Angela
posts on 11/26/2011 2:31:45 PM
Welcome to the message board, Carolina! As you can see from the past posts, we can be quite a lively group. Roseanne and Anita seem to be the most likely to know the recent health of the Countess. Also, her nephews visit this site occasionally. Maybe they can fill us in. I'm guessing she's as vivacious as ever.
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carolina
posts on 11/23/2011 4:56:18 AM
Just wanted to say that I am glad I found this message board. The Countess' books have always been some of my favorites. What a life she has led!
How is her health these days?
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Anita Savino Fournier
posts on 11/11/2011 7:00:53 PM
If, indeed the TV Series comes to reality, then I think it will be wonderful! Let's hope the deal goes through, and it actually happens. These take time, so it is highly likely it has been in the works for awhile, and then to finalize.
I do not think the Countess would say anything if it isn't in fact being discussed.
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Angela
posts on 11/10/2011 6:08:00 PM
Ooooh, Roseanne, a TV series... That would be even better than a one time movie. The suspense and anticipation building from week to week would be awesome. Oh please, gods of the media world, grant us this one wish!
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Roseanne H
posts on 11/10/2011 1:51:39 PM
Robert, you are to be commended for your service to our country during World War II, but I still take issue with your constant discrediting of the Countess and, in particular, her portrayal of Edmundo Lassalle. As I have written previously, after correspondence with the Countess, it must be stated that she considered Edmundo a QUOTE dear friend END QUOTE and that she portrayed him exactly as she knew him. Neither the Countess nor her friends knew of any child he may have fathered, because at the wedding of Edmundo to Princess Agatha Ratibor in Madrid, he claimed that he was marrying for the first time. The Countess maintains that her stories are true but does admit that QUOTE certain facts had to be changed slightly END QUOTE and that she changed some names to protect some people. Finally, the Countess is very grateful to those who enjoy her books. She states that she hopes the film will finally come out in a TV series which QUOTE now seems possible END QUOTE.
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Anita Savino Fournier
posts on 10/29/2011 7:57:20 PM
Robert, I read the book and I have read much about Ricardo Sicre. Very interesting Spy, indeed.
Also,who exactly was the man that was the Boss of Aline during her tenure in Spain in the beginning. I know he wasn't her handler. So, Robert I figure you have the answer. I kept searching for the info but never actually found it.
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Kathy
posts on 10/28/2011 2:38:48 AM
I think it is pretty well known that money, aka commerce, makes the world go 'round, and all that entails. Please tell us something new.
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Sharon
posts on 10/27/2011 8:48:53 PM
The DVD is available on Amazon but as posted previously, can only be played on a Region 2 DVD player. It would be great if someone could add English subtitles to it and copy it (with permission from the production company) into a formart that could be streamed online. Even without the subtitles, it would be great to see online.
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Robert Huddleston
posts on 10/27/2011 5:06:43 PM
Dear Angela and others,
Enough is enough. Not at Roseanne's suggestion but at the suggestion of Edmundo's daughter. As Pepita has pointed out, what Aline has published can't be undone. It is something that she, her siblings and their grandchildren must accept and bear. Now, if you can tolerate me one more time, let me tell of a most interesting spy caper.
At the end of the conflict in Europe,Sir willian Stephenson of British Intelligence established the WORLD COMMERCE CORPORATION. Frank Ryan, once head of OSS Secret Intelligence on the Iberian Desk, was made preasident and among other ex-OSSers employed Aline Griffith. As vice president was Ricardo Sicre, a Spanish-American former OSS counterintelligence agent with a fantastic history. The Board of Directors included, not only Sir Stephenson, but OSS's wartime chief, William Donovan. Almost everyone connected to WORLD COMMERCE had connections to British or American intelligence operations. Clearly, commerce was a codeword for intelligence. The Cold War was underway and it has been suggested that WORLD COMMERCE-liquidated in 1962- was a precurson to the Iran-Contra affair in the Reagan administration. In other words, that commerce was a means of pursuing clandestine operations.
As for Recardo Sicre, whose wife, Betty Lussier, was also an OSS agent, see OPERATIVES, SPIES, AND SABOTEURS by Patrick O'donnell and my review of INTREPID WOMAN, Betty Lussier's recent memoir.
Bye to all,
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Anita Savino Fournier
posts on 10/27/2011 12:05:31 PM
Angela, you can go to IMBD and see an advertisement of the film, Garbo El Espia.
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