She should've been his spy partner, but sexism locked out MI5's Mrs Garbo

By Nick Miller
Updated September 29 2016 - 1:08am, first published September 28 2016 - 11:07am
A Brazilian visa allowing Spanish Araceli Gonzalez de Pujol to remain in the country temporarily, lists him as a writer. Photo: Supplied
A Brazilian visa allowing Spanish Araceli Gonzalez de Pujol to remain in the country temporarily, lists him as a writer. Photo: Supplied
A Brazilian visa allowing Spanish Araceli Gonzalez de Pujol to remain in the country temporarily, says she had no occupation. Photo: Supplied
A Brazilian visa allowing Spanish Araceli Gonzalez de Pujol to remain in the country temporarily, says she had no occupation. Photo: Supplied
Paragraphs from a declassified MI5 "summary of the Garbo Case" from 1943. Photo: Supplied
Paragraphs from a declassified MI5 "summary of the Garbo Case" from 1943. Photo: Supplied

London: In June 1943 one of the strangest espionage operations of the Second World War took place.

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