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Graham greene 19586/28/2023 ![]() One of the agents was ‘ Garbo‘, a Spanish double agent in Lisbon, who gave his German handlers disinformation, by pretending to control a ring of agents all over England. In London, Greene had been appointed to the subsection dealing with counter-espionage in the Iberian Peninsula, where he had learned about German agents in Portugal sending the Germans fictitious reports, which garnered them expenses and bonuses to add to their basic salary. In 2007, it was adapted into a play by Clive Francis, which has since toured the UK several times and been performed in various parts of the world. ![]() In 1963 it was adapted into an opera by Malcolm Williamson, to a libretto by Sidney Gilliat, who had worked on the film. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1959, directed by Carol Reed and starring Alec Guinness. The book predates the Cuban Missile Crisis, but certain aspects of the plot, notably the role of missile installations, appear to anticipate the events of 1962. He makes fun of intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants. ![]() ![]() “ Our Man In Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. ![]()
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