Intrepid's Last Case : The Super Spy Who Helped Take down the Nazis Tackles the KGB

by William Stevenson; Foreword by Major-General Richard Rohmer

• ISBN13: 9781585745210
• ISBN10: 1585745219
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide best-seller A Man Called Intrepid. Sir William Stephenson still stood at the center of events when he and author William Stevenson discussed in the 1980s an investigation into sudden allegations that Intrepid's wartime aide, Dick Ellis, has been both a Soviet mole and a Nazi spy. They concluded that the rumors grew, ironically, from Intrepid's last wartime case involving the first major Soviet intelligence defector of the new atomic age: Igor Gouzenko. Intrepid saved Gouzenko and found him sanctuary inside a Canadian spy school, Camp X. Gouzenko was about to make more devastating disclosures than those concerning atomic espionage when the case was mysteriously terminated and Intrepid's organization dissolved. Unraveling the implications of Gouzenko's defection and Intrepid's removal from the case, tracing the steps of Dick Ellis and disclosing much new information regarding United States and Canadian postwar intelligence activities, Intrepid's Last Case is a story that for sheer excitement rivals the best spy fiction-and is all the more important because every word is true. Filled with never-before-revealed facts on the Soviet-Western nuclear war dance and a compelling portrayal of the mind of a professional spy, Intrepid's Last Case picks up where the first book ended, at the very roots of the cold war. It describes one of the most widespread cover-ups and bizarre betrayals in intelligence history.

Author Biography

William Stevenson, a distinguished journalist and war correspondent, is the author of many books, including The Yellow Wind, 90 Minutes at Entebbe, and A Man Called Intrepid (page 114), which is also available from The Lyons Press. He lives in the Far East.

Table of Contents

1981-83 Intrepid's Last Case is Revived
The Case That Won't Be Closed	p. 3
Disinformation at Work	p. 8
A Mole Called Elli	p. 13
The BSC in Time of War	p. 21
The Birth of the Bomb	p. 25
Summer 1945 The search for Proof or Tangible Evidence
Wanted: One Defector	p. 33
Enter Igor Gouzenko	p. 37
... If Suicide Should Take Place ...	p. 47
"Hand Him Over for Deportation"	p. 59
September 1945 The End of Innocence
William Stephenson Hangs On	p. 69
William Donovan Tries to Save the OSS	p. 76
J. Edgar Hoover Suspects Subversives	p. 79
Mackenzie King Saves the Christian World	p. 84
Professor May Walks the Primrose Path	p. 92
Harry Truman Takes Hold	p. 98
Clement Attlee Goes It Alone	p. 107
October 1945 Moscow Calls the Shots
The Kremlin Covers Its Tracks	p. 117
Discord Among the Allies	p. 125
Wait--But for What?	p. 133
1946 The Bogeyman'll Get You
The Deterrent of Publicity	p. 143
The Menace of Interdepartmental Strife	p. 151
A Frenzy of Inaction	p. 160
1950 The McCarthy Era and the Cold War
Elitists and Witch-Hunts	p. 169
The Flowering of Soviet Espionage	p. 178
Danger--Mole at Work: The Burrowing of Kim Philby	p. 189
A Silence of Conspiracy	p. 197
A Defector Betrayed: Philby's Turkish Caper	p. 203
1954 The Power of Secrecy
Gouzenko's Two ellis and the Red Orchestra	p. 215
Reputation and Disinformation	p. 222
Conflict in the Western Ranks: "Gestapo" versus "Liberal" or Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy	p. 228
A Fine Disregard for the Rules: Dick Ellis's Story	p. 238
The Phoenix Founders: Dick Ellis's Later Years	p. 250
1981 Who Will Watch the Watchers?
Moles, and Bureaucrats, Cover Their Tracks	p. 259
Lonely Funerals and Weeded Files	p. 269
When the Cat's Away, the Moles Will Play	p. 277
Victims of Deceptive Operations	p. 285
1982 - 1983 "Complete Security and Total Democracy are Incompatible"
The Search for the Super-Mole	p. 291
The Gentleman from England	p. 296
Are There No Secrets?	p. 299
With Both Eyes Open	p. 305
Index	p. 307
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