The real James Bond - Serbian Dusko Popov

[Obsi]

In the early 1960s, Ian Fleming was often asked if his James Bond character was based on a real person. Fleming's typical response, given in an almost flippant manner, was that Bond was based on people he had met during the war. Due to the Official Secrets Act, however, he could say no more. Ian Fleming died in 1964, never publicly disclosing the identity of the man who inspired the James Bond figure we see in Casino Royale. In 1972, Oxford don and the MI5 Double Cross mastermind, J. C. Masterman, published The Double-Cross System, his account of running Britain's WWII double agents. Since British publishers were leery of running afoul of the Official Secrets Act, the book was published in the United States by Yale University Press. For legal and secrecy reasons, Masterman referred to all agents only by their code names. The most prominent name in the book, by far, is agent Tricycle. Two years later, in 1974, Dusko Popov disclosed to the world—for the first time—that he was Tricycle, and that Fleming had shadowed him in Estoril and had watched his incredible stunt at Casino Estoril in 1941.

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[Nekro]

In the early 1960s, Ian Fleming was often asked if his James Bond character was based on a real person. Fleming's typical response, given in an almost flippant manner, was that Bond was based on people he had met during the war. Due to the Official Secrets Act, however, he could say no more. Ian Fleming died in 1964, never publicly disclosing the identity of the man who inspired the James Bond figure we see in Casino Royale. In 1972, Oxford don and the MI5 Double Cross mastermind, J. C. Masterman, published The Double-Cross System, his account of running Britain's WWII double agents. Since British publishers were leery of running afoul of the Official Secrets Act, the book was published in the United States by Yale University Press. For legal and secrecy reasons, Masterman referred to all agents only by their code names. The most prominent name in the book, by far, is agent Tricycle. Two years later, in 1974, Dusko Popov disclosed to the world—for the first time—that he was Tricycle, and that Fleming had shadowed him in Estoril and had watched his incredible stunt at Casino Estoril in 1941.

See more here https://www.larryloftis.com/bond-popov

Thanks Obsi, very interesting article, didn't know about this Grats for your superspy