against the Germans. He was given the codename Garbo by the British;

their German counterparts codenamed him Alaric and referred to his non-

existent spy network as “Arabal”. He had an interesting youth, working in

many different trades including chicken farmer and he studied agriculture

at college near Madrid.

It was his experiences in the Civil War that left him with a deep hatred of

communism and fascism which was later to extend to the Nazi regime.

In 1940, seeing what was happening in Europe he decided to volunteer

to help the British as at the time, they were the only nation with a proper