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Subject: Miss Nadya Gardner
Five foot five, brown eyes, dark brown hair, mole on lower right cheek.
Address: Flat 18, Hendon Park Mansions, Queens Road, Hendon, N.W.4
Born on May 3, 1919 at Enfield Maternity Hospital to Hubert Gardner and Ljubica Gardner (nee ¦umanovi). Father was a tax inspector employed by the Ministry of Munitions during the war. Her mother was Serbian, immigrant to Britain in 1911 as a nanny and was naturalised during 1917. Subject's parents married in Enfield on May 9, 1918. A younger brother, Thomas, was born in 1921.
Nadya was educated at the Enfield Girls Grammar School, left school at sixteen in 1935 and took a secretarial course. Employed at a local solicitors firm. Moved to Hendon to take up position as typist at the War Office in October 1939, on recommendation from Victor Tracepurcell, a medium-grade administrative civil servant in the Supply Section believed to be at that time courting Nadya. Security check was carried out and clearance given. Worked in Typists Pool C until May 1941, promoted to be Deputy Director of Personnels typist. Promoted to current position as Clerical Head of Typists Pool F, on February 3, 1943. Pool F serves the Western & Northern & Central European Desks, Military Intelligence Division. This corrects previous information that subject only had access to Western Europe Desk material.
There are some unexplained financial irregularities. The main National Provincial Bank account stands at £39 1s 7d plus £90 8s in another Midland Bank savings account. The last cash deposit into the NPB account was £14 on June 8, 1944. The previous cash deposit was £18 on May 1, 1944. Not substantial sums but still large deposits to make regularly on the wage of 68s 10d a week. This is a high amount of savings given the rent expenditures for the Hendon flat of £110 per annum on the subject's current wages.
Nadyas personal life can only be a patchwork at this stage of the investigation. She is believed to have been engaged sometime during 1938 before meeting Victor Tracepurcell. He is now employed at the Dominions Office, Whitehall. They do not appear to have seen each other since the summer of 1941. She is a member of St. James Club, Piccadilly; the Marquee Club, Kensington and the West London Bridge Club, Hendon.
The father, Hubert Gardner, works as a tax inspector for the Enfield area and the mother, Ljubica Gardner, volunteers two days a week at the Enfield General Hospital and is an active member of the Pan-Slavic Society based in Tottenham. This organisation is a social club for expat Slavic residents in London. There are no financial irregularities with the parents banking. Their total accounts stand at £124 9s 8d plus 150 shares in ICI which Mr Gardner has held since 1934.
The brother, Thomas Gardner, is currently employed as a junior draughtsman at Enfield Lock. He has been security vetted for this position previously and fresh enquires have revealed nothing unordinary. He is engaged to be married. There are no financial irregularities. The account stands at £69 6s 4d. In view of his employment position however there are some grounds of concern that information unsuspectedly gleaned from the subject's brother may be transmitted to the handler and out of the country.
The subject, and Major Lorand Utassy de Uljak, are under constant surveillance with a two teams of six watching the Hendon Flat, one team of three on the underground a backup team of ten and a female operative inserted into the Typists Pool. Another two operatives have been installed at the St. James Club undercover as waiters.
Movements Report
Wednesday July 17: Start of operation. Left flat at 07:43. Walked short distance to Hendon Central Underground station. Caught Northern Line underground train and disembarked at Parliament station and walked straight to War Office, Whitehall. Arrived 08:09. Subject had lunch along the Victoria Embankment on a public bench, met no one. Operative took opportunity to search subjects desk. No incriminating material found. Subject took lunch break in the building. Subject still working when typist operative left at 17:00. Subject observed leaving building at 17:39. Nothing extra visible in hands, no other bags other than handbag. Embarked on Northern Line underground train at Parliament Station and disembarked at Hendon Central and returned home at 18:11. At no point in any of these journeys did the subject employ any tradecraft. Major Uljak arrived in Mercedes embassy car at 19:52. He went inside for ten minutes, both left the flat and proceeded to St. James Club. Observed there until 22:06. Major Uljak then drove the subject home. He did not depart until 01:14.
Thursday July 18: Subject left flat at 07:41. Caught Northern Line underground train, disembarked at Parliament station and arrived at War Office, Whitehall 08:10. At lunchtime subject went to Waterloo Station, appeared to check railway timetable, bought a copy of the Evening Standard and went to the lockers and reclaimed a brown shopping bag. Typist operative reports post-lunch subject claimed to have bought it during lunch. Subject still working when typist operative left at 17:00. Subject observed leaving building at 17:19 with the brown bag and handbag. Subject proceeded on foot to St. Johns Gardens next to Westminster Hospital. Waited there until 17:50. A woman, aged around fifty, five foot six, brown hair, well dressed, met subject on a bench. Woman had come from Westminster Hospital. Subject handed the woman the bag, they talked for ten minutes and then subject left and headed to Parliament Station at 18:13. The other woman left on foot walking towards the west. She alighted on a bus and contact was lost. Subject Embarked on Northern Line underground train at Parliament Station and disembarked at Hendon Central and returned home at 18:19.
Friday July 19: Subject left flat at 07:43. Caught Northern Line underground train, disembarked at Parliament station and arrived at War Office, Whitehall 08:12. Nothing else of note yet reported.
Both the subjects residential and work telephones are tapped.
Telephone Report Home Number
Wednesday July 17: Start of tap. No calls.
Thursday July 18: One incoming call, duration 18:02-18:05, Hendon 4859. Confirmed as West London Bridge Club. Transcript indicates arranging Bridge meeting at 19:00 Saturday July 19. One outgoing call, duration 18:47-18:54, Mayfair 8769. Private number, Colonel (Ret) & Mrs. Purvey. Transcript indicates discussion of bridge meeting Saturday and returning loan of Collected Works of Charles Dickens.
Friday July 19: Final report not yet in. No calls recorded today so far.
Nothing of note on the workplace tap has been recorded so far in connection with this case.
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