Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence

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RSLO in Kent, Glover was put in overall command of the RSLOs,

and he remained in that post, supervising the security arrangements

forD-Dayuntil late in 1944 when he returned to civilian life as a

leading solicitor specializing in the negotiation of property deals. A

highly successful racehorse owner, he was knighted in 1971 and his

home at Pytchley became a center of Conservative politics in North-

amptonshire. Glover died in December 1986, having privately pub-

lished memoirs, entitled115 Park Street.

GODFREY, ADMIRAL JOHN. Director of naval intelligence
(DNI) during the first three years of World War II, Admiral Godfrey
was transferred to the Indian Navy in September 1942 and did not
receive the knighthood customarily given to DNIs. In May 1941 he
flew to the United States, accompanied by his assistantIan Fleming,
and advised the Americans to establish a unified intelligence service.
Always abrasive, he was unpopular among his fellow directors and
gained a reputation for intellectual superiority and arrogance. Ac-
cording to reports from theJoint Intelligence Committee, their
meetings went much more smoothly when he was not present. He
died in August 1971, aged 83, and his biography,Very Special Admi-
ral,was written by Patrick Beesly in 1980.

GOLENIEWSKI, MICHAL.Adefectorfrom the Polish SB, Michal
Goleniewski was an especially important figure because he was also
aKGBagent. Goleniewski volunteered information anonymously
from Warsaw to theCentral Intelligence Agency, which codenamed
himsniper, and then escaped to Berlin in January 1961. Among
those whom he identified as KGB agents wereSecret Intelligence
ServiceofficerGeorge Blake;Harry Houghton, who was based at
the Royal Navy’s Underwater Weapons Research Establishment at
Portland; Colonel Stig Wennerstrom of the Swedish Air Force; Heinz
Felfe and Hans Clemens of the BND; Dr. Israel Beer; and a U.S. dip-
lomat, Irwin Starbeck. After his arrival in the United States, Golen-
iewski announced that he was the czar’s son and demanded to be
recognized as Prince Alexei Romanov. Much embarrassed, the CIA
prevented Goleniewski from giving evidence to Congress. He now
lives in New York, still convinced of his claim to royal lineage.