Tomás Harris

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Tomás Harris
Born 10 April 1908
Hampstead, London, Great Britain
Died 27 January 1964
Majorca, Spain
Cause of death
 Car accident
Nationality British
Other names Tommy Harris
Occupation Spy
Employer MI5
Known for Operation Fortitude

Tomás (Tommy) Harris (10 April 1908 at Hampstead, London - 27 January 1964 at Majorca, Spain; motor accident) was a Spanish-speaking officer with MI5 during World War II who worked with Garbo, an important double agent for the British.

Harris and Pujol

Together they made up a fictional team of 27 fake sub-agents, who were created in order to convince German intelligence that Garbo was a reliable spy. This resulted in what became known as The Garbo deception.

Pujol's and Tomás' Network of Fictitious Agents 

                AGENT                               SUB-AGENT
Agent ONE -------------------------|J(2) KLM pilot and courier KLM steward | Spanish MOI Section J(4) Censor in MOI J(5) Secretary in Cabinet Office Agent TWO -------------------------|2(I) WIDOW Mrs. Gerbers Bootle, England in 1942 Agent THREE -----------------------|3(I) Pilot Officer Venezuelan student |3(2) Officer in British 49th Infantry Division in Glasgow, Scotland | 3(3) Greek seaman and deserter 
GARBO/ARABEL --|Agent FOUR ------------------------|4(I) ALMURA
(Juan Pujol)   |CHAMILLUS                          |     radio operator
               |-Gibraltarian NAAFI waiter based   |
               | in Chislehurst (London), England  |4(2) Guard based in Chislehurst
               |                                   |
               |                                   |4(3) US NCO based in London
               |
               |Agent FIVE ------------------------|5(I) Agent FIVE's cousin in Buffalo, USA
               |MOONBEAM
               |-a Venezuelan based in Ottawa,
               | Canada
               |-brother of "BENEDICT"
               |
               |Agent SIX
               |Field Security NCO
               |-died in 1943
               |
               |Agent SEVEN -----------------------|7(I) Soldier in British 9th Armoured Division
               |DAGOBERT                           |
               |-Ex-seaman in Swansea, Wales       |7(2) DONNY
                                                   |     Leader of World Aryan Order
                                                   |
                                                   |7(3) Wren in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
                                                   |
                                                   |7(4) DICK
                                                   |     Indian fanatic
                                                   |
                                                   |7(5) DRAKE in Exeter, England
                                                   |
                                                   |7(6) Welsh fascist in South Wales
                                                   |
                                                   |7(7) DORICK in Harwich, England

Further reading

In January 1999 The Security Service released Tomás Harris's case files on GARBO. Harris's "Summary of the Garbo Case 1941-1945" is also published, entitled Garbo: The Spy who saved D-Day (ISBN 1-903365-58-9).

Tomas Harris was an Art Dealer, Artist, Goya Specialist and MI5 Officer (Garbo's case officer). He resided with his wife at Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair, W1.

  • Fiction. Overlord, Underhand (2013), by the American author Robert P. Wells (novelist) is a fictionalized retelling of the Juan Pujol double-agent story from the Spanish Civil War through 1944, and the character of the MI5 case officer Captain "Eddie" Harrison is modeled on Tomás Harris. ISBN 978-1-63068-019-0.

See also

  • Double Cross System

External links

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