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Agent ‘Fifi’: The stunning British spy who seduced secrets of war from her ‘prey’
The Washington Post ^ | 9-18-14 | Terrance McCoy

Posted on 09/18/2014 3:53:12 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

It was a late March day when notice arrived that Fifi’s services would be required. She would have two days to prepare — two days to travel from her London apartment to Liverpool, two days to memorize the physical details of her “prey.” His name was Quinaux. He was 28. Black hair. Brown eyes. Dimpled chin. He would be waiting at the State Cafe. And she was to charm every secret she could out of him.

Of course, Quinaux didn’t know this. He was training to be a British spy and, according to a letters dated March 22, 1943, he thought his assignment was to meet a “tall fat man [who] is a Belgian Sergeant.” But his real assignment was to withstand the allure of Fifi, a blond and beautiful 23-year-old British provocateur whose profession was to beguile young recruits and coax forth their secrets. It was a test.

There has long been myth of a World War II secret agent, code-named “Fifi.” Called “one of the expert liars of the world,” she was tall and blond and stunning — fluent in multiple European languages and equipped with an acerbic wit and keen intuition, the stories held. Most dismissed the stories, however, as too tall. This wasn’t the movies.

But those myths were substantiated Wednesday in a trove of documents released by the United Kingdom’s National Archives — more than 240 pages of handwritten notes, telegrams and detailed reports that are rich with intrigue, seduction and World War II espionage. Taken together, they shed greater light on a period that marked the beginning of modern espionage and portray Fifi as a supremely talented, though vulnerable, figure. A refugee of the war, she could enchant the most hard-bitten recruits — but not her superiors, who routinely rejected her pleas for more...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; History; Military/Veterans; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agentprovocateur; britain; spy; ww2

1 posted on 09/18/2014 3:53:12 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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2 posted on 09/18/2014 4:03:04 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Clinton / Bush 2016?)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

she screwed everyone they asked her to, but later in thanks her gummint bosses screwed her over.

Gummint work?

BUYER BEWARE.


3 posted on 09/18/2014 4:05:02 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Best spies are women. Beautiful woman can make almost any man talk.


4 posted on 09/18/2014 4:11:35 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

“Beautiful woman can make almost any man talk”

And almost anything else


5 posted on 09/18/2014 4:14:25 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: Uncle Miltie

word is that the target of the Russian one on the far right was none other than Hillary Clinton.

AND she was getting close.

I’m serious.


6 posted on 09/18/2014 4:34:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Remind me....what was the story involving the woman on the far right of the photo?


7 posted on 09/18/2014 4:41:53 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (This town needs an enema)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

the redhead on the far right is an attractive Russian deported PNG from the US about 4 years ago, maybe more.

Our guy were lucky enough to roll her up in an entire network of Russian spies, she was one of officially eight, though I believe there were more.

Typically an agent like her aid target a male for seduction but this one targeted a female:

Hillary Clinton.

There were other recent lezbo spy deductions against our side, however, which were completely successful.


8 posted on 09/18/2014 4:50:20 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I was trying to figure out how a female spy could get anywhere with British men, considering how whipped they are. Then I realized they were talking about the 1940s...a TOTALLY DIFFERENT generation of men.

...but I may change that opinion if UKIP wins next year.


9 posted on 09/18/2014 4:55:21 PM PDT by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

Working name: Anna Chapman

Now in FSU talking up and profiting from her years as a mole in the US. After her arrest, DOJ got her to sign an agreement not to do that. That worked out well.

She’s over-rated lookswise to my eyes. Women are confusing enough; I don’t need super-power espionage layered on top of that.

She lead a suburban existence with the possibility that she got close to Hillary Clinton’s major donors/supporters/advisors.


10 posted on 09/18/2014 4:57:40 PM PDT by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: gaijin

The Muslims got there first.


11 posted on 09/18/2014 5:00:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’m sure the French generals found Mata Hari sexy, but about those blips.....


12 posted on 09/18/2014 5:01:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

I disagree. As a teenager that couldn’t get a date to the senior prom and then joined the military, I was always aware that any attractive women that “came on to me” was a spy (or a hooker). Luckily, my teen acne cleared up and I found a great woman at Church.


13 posted on 09/18/2014 5:10:18 PM PDT by Shark24
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HAHA! I’m pretty sure I was actively recruited by Turkish intelligence. I know what you’re talking about.


14 posted on 09/18/2014 5:35:31 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: Shark24

You rock, dude!


15 posted on 09/18/2014 5:42:29 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Tailback

Lucky you.

I was targeted by the lady with flashlight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFaIcx0WkOY


16 posted on 09/18/2014 5:58:47 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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I wasn’t joking. When the Turkish orientation tour just “happens” to be on the same ferry with the Turkish Air Force academy guys, and the teacher “encourages” you to be “pen pals” with one of them...

Out of the blue you’re waiting for the shuttle bus back to base and two SMOKING hot Turkish girls choose you and your buddy out of about 10 other dudes to ask out...

To their credit, they were (platonic) fun dates, and nothing happened because my buddy and I both had figured it out early on. Selma and something that began with a D. Oh well, should have had a camera with me.


17 posted on 09/18/2014 7:17:42 PM PDT by Tailback
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To: exit82; Tailback
Lucky you.

I was targeted by the lady with flashlight:

Yeah, that sucks, but you didn't have to go and marry her!

18 posted on 09/18/2014 8:11:42 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Tailback

I hope you’re not talking about the “Lawrence of Arabia” type of Turkish intelligence? “not that there is anything wrong with that”. Just joking, thanks for the laugh.


19 posted on 09/18/2014 11:51:09 PM PDT by Shark24
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