Forty-three years ago today, British magazine Observer asked a very important question: "Is this the real James Bond?" The man on the cover was none other than Dusko Popov, agent TRICYCLE in MI5 and MI6 circles. Just one year before, in 1972, spymaster J. C. Masterman had released his 1945 MI5 report in book format, detailing activities of the double agents run by his Double-Cross Committee. Only code names were given but Masterman was treading a thin line and the Official Secrets Act carried
Published on May 13, 2016 09:59