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Will the real James Bond please stand up? 007’s namesake discovered in Polish Cold War archives

Posted by Vento on 24th September 2020 in International News

Poles were left shaken and stirred by news that a suspected British agent called James Bond was on Her Majesty’s secret service in the country in the 1960s, after the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) posted about him on social media.

According to the institute’s archive, James Bond came to Poland on February 18, 1964 and was officially employed as an archivist for the British embassy military attaché.

He soon came to the attention of Polish counter-intelligence officers.

“We know he was in Poland … in 1964 and 1965,” said Marzena Kruk, director of the IPN’s archive.

James Albert Bond born in 1928

“He travelled a bit around Poland … he liked women, the same as his literary namesake, but there is not even a word about Martini,” she said, referring to the fictitious character’s favourite tipple. “However, there is information that he liked Polish beer.”

Bond was under strict surveillance and visited the Bialystok and Olsztyn regions of north-eastern Poland to try to “penetrate military facilities” in the Soviet satellite state, according to the files.

However, he was found not to have made contacts with Polish citizens, which would have had serious consequences for any Poles suspected of working with agents from the other side of the Iron Curtain.

The British agent 007 created by author Ian Fleming hit the silver screen in 1962 when actor Sean Connery played the character in the film Dr No, leading some to suspect British spies may have been playing a joke on their Polish counterparts with their choice of pseudonym.

“Maybe it was a bit of fun with Polish counter-intelligence, maybe he had a sense of humour,” Kruk said.

Posted in International News | Tagged 007, Ian Fleming, James Bond, movies, namesake, Poland, Secret Service

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