How an unlikely German spy unwittingly helped Britain win the Second World War
An article kindly supplied by David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent, The Independent

Previously unseen research reveals how MI5 unmasked the Nazi agent
Detained by the Gestapo

Sending information to the Abwehr
MI5 tip off the US

The 1938 US spy trial
Jordan arrested
About The Author: David Keys
David Keys has been The Independent’s Archaeology Correspondent since the paper started in 1986. He has worked in journalism (staff and freelance; newspapers, magazines, radio and TV) for 45 years – and has specialized successively in home affairs (1970s), foreign affairs, aviation and international trade (1970/80s) and archaeology/history (after 1986). He has visited more than a thousand archaeological and historical sites in 60 countries – and, over recent years has originated and/or acted as consultant on 40 archaeology/history TV documentaries. He also writes on modern history – producing detailed studies (more than 70 so far) of the long-term causes of the world’s current conflicts and crises. His major book – Catastrophe, an Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World – explores the relationship between climatic problems and history. A new edition is about to be published on kindle – and will include major new revelations about how modern climate change is likely to impact the world economically and politically.
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