Name
Popov, Dušan Popov
Codename
Tricycle
Address
Francuska 5, Belgrade
Occupation
Triple spy
Point of interest
Inspired Ian Fleming to create James Bond
Dušan "Duško" Popov was a Serbian intelligence agent, lawyer and businessman who served
as a double agent for MI6 during World War II. Feigning to
be an asset of the German Abwehr, he passed off disinformation
to Germany as part of the British Double-Cross System while occasionally using cover as a diplomat
for the Yugoslav government-in-exile in London.
Deceptions in which he participated included
Operation Fortitude, which sought to convince German
military planners that the Allied invasion of Europe would take place in Calais, not Normandy,
thereby diverting hundreds of thousands of German troops and increasing the likelihood that
Operation Overlord would succeed.
Popov was known for his lifestyle and courted women during his missions, including
the French actress Simone Simon. Apart from
MI6 and the Abwehr,
he also reported to the Yugoslav intelligence service,
which assigned him the codename Duško. His German handlers referred to him by the codename Ivan.
He was codenamed Tricycle by the British MI5 because he was
the head of a group of three double agents.
Foto: Dušan Sević –
Zgrada porodice Popov u Francuskoj 5 u kojoj je živeo čuveni agent
Foto: Tricikl Archive
Unutrašnjost zgrade porodice Popov u Francuskoj 5 u kojoj je živeo čuveni agent - Codename:Tricikl prodavnica
