Hitler's Spy Chief (45 page)

Dönitz on
68

joins the
Dresden
68

visits Istanbul
69–70

and
Dresden'
s final departure
70

naval intelligence tradition
26

and the escape of the
Dresden
29
,
35–8
,
43

and the sinking of the
Dresden
40–41

escape from internment in Chile
42–3

return to Germany
43
,
44

affair with Edith Hill
49

malaria
49
,
57
,
82

promoted to
kapitänleutnant
49

recruited into intelligence service
49

‘Kika' codename
51

intelligence operations in Spain
51–6
,
57–9

commissions U-boat resupply ships
52–3

and Zaharoff
54

and March
56

arrest by Italians
56–7

awarded Iron Cross First Class
59

meets Erika Waag
59

submarine commands
59–60

and the Kiel mutiny
72
,
73

in the
Freikorps
75

trip to Bavaria
76–7

involvement in the Liebknecht Luxemburg murders
76

engagement
77

helps Vogel escape
77–8

involvement with the Kappists
78–9

restoration of Kiel
79–80

and the rebuilding of the navy
80

involvement with radical right-wing groups
80–81

meets Heydrich
81

relationship with Heydrich
81–2
,
98–9
,
140–41
,
225–6
,
227
,
229
,
231
,
237

depression
82

visit to Japan
83–4

and Lohmann
84–5

links with Spanish navy
85–7

secret submarine programme
85–7

Spanish connections
87–8

recalled from Spain
89–90

service aboard the
Schlesien
90
,
92

and anti-Semitism
92
,
106–7
,
129

impression of Hitler
92

and Raeder
93

exile to Swinemünde
93

appointed head of the Abwehr
97–100

and the Sosnowski case
101
,
103
,
104

introductory speech
103–4

behaviour in espionage
103–4
,
292–3

relationship with Nazi party
103–4

relationship with SD
103–4

on blackmail
104

meetings with Hitler, 1934
105–7

and sabotage
105

relationship with Hitler
106
,
124

ambition
107–8

and Himmler
108

regulates relationship with the SD
110

relationship with Oster
114

office furnishings
116

and the occupation of the Rhineland
118–9

and the Spanish Civil War
121
,
122–4
,
126–32
,
133
,
134–5
,
136–7

and Franco
21
,
121
,
123
,
126
,
127–31
,
134
,
296

case for intervention in Spain
122–4

supplies defective weapons to Franco's opponents
131

and the Italo-German alliance
132

and Philby
135–6

and Szentpetery
139

and the Tuchachewski affair
139–41

begins to turn against Hitler
140–41

Heydrich on
142

crisis of loyalty
142–3

refusal to resign
143

‘open orders'
144

‘secret directions'
144–5
,
178

begins opposition to Hitler
144–6

Colvin on
145

and the invasion of Austria
148

Keitel on
148

opposition to Hitler
148
,
179
,
183

in Vienna
149

and the Czech crisis
149–50
,
159
,
163

and Kleist's visit to London
151–2

links with Churchill
22
,
154

and the Halder Plot
156

and Chamberlain's meetings with Hitler
160
,
161–2

Ukrainian operations
165
,
166–7

contacts in the Vatican
166

sends emissaries to London
167

on British intelligence service
170

the request for Polish uniforms
170–71

and the invasion of Poland
171–2
,
173

and Stevens and Best
176–7

and Poland
177–9

and Madame Szymanska
180–82

lines of communication to Britain
180–83
,
188–91
,
209
,
213
,
219–20
,
230
,
233
,
241
,
262
,
295

visits to Berne
181

support for Britain
182–3
,
195–6
,
219

and the Norwegian campaign
184
,
185–6

promoted to full admiral
187

and Case Yellow
187–8

and the fall of France
191–2

and Operation Sealion
296–7

possible source of Operation Sealion intelligence
193–4

admiration of Churchill
194
,
220

argues against Operation Sealion
195

and Gibraltar
197–201

and the Soviet Union
209–10
,
293–4

and Yugoslavia
211–12
,
215
,
217
,
218

visits to Spain
218–9
,
230
,
243
,
248–50
,
262–3

visit to Switzerland
219

and Operation Barbarossa
221–2

attends Kaiser's funeral
222

protest at treatment of Soviet POWs
223–4

and the Thummel case
228–9
,
230–1

and the Prague conference
231–2

conversation with Churchill
20
,
22
,
233

not a British agent
236

and the assassination of Heydrich
237–8

attends Heydrich's funeral
237–8

possibility of negotiations with Godfrey
244

on British Naval Intelligence
245

links with Menzies
236
,
241
,
242
,
246–7
,
262
,
278
,
283

and Giraud
246

possible meeting with Menzies
249–50
,
251
,
255–8

contact with the Soviet Union
252

and peace proposals to the Soviet Union
253

kidnap plot
256

and German nuclear weapons programme
257–8

response to call for unconditional surrender
259

on war guilt
259

and Treskow assassination attempt
264

and peace initiatives
268

questioned about links with Hungarian secret service
275

and the invasion of Sicily
276

Venice conference
276–8

decision to hasten downfall of Nazi regime
277–8

final meeting with Hitler
281–2

retired
23
,
281–3

visit to Paris
283–4

and Stauffenberg bomb plot
284

arrest
284–5

imprisonment and interrogation
17–19
,
285–9

diaries
286
,
288–9
,
290

trial and execution
289

disillusionment
291

aims
292

and the use of assassination
292–3

achievements
25
,
296–7

Cartagena
57
,
85

Casablanca conference
258

Case Yellow
187–8

Caspar Werke
85

Cattaro
49–50
,
50
,
59
,
60

Cavendish-Bentinck, William
261–2

censorship
48

Chadwick, Owen
190

Chamberlain, Neville
146
,
157–61
,
163–4
,
186

Cheka, the
45

Chenfalls, Alfred
263

Chile
36
,
38
,
41–2
,
68

Christmas Bay
36

Churchill, Winston S.

and the
Dresden
29
,
33
,
37
,
39
,
43

responsibility for Coronel
33

and Kleist-Schmenzin
154–5

and the Halder Plot
157

and German-Soviet rapprochment
165–7

sacks Vernon Kell
170

correspondence with Roosevelt
174–5

and the invasion of Norway
184

orders destruction of French fleet
192–3

meeting with Soltikow
20

and Operation Sealion
20
,
193–6

bribes sent to Spanish leaders
21
,
201–3

and German attack on the Soviet Union
220–21

conversation with Canaris
20
,
22
,
233

sacks Godfrey
244

and German peace proposals to the Soviet Union
254–5

and Menzies possible meeting with Canaris
255

unconditional surrender policy
260–61

order to assassinate
263

and van Papen's peace initiative
269

grasp of policy
297

Classen, Riccardo (Ricardo)
85

Colvin, Ian
139
,
145
,
150
,
152
,
153
,
181
,
193–4
,
234
,
248
,
256
,
266
,
290

Condor Legion
130
,
131
,
133

Congress of Vienna
45

Constructora Naval
87

Conway Castle,
the
37

Cornwall,
HMS
67

Coronel, battle of
30–31
,
33

Cosmo Jacinta,
the
86

Coudenhove-Kalergi, Count Richard
165–6

Cradock, Admiral Sir Christopher
30
,
31
,
33

Cribb (military attaché)
280

Crozier, Brian
129–30

Cumberland Bay
38
,
39–41

Czechoslovakia
226–8
,
234
,
238–9
,
273

Czechoslovakia crisis
149–62
,
163
,
164

Dahlerus (Swedish businessman)
171
,
172

Daly, Colonel Denis
172

Danzig
94
,
164
,
172

Danzig, Bay of
79

Darlan, Admiral Jean
246
,
250

Demphoff, Captain
117

Department IIIB
46–7
,
48

Deutsche Bank
86

Die Weltbühne
89

Dieckhoff, Herr
121

Dohnanyi, Hans von
18
,
22
,
155–6
,
156
,
264
,
275

domestic intelligence
48

Domodossa
56–7

Dönitz, Admiral Karl
68

Dresden,
the
28–9

Canaris joins
68

departs on final voyage
70

rescue of Huerta
70

escape of
32–3
,
33–4
,
43

search for
34–8

sinking of
38–42

Drtina, Prokop
235

Duisburg Steinbart Gymnasium
61

Dulles, Allen W.
261
,
262
,
264
,
267
,
285

Earle, George
265–6

Eastern Europe, reconstruction arrangements
273
,
295

Ebert, Friedrich
74

Echevarrieta, Horacio
52
,
53
,
85–6
,
86

Eden, Anthony
147
,
248–9
,
252
,
260

Elias, Alois
227

Elliot, Nicholas
181
,
280
,
281

Elser, Georg
176

Etherington-Smith, Gordon
169

Falkenhayn, Benita von
101–2

Falkland Islands, Battle of the
28
,
30–32
,
33
,
40