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Alexander Foote
Alexander Allan Foote (13 April 1905 - 1 August 1956) was a radio operator for a Soviet espionage ring in Switzerland during World War II.
Born in Lancashire and raised mostly in Yorkshire, Englan...view moreAlexander Allan Foote (13 April 1905 - 1 August 1956) was a radio operator for a Soviet espionage ring in Switzerland during World War II.
Born in Lancashire and raised mostly in Yorkshire, England, by his Scottish born father and English mother, Foote worked for the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. He decided to continue his efforts against Fascism (and, perhaps, for Communism) and volunteered for clandestine work with Red Orchestra. He was put into contact with Ursula Kuczynski in Switzerland, became a radio operator for the Soviet espionage operation run by Alexander Radó, and soon began passing information to Moscow from the Lucy spy ring run by Rudolf Roessler. Detained for a time following the shutdown of the operation by Swiss police, Foote spent some time in the Eastern Bloc after the end of World War II. He subsequently returned to the West and published his book, A Handbook for Spies, in 1949.
He died in 1956 at the age of 51.view less