Barreiros, José António. O Homem das Cartas de Londres: Rogério Peixota de Menezes. 1943. Lisbon: Gótica, 2003. Barreiros, José António. O Homem das Cartas de Londres: Rogério Peixota de Menezes. 1943. Lisbon: Gótica, 2003.
According to Luce, I&NS 19.1, Rogério de Menezes was "a typist and Axis spy at the Portuguese Embassy in London from July 1942 to February 1943." MI5 knew in advance of his arrival and finally arrested him in February 1943. Deported to Portugal in 1949, he was interviewed by the author for this work, called by the reviewer "a captivating tale that is skilfully told and highly instructive."
Beevor, John. SOE: Recollections and Reflections, 1940-1945. London: Bodley Head, 1981.
Clark comment: Beevor was SOE's Lisbon station chief from 1940 to 1942. His personal file from SOE was included in the May 2003 release of documents transferred to the National Archives, Kew. See: http://www.pro.gov.uk/releases/may2003/soe_list.htm.
Campbell, John P. "Some Pieces of the Ostro Puzzle." Intelligence and National Security 11, no. 2 (Apr. 1996): 245-263.
Paul Fidrmuc (Ostro) was an Abwehr agent in Lisbon from the summer of 1940 until March 1945. The question is whether he really had the subagents in Britain and the Middle East that he claimed and whose information the Germans so highly prized, or whether he made it all up.
Telo, António José.
1. A neutralidade portuguesa e o ouro Nazi. Lisbon: Quetzal, 2000.
2. Propaganda e Guerra secreta em Portugal, 1939-1945. Lisbon: 1990.
Walker, David E. Lunch with a Stranger. London: Wingate, 1957. New York: Norton, 1957.
Constantinides says Walker worked for British SIS from 1938 to 1941 in Switzerland and the Balkans. From 1941 to 1944, he headed SOE's "oral deception unit" in Lisbon. His main weapon in the latter assignment was the planting of rumors. This book is short on details, but is nonetheless unique in view of Walker's position.
Wylie, Neville. "'An Amateur Learns His Job?' Special Operations Executive in Portugal, 1940-1942." Journal of Contemporary History 36, no. 3 (2001): 455-471.
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