000 each, thin cotton vests.
It goes down to the lust de- Tough lender of the Sixth Lai. No longer is it a blump of Ficet, Vice Admiral "Cat" collon wool to protect the Brown, has made sure titat, ears against shattering noise, however good the living, there The men of the Sixth Fleet is no softness about his men, have specially designed carplugs
But bit by bit the Aliled Intel- gentan the German service,
who in the first firence caught up with him. One Pule Koch, world war had been in charge of by one the security leaks were adynced feld-dressing plugged;, one by one, his agents station in the Turkish-German identified,
Suez Canal. A attack on the devout Catholic, and brave woman, she had grown in Aleppo and had An "
knowledge of the Like many Germans, Lever- intimate Middle East,
kuchn had a passion for detail, She put her new boss in touch nothing regimentul
dashes and of anti-British badges, the most ordinary, move- number with
of vehicles The Ad- Arabs who had contacts with mente
and small the Egyptian monarchy. Because formations, and even the most Turkey was neutral and Egypt unimportant rumours. With his partially so, they were free to agents spotted, but some left to Havel between the two coun- run free, it was possible to
Paula olso introduced "leed" them with information.
e nest pocket type cases. tries. Legerkuhn to Musa Husseini,
The exact methods used must
Although it numbers about 70 the able nephew of the Mur of
Naturally we extracted the ambul station was closed down Nazi regime. At the Nurnberg
recalled to trial of the Nazi lenders he was chips, including an Leverkuebn Jerusalem and sworn enemy of remain secret, as must the way
notorious which we mannged to "sell" last ounce of propaganda value and the Britain, and to the
defending counsel for General carrier with nearly 4,000 men Abwehr three British of this defection, all the more so Germany.
Joll and other members of the on board, the Sixth Fleet draws ashi All, a constant horn in the
of the Countess's the side of Hie Allies,
armoured divisions and sevreal because
In August 2014 Turkey broke Supreme Headquarters staff. all its supplies from the United squadrons of the R.A.F. that relationship to von Papen, but off diplomatic relations with Later, he defended Field-Morshul Sintes.
except as collap- Ba
und the whole Nazl von Manstelu in his trial al we realised nt Germany
The chain of big ships bring- The U.S. Marines, the deception of the Istanbul Wur first. It came just at the moment spy-system la the Middle East Hamburg,
Today, Paul Leverkuehn los ang supplies across the Atlantry Brig General Wade, are the Stalion beennen special opera- when ramler was going all-out daintegrated.
ms development of the Fleet men who give the Sixth Fleet Gistinguished law practice Hitler to dismiss en, in which I had a anore than to persuade
i's "on-the-ground” – punch. Canaris
Hanburg, is a member of the Train used by the Americans in at put the Abwehr
They live in big amphibious na- German Federal Parliament, and the Pacifte during the war. under Gestapo control. Passing personal interest,
sault ships in which a member of the Steering Com-
are em STOCKED
Inrked the smaller assault Leverkuehn did not share the mittee that organizes inter-
landing craft, dreadful fate of Canaris, for he changes between Brilish
But
Chief of
Germo
results were more Iar-
Options the Spy in Consulates and curras. In fact, sezching thinn
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SOS, id in March 1940 Lever-
A fel, the Istanbul war- kuehn was appointed Consul in Tabria. Travelling about The elation had
remurkable region, he soon charled a route successes, partly because of the though the Kara Dagh matin- impossibility of maintaining pro- half-neutral tains, and when the German per security armies reached the Caucasus in Earpt. .1942 itaponaiarylers had Lover-
In
Then he fuck turned in our direction in a dramatic fashion.
When Hitler heard of the de- On Leverkuchn's stuff was a fcelion, he flew into a furlous
Dreadful fate
and
aircraft
Leverkuehn knew the secrets Dr Brich Vernheren, whose wife rage. He dismissed Canaris, the kept clear of all plots against the German Members of Parliamently being stocked up at sea.
ku's ups But there was of King Farouk's household. He was born Countess Pielenberg, e important work for Lever had an agent in the British Con- foth were ordent Catholles and kula in do, and early in 1943-late Jo Istanbul. His other fannlleul anti-Nazis. The Coun- he was recalled,
agents included the barman la tess was a distant relation of von famous Cairo hotel, the manager Papien, the German Ambassador of a night club, two Suez Canal in Ankara. One day quite soon plots, a Hungarian cabaret artist after their arrival Turkey, and a French officer in Aleppo. through #1 completely trust-
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Woman agent
In July he was put in charge He knew a great deal about worthy channel, came the sur- The newly-created Abwehr Allied troop movements in the prising news that the young War Station in Istanbul. His Middle East and, thringh the couple wished to become agents allival dick not puss unnoticed by Intelligence Secilon of Foreign of the British Intelligence. The British Intelligence, already Armies West, passed it on to Such approaches are regarded established In this neutral but Ronumel,
always with suspicion, "but this vitally important Middle East
cross-roads.
He knew of the sinking of one proved to be as genuine as HMS. Barkam less than 48 the Information they gave about To use Leverkuehn's own hours ofter it- happened, the Istanbul War Station. How words, "Beyond an order to set although the loss was kept top ever, the Vermehrens' rent alm up an Intelligence organisation secret for three months by the was, lo esempie from Nazl rule, and in February 1944 they were fo the reconmissence of the British Admiralty.
a formidable and down He was
to Cuiro in British neer and Middle East. I received no instructions of any had." polished spy-chief with plenty of alreraft,
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KEEN EYES
Ot-medium height, with keen blue eyes In a weather-beaten face, "Cat" Brown constantly hops by helicopter from his flagship, the cruiser Des Moines, to other ships in the fleet,
under
The Sixth Fleet is constant-
As But toughness is one of the part of the training that keeps things the Marines take pride them practically on a war foot in. They ofa trained iiko ing, the men in the ships are British commando troops. But used to moving hundreds of they also realy, on ceremonlát tons of food, fitel and ammunt- occasions to molej up to our tlan while they: steam al 10 Guards, knols or more alongside the
Offered To Teenagers At 6d. Each supply ships,
By A CHINA MAIL CORRESPONDENT
London.
"Thril! tablets," which became notori- ous at pre-war Mayfair parties, are now being sold to teenagers at six- pence each. Last week in a Soho cafe i was offered four tablets at sixpence each, and teenagers who were interested in them
told by the pedlar: "Take one of these and you will be able to see the stara.”
were
A police analyst who examined the tablets confirmed that they appear- ed to be "controlled" drugs, scheduled under the poisons regula- tions.
On Home Office advice I took them to Scotland Yard, who are interested
in the disappearance of dangerous tablets.
The thrill tablet which used to cir- culate at Mayfair partics is said to produce intense exhilaration, Another mauve-coloured tablet,
triangular shape, is
of known to
teenagers 勘感 the "purple heart" pill..
Last year it was revealed that a huge black market handling that pill had been organised in South Wales, and that women were taking part-time jobs simply to get the money to buy the pills.
Another tablet contains dexemphete.
mine sulphate, which is largely used in slimming tablets. None of the tablets should be used without medical sanction.
A legal expert said: "As the law stands the police can take no action under the poison regulations against those reselling these drugs.
"A chemist selling them to people with- out a doctor's prescription could be proceeded against. But whatever the law is it is highly undesirable that they should be indiscriminately sold to young people." The Home Office and Scotland Yard
are now investigating.
TRADITION
unbroken
Américan Servicemen live They have 赶紧年 well. In ships like the 80,000- tradition going back 1770. A tem aircraft carrier Saratoga, United States naval officer re- they can get most of the fruit minded me that it was in the -Juleen and packaged cereal Mediterranean in 1803 that, the foods they have at home. Muin Marines coane by their fumolls meals include fresh meat and nickname--the Leathernecks,
"It was in some fighting thero that a Marine took a sword cut
fish, Modem refrigeration keeps
it fresh.
The chops in the ship have a selection of cigars such as would only be found in the West End here. The most expensive cost only a few pence. Cigarettes use even cheaper, and are bought by the carton-200 in packets of 20-for about 5s,
GOOD LIVING
Programmes of cinema shows
ncrass
his neck to suve on
officer-and lived," he said.
Admiral Brown has stressed to all his omoers and men that the chief olm of the Sixth Fleet-the most powerful strik- ing force on this side of the Atlantic today—is to preserve the peace.
is
Unlike the days of Suez, there strong understanding
aro announced over the ship's between British and American, loudspeaker system every day. naval forces in the Mealber- So, too, is the state of the
When ranean.
hle helicopter weather."You men working touched down on the aircraft below will be interested to hear carrier Saratoga recently, "Cat" it is a fine, sunny day; tem- perature 84 degrees.
Men serving in modern war ships designed to resist stormie attack may not sce daylight from one day to another,
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Brown stepped out, wearing blus beret with a Royal Navy badge on it.
It had been given 10 him by our Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Dunford-Slater and to "Cat" Brown saw no need
--{London Express Service).
On the flight deck, where change 1,000-mile-an-hour jet fighters
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