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His name was Bond, James Albert Bond and he spied on the Communists

2020-09-28T04:41:44.975Z


Until now, it was believed that Ian Fleming was inspired by the flamboyant Yugoslav double agent Dusko Popov for the portrait of his 007. But records reveal that a British spy, named James Bond, worked in Poland during the Cold War.


Truth is often stronger and more disturbing than fiction.

A British secret agent named James Bond will have been sent on a mission behind the Iron Curtain two years after the release of the first film with Agent 007 - the

infamous

Doctor No

starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress - according to the recently released archives of Polish Institute of National Memory, IPN.

Read also: Popov, double agent: in the footsteps of James Bond

To have a perfect cover, this James Albert Bond arrived in Warsaw on February 18, 1964 to officially occupy a post of archivist at the British embassy, ​​indicate unambiguously the documents found of the service of Communist counter-espionage.

A very careful James Bond

According to the intelligence services of the Polish state then still under the yoke of the Comintern, this Mr. Bond, born in 1928, looked little like his fictitious counterpart, best known for his fondness for vodka-martini and women.



Polish agents noted that James Albert Bond was "

interested in women

" but was "

very cautious

" and made no contact with Polish citizens, documents posted on Facebook this week said.

According to the IPN, he was "

a low level agent with a high profile name

" - the Communist agents also knew the fictional hero.



Records also indicate that James Bond attempted to visit "

military installations

" in Bialystok and Olsztyn

in October and November 1964

in eastern Poland near the then border with the Union. Soviet.

Apparently without resounding success, the real James Bond left Poland on January 21, 1965.



The writer Ian Fleming, author of the series, and himself a former British agent, has always indicated that his hero owes his name to the American ornithologist James Bond, of whom he had a book on the birds of the Caribbean.

James Albert Bond, Dusan Popov ... with Ian Fleming, concealment, like diamonds, is eternal.

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Source: lefigaro

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