The Lisbon Affair - revisited

[Larry Reese]

Greetings gents,

I am in possession of a formally (WHOOPS - make that "FORMERLY") classified CIA document that deals with the subject and it seems to clearly debunk this story and explain exactly where the confusion started regarding this parrticular incident. It was written in the 60's and while it was relatively low level in classification (merely "secret") it was only for internal CIA usage and I see no reason for them to have doctored it up.

Can you provide the sources used for this question? (as a historian, I'm interested in making sure the historical record is as accurate as possible). Sorry for the "illegal" post in this forum but I wasn't sure anyone would see it in the closed out thread.

Best regards,

LR

[Steel God]

World War II Magazine, January/February 2008 issue. Tempest in an Embassy Trash Can by David Alvarez, pages 55-59.

About the author: Alvarez is a professor of politics at Saint Mary's College of California and a former scholar-in-residence at the NSA. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCONN, but is proudest of his diploma from a California Police Academy.

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[Mike Abberton]

I got the answer from a google book on spys during world war ii. I'll see if I can find the link at home tonight.

[Larry Reese]

Thanks for letting me know. I'm checking those but I think they both use the faulty information pointed out in the CIA document. I can post this as a pdf or e-mail if anyone is interested.

LR

[Mike Abberton]

I read about the Lisbon Affair in the following Google Book:

Battle of Wits

[Ken F. (FGM)]

I read about the Lisbon Affair in the following Google Book:

Battle of Wits

Thanks for sharing that. I'll have to add that to my "wish-list".
Just reading from the excerpts posted, I get the feeling... "No wonder the Brits lost the empire".

Salute,
Ken