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October 1940. He was one of the longest running agents in the Double Cross System; his last contact with Germany was on 2 May 1945. He operated his radio himself until he became ill and had to be imitated by a British operator. Although he recovered from his illness, he was not allowed to operate the radio thereafter. He did continue to assist in composing the messages sent to Germany.
205:(approximately equivalent to £1,250,000 in 2023), Tate notionally established himself as a rich "man about town" in London, with easy access to black-market liquor and other luxuries. As such, he could plausibly make friends with military officers and civilian officials and get intelligence from their loose talk or even recruit them as agents.
225:(FUSAG) was located. Tate provided the Germans with fake schedules for the rail transport of FUSAG troops to ports of embarkation for the invasion. This apparent feat was highly regarded in Germany. For this and his other apparent successes, Tate was granted naturalisation as a German citizen so that he could receive the
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was reported sunk off
Ireland. Tate reported that his "mine-laying friend" had come by to celebrate this success. Tate added that he was angry and ready to quit: he had risked his life for this intelligence and a U-boat was lost because the Germans had not acted on it. Two days later, the German Navy
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Richter was quickly captured by the British. In desperation, the Germans used a Japanese diplomat to take funds to Tate, which revealed the extent of German-Japanese co-operation. In July 1941, the Abwehr sent £20,000 to Britain, which Tate received. With this huge sum
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Tate reported to the
Germans that to avoid military service, he was employed on a farm owned by a friend and could only visit London on weekends. This provided an excuse for his not recruiting more agents or reporting as much as the Germans wanted. Tate participated in the
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officer who was a minelaying expert. Tate reported that his "mine-laying friend" had bragged to him about a new minefield near
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236:. Tate's last deception was in early 1945. German
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302:. London: Secker & Warburg, 1991.
104:Iron Cross (First & Second Class)
96:Agriculturalist (plantation foreman)
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469:Beyond Top Secret Ultra
990:D-Day naval deceptions
370:Masterman, pp. 228–229
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597:List of Ops (B) staff
172:. He was part of the
839:John Cecil Masterman
406:Montagu, pp. 175–177
215:Invasion of Normandy
1184:Double-Cross System
913:Werner von Janowski
826:Double-Cross System
722:George Vander Sluis
697:Louis Dalton Porter
397:Montagu, pp 174–175
311:Masterman, pp 88–89
211:Operation Bodyguard
174:Double Cross System
168:under the codename
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520:Deception planning
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1041:Accumulator
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907:Dušan Popov
674:Peter Proud
664:Tony Ayrton
254:Rodger Winn
164:during the
85:Nationality
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1081:Hardboiled
1066:Chettyford
985:Copperhead
969:Operations
915:(Watchdog)
909:(Tricycle)
903:(Treasure)
712:Bill Blass
689:Ghost Army
642:Camouflage
607:D Division
559:John Bevan
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435:References
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238:submarines
227:Iron Cross
182:Nigel West
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995:Ferdinand
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879:(Rainbow)
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587:Noel Wild
528:'A' Force
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127:1940–1945
60:, Germany
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1056:Boardman
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1010:Ironside
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77:Watford
58:Prussia
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