Tomás Harris

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name = Tomás Harris


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birth_date = 10 April, 1908
birth_place = Hampstead, London, Great Britain
death_date = 27 January, 1964
death_place = Majorca, Spain
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death_cause = Car accident
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nationality = British
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other_names = Tommy Harris
known_for = Operation Fortitude
employer = MI5
occupation = Spy

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
-resigned in 1943 |J(3) Head of Spanish MOI Section

|J(4) Censor in MOI

|J(5) Secretary in Cabinet Office
Agent TWO -------------------------|2(I) WIDOW
William Gerbers | Mrs. Gerbers
-died in Bootle, England in 1942
Agent THREE -----------------------|3(I) Pilot Officer
BENEDICT
-"Carlos", a 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).

ee Also

*Double Cross System

External Links

* [http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/Page241.html MI5 Profile]