5 September 2005 releases: German intelligence agents and suspected agents

Nicolay Hansen was a Norwegian who was found to be working for the Germans. They dropped him into Scotland in September 1943 by parachute, carrying two radio transmitters. On landing, he made contact with two lorry drivers carrying loads of Aberdeen herring through the night at Frasenburgh and surrendered to the authorities.

Hansen handed over his wireless sets with a story that he had been ordered to hand in one radio transmitter but keep the other hidden. 

After he was released from custody, he was to find a job in the Scottish coalmines. He was then supposed to retrieve the second set and begin relaying messages to Germany.

However, secret writing material was found hidden in one of Hansen's tooth cavities by interrogators at Camp 020. It was realised that this whole story might be a ruse and he may have been intended to communicate by letter rather than wireless. The Service considered using Hansen as a double agent but quickly discarded the idea. There was then a lengthy debate about whether he could be prosecuted without jeopardising the safety of Camp 020.

The file includes very detailed reports on the case and chronologies of the tale according to Hansen. It includes such items of interest as the reports of the lorry drivers who first found him, and assessments of Hansen's capabilities and characters. Hansen was imprisoned for the remainder of the war.