The Courier's Tragedy

[calbert at hslboxmaster.com]

DaveM:
>    "Which brings us to the Vessel affair.  Angelton
> created a fictitious Vatican spy, code-named Vessel,
> wth the help of Monsignor Domenioco Tardini.  Vessewl
> would provide Angleton with cover in the event his
> scheme was discoveres (The Courier's Tragedy features
> a treacherous Domenico).... (p. 96)

JJA was quite the figure...a yale graduate with a deep jones for 
poetry......close friends with Kim Philby (they used to get together 
for tete a tete's at swank DC eateries) and a "mark" for the KGB 
"Mole" stratagem......

love,
cfa