Werner Strebel, German Intelligence Agent 7 October 194

Date: 7 October 1940 Reference: KV 2/3121 Creator: Security Service Catalogue context: Werner STREBEL: Swiss. A journalist who arrived in London just prior to the outbreak of war and soon came under suspicion, STREBEL was interrogated in 1940 and 1941 without result. He spent the rest of the war in London. In 1946 the interrogation of a captured Abwehr officer revealed that STREBEL had been recruited in Bremen in 1939 and tasked with gathering detailed operational RAF information. He sent a number of reports to his controller by letter using secret writing and met his controller twice more, in Milan in late 1939 and in Lucerne in February 1940. On both occasions, and from what is known of his reporting, it was clear that STREBEL had made little or no espionage progress. In March 1941 the Abwehr lost patience with him and broke off contact. He was interviewed in 1947 and deported Categories: Overseas; Second World War Subjects: Agents, extremists, traitors; Air Force; Conflict; Intelligence; Operations, battles and campaigns Topics: Military and war Period: Second World War Places: Germany Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf