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>он ЗАБЛАГОВРЕМЕННО за 6 месяцев НАСТУЧАЛ одному КАДРУ и другому КАДРУ (лучшего друга того кадра) - про предстоящий фейерверк со смертельными исходами в одной райской лагуне.

POpov, DUskov codenamed TRICYCLE (KV 2/845-866)

Dusko Popov was perhaps Britain's most important double agent, second only to the notorious GARBO. Popov was born into a wealthy Yugoslav family of good standing and enjoyed the life of a playboy. Popov's code name was changed from SCOUT to TRICYCLE when he increased his network to two double agents, BALLOON and GELATINE.
Popov was recruited by his long-term friend and Abwehr officer Johann 'Johnny' Jebsen. Popov reported this approach to the British Embassy in Belgrade and was duly recruited by SIS. SIS handed him to MI5 to be run as a double agent TRICYCLE and it was under this guidance that he became the central figure in a network of agents, which included DREADNOUGHT (his brother, Ivan Popov), GELATINE, BALLOON, METOR, FREAK and ARTIST. The 'Yugoslav Ring' communicated by wireless, secret writing microdots and also in person, with TRYCYCLE visiting his German controllers in Lisbon a record seven times between 1941-1944.
In 1942 TRICYCLE was sent to the USA to establish an 'Abwehr' network, however, he clashed with the FBI who considered him a genuine Abwehr agent and took further dislike of his playboy lifestyle which included dating the actress Simone Simon. In October 1942 after the American failure he returned to Lisbon where he managed to re-established himself with the Abwehr going on to be considered one of their best agents.
TRICYCLE provided details on a wide range of subjects including German rocketry developments and attacks, deception information in regard to the D-Day landings, early indications of the Axis' concern in Pearl Harbor and the modus operandi of the German secret services. In the summer of 1943 he even recruited his anti-Nazi Abwehr case officer, Johnny Jebsen. Jebsen, known to MI5 as ARTIST became a great source of intelligence, in 1944 was kidnapped by the Gestapo concerning financial irregularities and never heard of again; his record is well reflected within these files.
At the end of the war Popov obtained British nationality and was awarded the OBE, which was informally but aptly presented to him in the Bar of the Ritz Hotel by MI5's Double Cross coordinator, T.A.R. Robertson.