the British army. Learning of the existence of a draft constitution in
early 1819, Metternich directed one of his field marshals to warn the
Salis brothers of the possible consequences of their conspiracy. Their
immediate compliance so impressed the chancellor that they were
offered positions in the Habsburg secret service. Surviving Austrian
records, however, contain no indication of their response.SALON KITTY. A Berlin brothel equipped for espionage purposes on
the eve of World War II, Salon Kitty originated as an idea of Rein-
hard Heydrich, the head of the Sicherheitsdienst, who delegated its
implementation to Walter Schellenberg. Already known as an estab-
lishment frequented by a prestigious clientele since the early 1930s, it
bore the name Pension Schroeder and was located on the fourth floor
of Giesebrechtstrasse 11. Its owner was Kitty Schmidt, an opponent
of the Nazi regime. In June 1939, when captured by the Gestapo at
the Dutch border attempting to flee the country and threatened with
imprisonment, she agreed to cooperate with Schellenberg.
Salon Kitty was soon reopened, having been outfitted with hidden
microphones in the walls of each room and monitoring and recording
equipment in the basement. Twenty highly attractive, multilingual,
and politically reliable prostitutes also received intense training in
espionage techniques and were required to submit a report after each
client. Although some indiscretions on the part of foreign dignitar-
ies (such as Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano of Italy) and ranking
Nazi officials came to light, the overall results were generally me-
diocre. The deteriorating conditions in Berlin began to take a toll
on the number of visitors, and Allied bombing in July 1942 led to
the salon’s closing. Schmidt died in 1954, not having broken her
silence about the operation even after the war. The fate of the 25,000
recorded discs and tapes remains unknown.
SALVADORI, DOMENICO. An Italian-born agent of the Mainzer
Informationsbüro (MIB), Domenico Salvadori had been an officer
in the Austro-Hungarian army convicted of desertion. Recruited by
Josef Klanner von Engelshofen in 1837, Salvadori (code name
roger bells) agreed to monitor Italians living abroad. Three years
later, he was pardoned and given permission to return temporarily
to his homeland. His reports from Brussels, Paris, Marseilles, and
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