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Oreste Pinto (9 October 1889, Amsterdam – 18 September 1961, London) was a Dutch counterintelligence officer and Lieutenant-Colonel. His activities during the Second World War, in which he worked with MI5 interrogating refugees to England and the Free Dutch Government Politie Buitendienst (Foreign Police Service), resulted in the capture of eight spies.

Early life and Career

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Oreste Pinto was born in Amsterdam in 1899, the youngest child of Louis Pinto, a successful businessman, and Abigael Rozenboom. After military service he studied French literature at the Sorbonne.[1] He was a proficient linguist, being fluent in Dutch, English, French and German, and could get by in Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Romanian and Swahili.[2] Pinto's career in intelligence began in 1913, when he was recruited by the Deuxième Bureau, France's external military intelligence agency,[3] and he worked for them during World War I, initially as a spy. In the years leading up to the Second World War, Pinto was approached by MI5. He didn't officially join the service, as doing so would have meant losing his Dutch citizenship, but was employed independently,[4] during the Second World War as an MI5 interrogator.[5] He interviewed over 30,000 immigrants to the UK at the euphemistically named "London Reception Centre" in the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building in Wandsworth.[6][7]

In 1952, Pinto published two books, Spy-Catcher and Friend or Foe?  These formed the basis of the 1959-1961 BBC television series Spycatcher, and also an earlier BBC Radio series, in both of which he was portrayed by Bernard Archard. A further book, Spycatcher 2, based on the series, was published in 1960. The 1962 Dutch programme De Fuik, in which Pinto was portrayed by Frits Butzelaar,[8] was also derived from them.

Dwight Eisenhower once described Pinto as "the greatest living authority on security".[9] The Daily Telegraph referred to him as a "human bloodhound".[10] Conversely, Guy Liddell stated in 1942 that he had been told by Leonard Burt that Pinto had "a thoroughly bad record".[11]

He characterised himself as basically a generalist, with a knack for learning languages, skill in boxing and shooting ("I managed to reach amateur international standard,"[12]), and being an excellent bridge player and a "local" zoologist.

He died in Westminster Hospital London, a few weeks before his 72nd birthday, of chronic bronchitis.[13]

Works

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  • Spy-Catcher. Werner Laurie, 1952
  • Friend or Foe? Werner Laurie, 1953
  • Spycatcher Omnibus Hodder and Stoughton, 1962
  • Spycatcher 2. Four Square, 1963
  • Spycatcher 3. Four Square, 1967[14]

References

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  1. ^ Pinto, Oreste (1889-1961), Bon de Graaff, Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, volume: 4 (1994) (2003), pp. 1 - 5 | language= nl
  2. ^ Pinto, Oreste (1952). Spy-Catcher. London, UK: Werner Laurie. p. 9.
  3. ^ Spycatcher, by Robert Barr, in the Radio Times, published August 28, 1959; archived at Toobworld; posted May 8, 2008; retrieved January 31, 2016
  4. ^ Pinto, Oreste (1889-1961), Bon de Graaff, Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, volume: 4 (1994) (2003), pp. 1 - 5 | language= nl
  5. ^ Pinto, Lt. Col. Oreste (1952). "Spycatcher". Werner Laurie. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ Tobia, Simona (January 2014). "'A brutally tough place for brutally tough people'". History Today. 64.
  7. ^ "History of the Royal Victoria Patriotic School". Royal Victoria Patriotic School. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  8. ^ De Fuik, at Beeld en Geluid; retrieved May 23, 2012
  9. ^ "- TIME". September 29, 1961. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  10. ^ Pinto, Oreste (1889-1961)[permanent dead link], by B.G.J. de Graaff, in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (archived at Utrecht University; published 05-09-2003; retrieved 23-05-2012
  11. ^ The Guy Liddell Diaries: MI5’s Director of Counter-Espionagein World War II (volume 1, 1939-1942) Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, by Guy Liddell (edited by Nigel West); published 2005 by Taylor & Francis
  12. ^ Spy-catcher, at the beginning of the chapter "Like Father, Like Son"
  13. ^ Pinto, Oreste (1889-1961), Bon de Graaff, Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland, volume: 4 (1994) (2003), pp. 1 - 5 | language= nl
  14. ^ Four Square Books (Four Square Books; New English Library) - Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Full bibliographic details and photograph. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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