18 • ANGLO-TURKISH SECURITY BUREAU
provement of relations with Germany and in the 1930s was
considered a front for pro-Nazi political activity. A banquet held at
the Savoy Hotel in July 1936 to honor the kaiser’s daughter, the
Duchess of Brunswick, when the organization boasted a membership
of nearly a thousand, was attended by Admiral Sir Barry Domvile,
Lord Redesdale, andKim Philby.ANGLO-TURKISH SECURITY BUREAU.Created in 1941 at the
initiative of Commander Vladimir Wolfson of theNaval Intelligence
Division, the Anglo-Turkish Security Bureau acted as a conduit to
theSecret Intelligence Servicefor information about wartime trav-
elers to and from the Balkans. This intelligence was collated inCairo
withisosmaterial and enabledSection Vto monitor the movements
of suspected enemy agents.
ANGOLA.In 1943Special Operations Executive(SOE) established
in Angola a network of intelligence agents, mainly reporting on eco-
nomic topics and the supply of strategic minerals. The agents worked
under the commercial cover of the Sogedex Rubber Company.
Headed by Colonel A. W. Smith, based in Cape Town, South Africa,
SOE recruited the ‘‘S Organisation’’ of Pro-British Portuguese with
key positions in the army, railways, and post office. Among its plans
was one to seize Axis shipping, which was not pursued.
ANKER GCHQ.Code name for intercepted wireless traffic transmit-
ted from Ankara, Turkey, during World War II relating to the Soviet
Union and Britain in the Middle East.
ANTHROPOID. Special Operations Executive(SOE) code name for
the mission to assassinate the hatedSS-Obergruppenfu ̈hrerReinhard
Heydrich in Prague. The operation was planned for the Czech Na-
tional Day in October 1941, but bad weather forced two postpone-
ments, so the team did not assemble in Czechoslovakia until late
December. Eventually, after further delays, a new date was set in
May 1942. The plan was to ambush the Nazi leader as he was being
driven to Prague from the country mansion he occupied. The trap
was set at a sharp bend in the road on the outskirts of the city; as the
chauffeur-driven Mercedes slowed to negotiate the corner, two SOE