Karl Krüger (born 1874,[1] believed killed 1939 or later) was a former German naval engineer who provided intelligence about German ships to the British during World War I[2] and World War II. His identification code was TR/016.[3] Krüger was a particularly valuable source on German losses from the Battle of Jutland,[2] and on the development of U-boats.[3] In approximately 1939, he was betrayed by a German agent within MI6; he failed to show for a meeting in August of that year, and it is presumed he was executed by the Nazis.[4] His British contacts initially believed he was a Dutchman.[1] He was connected to the British through the embassy at The Hague; he may have been identified to the Germans by an embassy employee named Folkert van Koutrik, who "was on the Abwehr's payroll."[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klinkert, Wim (November 2015). ""GSIII, Guardian of the State": Spies and Informants in, for and against the Netherlands, 1914–1918" (in en). Digital object identifier:10.1163/2352-3786_dlws1_b9789004252509_006. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brills-digital-library-of-world-war-i/*-B9789004252509_006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SIS – Our History". https://www.sis.gov.uk/our-history.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jeffery, Keith (2010). The secret history of MI6. New York: Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-101-43946-3. OCLC 688504208. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/688504208.
- ↑ Jeffrey, Keith (2010-09-22). "The Real James Bond?" (in en). https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-real-james-bond_b_734670.
- ↑ Hastings, Max (2015) (in en). The secret war : spies, codes and guerillas 1939-45. William Collins Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0-00-813302-3. OCLC 921409232. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/921409232.
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