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| + | |birth_date=December 24, 1892 | ||
| + | |birth_name=Anton Vasilevich Turkul | ||
| + | |birth_place= Russia | ||
| + | |death_date=20 August, 1957 | ||
| + | |death_place= Germany | ||
| + | |constitutes=soldier, spook | ||
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| − | Prince | + | ==Career== |
| − | <ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.189.</ref> | + | '''Prince Anton Turkul''' was an army general in Tsarist Russia. After the 1917 revolution, he joined the counter-revolutionary White Army. |
| − | + | <ref name=sd189>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.189.</ref> He was eventually evacuated via Gallipoli to Paris by the French Government. Once in Paris, he worked closely with General [[Alexander Kutepov]]'s White [[Russian Armed Services Union]].<ref name=<ref name=sd189/> | |
| − | He was eventually evacuated via Gallipoli to Paris by the French Government. Once in Paris, he worked closely with General [[Alexander Kutepov]]'s White [[Russian Armed Services Union]]. | ||
| − | <ref | ||
He went on to become an agent of [[MI6]] officer [[Dick Ellis]]. In Belgrade in 1930, Turkul and another MI6 agent, [[Claudius Voss]] created a new Russian emigré group, the [[Narodnyi Trudovoy Soyuz]] (NTS). | He went on to become an agent of [[MI6]] officer [[Dick Ellis]]. In Belgrade in 1930, Turkul and another MI6 agent, [[Claudius Voss]] created a new Russian emigré group, the [[Narodnyi Trudovoy Soyuz]] (NTS). | ||
<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.405.</ref> | <ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.405.</ref> | ||
| + | ===World War II=== | ||
During the Second World War, Turkul was part of the [[Max-Klatt]] spy network, which channelled Russian disinformation to the Germans. | During the Second World War, Turkul was part of the [[Max-Klatt]] spy network, which channelled Russian disinformation to the Germans. | ||
| − | <ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.419.</ref> | + | <ref name=sd419>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.419.</ref> In May 1943, Turkul attempted to make contact with [[Allen Dulles]]' [[OSS]] station in Berne. After initial failure, he turned to Prince [[Irakly Bagration]] as a go-between. |
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| − | In May 1943, Turkul attempted to make contact with [[Allen Dulles]]' [[OSS]] station in Berne. After initial failure, he turned to Prince [[Irakly Bagration]] as a go-between. | ||
<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.198.</ref> | <ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.198.</ref> | ||
| − | During the latter part of the war, Turkul commanded a unit of [[Andrei Vlasov|Vlasov]] men against [[Josef Tito|Tito]]'s partisans. | + | During the latter part of the war, Turkul commanded a unit of [[Andrei Vlasov|Vlasov]] men against [[Josef Tito|Tito]]'s partisans.<ref name=sd419/> |
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| − | By the end of the war, Turkul was in Austria, where he set up a "Russian National Central Committee." He was subsequently employed by the US [[Strategic Services Unit]], looking for communist agents among the refugees heading down the post-war [[ratlines]]. | + | ===Post WW II=== |
| − | <ref | + | By the end of the war, Turkul was in Austria, where he set up a "Russian National Central Committee." He was subsequently employed by the US [[Strategic Services Unit]], looking for communist agents among the refugees heading down the post-war [[ratlines]].<ref name=sd419/> |
In 1946, a joint British-American [[Special Counter-Intelligence Unit]] used Turkul to recruit his old colleague Voss. | In 1946, a joint British-American [[Special Counter-Intelligence Unit]] used Turkul to recruit his old colleague Voss. | ||
<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.</ref> An investigation by the US [[Counter-Intelligence Corps]] (CIC), meanwhile concluded that Turkul was an opportunist.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.</ref> | <ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.</ref> An investigation by the US [[Counter-Intelligence Corps]] (CIC), meanwhile concluded that Turkul was an opportunist.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.</ref> | ||
| − | In July, Turkul left Salzburg for Germany and tried to get to South America, a course which was seen as evidence he was not a communist agent. In September, he was arrested along with two other figures from the Max-Klatt network [[Richard Kauder]] and [[Ira Longin]], and taken to Oberursel in the US zone, where Turkul was interrogated by the CIC and by [[Gilbert Ryle]] of MI6.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.</ref> | + | In July, Turkul left Salzburg for [[Germany]] and tried to get to [[South America]], a course which was seen as evidence he was not a communist agent. In September, he was arrested along with two other figures from the Max-Klatt network [[Richard Kauder]] and [[Ira Longin]], and taken to Oberursel in the US zone, where Turkul was interrogated by the CIC and by [[Gilbert Ryle]] of MI6.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.</ref> |
Army interrogator [[Arnold M. Silver]] wrote of Turkul: | Army interrogator [[Arnold M. Silver]] wrote of Turkul: | ||
Revision as of 05:16, 30 October 2015
 Anton Turkul    (soldier, spook) | |
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| Born | Anton Vasilevich Turkul December 24, 1892 Russia |
| Died | 20 August, 1957 (Age 64) Germany |
Career
Prince Anton Turkul was an army general in Tsarist Russia. After the 1917 revolution, he joined the counter-revolutionary White Army. [1] He was eventually evacuated via Gallipoli to Paris by the French Government. Once in Paris, he worked closely with General Alexander Kutepov's White Russian Armed Services Union.[1]
He went on to become an agent of MI6 officer Dick Ellis. In Belgrade in 1930, Turkul and another MI6 agent, Claudius Voss created a new Russian emigré group, the Narodnyi Trudovoy Soyuz (NTS). [2]
World War II
During the Second World War, Turkul was part of the Max-Klatt spy network, which channelled Russian disinformation to the Germans. [3] In May 1943, Turkul attempted to make contact with Allen Dulles' OSS station in Berne. After initial failure, he turned to Prince Irakly Bagration as a go-between. [4]
During the latter part of the war, Turkul commanded a unit of Vlasov men against Tito's partisans.[3]
Post WW II
By the end of the war, Turkul was in Austria, where he set up a "Russian National Central Committee." He was subsequently employed by the US Strategic Services Unit, looking for communist agents among the refugees heading down the post-war ratlines.[3]
In 1946, a joint British-American Special Counter-Intelligence Unit used Turkul to recruit his old colleague Voss. [5] An investigation by the US Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC), meanwhile concluded that Turkul was an opportunist.[6]
In July, Turkul left Salzburg for Germany and tried to get to South America, a course which was seen as evidence he was not a communist agent. In September, he was arrested along with two other figures from the Max-Klatt network Richard Kauder and Ira Longin, and taken to Oberursel in the US zone, where Turkul was interrogated by the CIC and by Gilbert Ryle of MI6.[7]
Army interrogator Arnold M. Silver wrote of Turkul:
- SSU (Strategic Services Unit-the successor to the OSS until the CIA was established) in Frankfurt, with which I had close liaison, somehow became fascinated with "the Turkul case." Turkul was in fact a useless oaf who had lent his name to the Klatt network as the man who allegedly recruited sources in the USSR. He never recruited even one source, although Klatt managed to convince the Abwehr that Turkul was one of his principal agents.[8]
Turkul was released in mid-1947 and was resumed leadership of the NTS, which eventually acquired the patronage of the Gehlen Organisation. From 1948, he attempted to merge the various Russian ant-communist groups, founding the Combat Union for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia.[9]
In late 1955, when MI6 pulled out of NTS operations in the Soviet Union, they assured the Americans that Prince Turkul had not been a Soviet double agent.[10]
Affiliations
- Russian Armed Services Union
- Narodnyi Trudovoy Soyuz
- League of St Andrew's Flag
- Russian Monarchist Organisation
References
- ↑ a b Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.189.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.405.
- ↑ a b c Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.419.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.198.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.420.
- ↑ Arnold M. Silver, Questions, Questions, Questions, Memories of Oberursel, CIA.gov.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.421.
- ↑ Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.514.
