    joan pujol garcia mbe (catalan; ) (14 february 1912&nbsp;â 10 october 1988) deliberately became a double agent during world war ii, known by the british codename  and the german codename . pujol had the rare, if not unique, distinction of receiving decorations from both sides during world war ii, gaining both an iron cross from the germans and a member of the order of the british empire from the british. after developing a loathing of both the communist and fascist regimes in europe during the spanish civil war, pujol decided to become a spy for the allies as a way to do something "for the good of humanity". pujol and his wifeseaman (2004). p. 56 "pujol's wife called upon the us embassy without informing her husband" contacted the british and american intelligence agencies, but each rejected his offer. undeterred, he created a false identity as a fanatically pro-nazi spanish government official and successfully became a german agent. he was instructed to travel to britain and recruit additional agents; instead he moved to lisbon and created bogus reports from a variety of public sources, including a tourist guide to england, train timetables, cinema [[newsreels
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