Talk:Tricycle (spy)

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His family name sounds like a Bulgarian one, the Serb equivalent would be *Popovich. --Vladko 05:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Many Serbian families have that name. It may sound like a Bulgarian, but it doesn't mean that Popovs are Bulgarians. Dragoljub Kojadinovic 06:00, 8 February 2007 (UTC)


This sentence doesn't make sense: "In 1942 Popov was dispatched to the United States by the Abwehr, apparently to gather information, but secretly to transmit to the Americans the fact that the Japanese were planning to attack Pearl Harbor. " Pearl Harbor attack was Dec. 1941... Maybe author meant to say 1941 instead of 1942? Sbrawner 16:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, well observed! Kraxler 17:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Changed name

Dushko is a diminutive of Dushan...name changed to reflect this.

[edit] National Geographic source

I couldn't find any National Geographic source concerning this subject. Any slinks to prove the claim from the first sentence?

That's because it was the National Enquirer. Someone vandalized the name back in December and nobody noticed. Surely there are some better sources thean the Enquirer! BTW, Flemming is claimed to have based Bond on many people, it therefore it hardly seems worth mentioning, in the lead paragraph at least. Verne Equinox 02:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Flemming´s job in the MI5 was to observe Popov, Popov was also known for his technical gimmicks, and as already written he has been known as a ladies´ man. Well quite a few similarities to James Bond, isn´t it  ? Oh sorry I forgot about your Serbophobia: James Bond has NO connection whatsoever to the original role model Duško Popov ! Sure this statement you´ll love to be true, but it´s not ! James Bond is clearly based on Duško Popov.

[edit] Yugoslavia

At the outset of World War II the country was named Yugoslavia, Serbia was one of the provinces. This is a historical fact, independent of the recent ethnical cleansing. So, correctly, he was a Yugoslav businessman, when he started his career. Kraxler 18:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

When he was born there was no Yugoslavia, so he was born even with a Serbian Citizenship. Later when the first Yugoslavia was founded (1918, end of 1st World War Mr. Kraxler !), the nationality was Serbian and the citizenship was Yugoslav (for Serbs in Yugoslavia), people kept their Nationality in Yugoslavia, they were only Yugoslav citizens. This was also the case in the second Yugoslavia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.6.40 (talk) 17:53, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] His mission to the FBI

There is a whole chapter in his book about his mission to the U.S. to inform the Americans of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's given as a reference already. Kraxler 02:42, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

His mission was to inform the FBI about Pearl Harbour, "to establish a new German network in the USA" was his cover. Please try to understand how espionage works. Kraxler (talk) 14:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Patriot Act

The reference to the Patriot Act must be incorrect since that legislation was not proposed until 2001!

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[edit] Reads like a story

This article has no sources, nor does it in a neutral point of view describe this person's accomplishments. Lines as "There Popov fed enough MI5-approved information" "..to the Germans to keep them happy", "..but he secretly despised the Nazis for invading his country", and "For whatever reason.." reads like some kind of fiction novel (and mind the first very dubious on Germany, and I'm not German, pointing this out either). Grinder0-0 (talk) 17:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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